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It's not your pension it's peoples lives

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roneik · 10/10/2014 23:23

Buy to fret will be regulated not regurgitated .

Taxman regulation no wonder they fret Grin

They are coming for you , there is no escape for the troughers

www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/news-and-features/sectors/buy-to-
let/buy-to-let-news/market-should-prepare-for-full-regulation-of-b2l/2014592.article

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specialsubject · 11/10/2014 13:57

just type 'I hate landlords' and be done with it.

May I suggest that you remember that jealousy belongs in the playground.

PigletJohn · 11/10/2014 14:53

You don't have to hate cars, to think that there should be laws regulating drivers.

Equally you don't have to hate landlords.

Badvoc123 · 11/10/2014 14:59

I don't hate LL.
But more regulation is long overdue.

pseudonymity · 11/10/2014 15:05

People renting definitely need more protection in the UK. It is going to become the way that most people live. People need security in their homes.

Patrickstarisabadbellend · 11/10/2014 16:21

Homes should be to nest, not to invest.

My dps gran and grandad own masses of homes and they charge full whack rent.

The amount they are making us wrong and pure greed. Tbh I would like to see a limit on the amount if homes one person can own.

My dps cousin owns many seaside properties in a small village. He only rants them to holiday makers and he's driving the locals out.

Wrong!

Patrickstarisabadbellend · 11/10/2014 16:21

Rents not rants. Stupid sausage fingers.

PossumPoo · 11/10/2014 16:53

I think special was referring to Roneik specifically with his stupid buy to fret remarks about landlords.

I personally couldn't be doing with the stress and effort of BTL but I'm thankful for those landlords who did buy and whose houses I rented around the world allowing me to move on at the drop of a hat. I agree the jealousy regarding BTL is pathetic.

SqueezyCheeseWeasel · 11/10/2014 17:01

There are good points re regulation being made but they do get lost in the strange, ranting overtones of roneik's BTL posts.

SqueezyCheeseWeasel · 11/10/2014 17:03

He is like our resident house prices troll

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roneik · 11/10/2014 18:33

Somebody who objects to buy to fret landlords creating a ponzi scheme we could all be ruined by. I also object to the way it's ended up giving such a low quality of life and security to the people who have to rent .

They are coming for you ,so fret or not it wont make any difference .

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wowfudge · 11/10/2014 19:52

Agree with special - it's getting boring too.

specialsubject · 11/10/2014 20:20

waiting for your rational objections against mortgages (which also mean people make money from property). Also waiting for your rational plan to provide the necessities of life for free.

it is 2014, OP. Rachmann has been dead for decades. There is plenty of protection and security for tenants. No objection to regulation of landlords, and regulation of agents would be a start too.

evidence please, real examples, please.

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roneik · 11/10/2014 20:24

Some people watch soaps , others find them boring. I wonder how many people moving every six months , or living in a sub standard rented house is bored or angry. I find your post wowfudge boring as it is a cop out from reality.

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roneik · 11/10/2014 20:32

They are not ordinary mortgages are they? They are interest only, and have meant that buy to let buyers have the edge over first time buyers. I know of tenants in rented that have no working cooker. I know of tenants in rented that had no heating last winter. It's common knowledge to anyone that has rented that there is no shortage of scumbag landlords and agencies milking people least able to afford . Time for stiff regulation and taxation before it's got any further out of hand.

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WorriedMutha · 11/10/2014 20:33

I think the article to which OP refers is talking about financial regulation of the availability of mortgages in the BTL sector, now that there are stricter controls over residential purchase mortgages. There seems to be a bit of an assumption in this thread that it is talking about regulation of the conduct of landlords.

theonlygothinthevillage · 11/10/2014 20:44

Absolutely agree that landlords/tenancies need waaaaaaaaay more regulation. A rented house/flat is not a commodity like any other. We need the sort of regulation they have in other parts of Europe: an end to no-fault evictions, regulation of how much rent is charged, criminal checks on landlords or anyone who has they keys to a tenants' home.

I honestly think that better rights for tenants could be the key to capping the insane inflation of house prices in this country. If renting were a more attractive prospect (the way it is in other parts of Europe), fewer people would be so desperate to buy, demand for housing would be reduced, prices would cool.

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roneik · 11/10/2014 20:44

I may post in what you consider a strange way. It's my way and it's the way I like to post. You see I don't care if it does or does not appeal to you. It hasn't stopped me from leading a productive life never drawing help from benefits. I am proud of the fact I retired at 55 and came from a very poor background. So anybody objects to my lack of skills wants to have a look at some of the stuff they have posted and themselves. I don't think some good regulation and some taxation would go amiss. My house is paid for and I didn't screw anybody over in life to get it paid for.

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roneik · 11/10/2014 20:50

Only goth

If renting were a more attractive prospect (the way it is in other parts of Europe), fewer people would be so desperate to buy, demand for housing would be reduced, prices would cool. end quote

I think that's a good observation,

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poocatcherchampion · 11/10/2014 21:12

did anyone else only open to see who the op was?

Greencheese · 11/10/2014 21:13

You are very lucky to retire at 55 roneik not everyone can, even those that work every day of their lives. Maybe if your life had gone a different way you wouldn't be so harsh on people that are simply trying to get on in life, having a pension plan in property isn't necessarily a bad thing.

sacbina · 11/10/2014 21:33

I opened to satisfy my curiosity that yet another leading post was indeed from roneik. clearly has nothing better to do

HaveToWearHeels · 11/10/2014 21:38

Same here, saw it was from roneik and couldn't even be arsed to read the ranting !

Greencheese · 11/10/2014 22:02

I play bingo now with any posts on rent or landlords, I guess right every time Grin

specialsubject · 12/10/2014 11:40

my house is also paid for and I didn't 'screw anyone over' to pay for it. But if it had been paid for by property investment, that would not be 'screwing anyone over'.

so you have friends who had dodgy landlords - although it seems they did nothing about it and did not use the regulation and legal powers AT THEIR DISPOSAL RIGHT NOW.

the vast majority of rental properties are perfectly decent homes. But that doesn't give you anything to whine about, does it?

BTW What did you do to make your money? I expect it to be 100% ethical and moral, so I'm intrigued what it was. Nurse? Teacher of science? Doctor? (although I've come across some really shit doctors in my time - but that doesn't mean they all are).

logic and evidence please.