tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post7278229268256052246..comments2024-03-06T18:07:22.993+00:00Comments on Landlord and BTL Blog: CCHPR report on London rent controlsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-51655011780412730312015-10-12T14:03:35.771+01:002015-10-12T14:03:35.771+01:00While the statements by murrayzz1 may hold true in...While the statements by murrayzz1 may hold true in the short term, the sector will decline in the long term.<br /><br />History shows that the laws and regulations brought in as a knee jerk reaction to the truly awful Rackman and his ilk killed the entire sector. It was only the changes by the Thatcher government, specifically the Housing Act 1988, that made the PRS viable once more. <br /><br Ian T Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892483443455841854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-74609285209095090852015-10-10T12:35:11.118+01:002015-10-10T12:35:11.118+01:0060% of London landlords would look to reduce the s...60% of London landlords would look to reduce the size of their portfolios if a rent freeze was implemented? So what?<br /><br />Who would buy these properties? Other BTL landlords with lower yield expectations, that's who. If 60% of landlords really did dump property at the same time, prices may drop, but there would be plenty of investors waiting in the wings to snap them up.<br /><br />Withmurrayzz1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08276680884123585307noreply@blogger.com