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En mi opinión un birria de artículo.Lo único que me ha gustado es que deja claro que el tema está sobre la mesa y que no interesa molestar a los langostos... Y para respaldarlos ni se molestan en aportar argumentos, que es la recompensa a toda una vida. Otra de gambas, para el señor que no eligió cuando nacer.
Llevo unos días sin entrar en el foro sobre todo por motivos de vacaciones y trabajo, y veo que por lo que parece, asustadísimos sigue sin aparecer.Es una pena. Espero que esté bien esté donde esté.
London’s ‘accidental’ landlords are a growing sub-genreA swath of property owners is leaving the rentals market, but with prime sales sluggish in the capital, others are pivoting in© FT montage; AlamyLast year, Vinod Patel put his one-bedroom flat in Brixton, south London, on the market for £550,000. Since buying it four years ago, he had married and bought a house in east London. But his property didn’t sell for the asking price and in March, he put it on the rentals market — seeking tenants for stints between two and six months — at £2,700 per month. He’s had two sets of tenants so far — both couples needing an interim base before and after relocation overseas. It seemed a palatable short-term alternative to selling his flat for less than he paid for it.“Rather than leaving my property on the market, it was better to secure a temporary income,” says Patel, 34, who prefers not to use his real name, and works for a Canadian investment bank. While “short lets come with the risk that the tenants will treat your home more like a hotel and you are liable for higher costs, including bills”, the upside is that “I have the flexibility if I need to sell quickly”. He’s uncertain just how long he plans to remain a landlord. “I am barely covering my [mortgage] costs — the margins are fine. I’m giving it a couple of years to see how the market goes.”At a time when the headline story is that private landlords have been leaving the sector in droves — UK rental listings dropped in August at the fastest rate since the first Covid-19 lockdown, according to The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) — Patel is part of a quietly growing sub-genre of “accidental” landlords in the capital. Some, like Patel, faced with failing to sell their homes in a stuttering London market, are turning (or returning) to the rentals market. Others, notably non-doms relocating because of tax changes, are, as a first step, seeking to rent their former primary homes. “These lets are being driven by landlords who don’t want to be tied in too long if the market shifts,” says Thomas Sutton, head of lettings at John D Wood. For some it’s very much a temporary option, but in prime central London, there’s been an 18 per cent annual increase in lets of six months or less during the first half of 2025, according to Savills. Last year, 26 per cent of Chestertons’ short-let landlords were letting after failing to sell; this year that proportion is up to 41 per cent.Two-bedroom flat in Islington, £877 per week, through ChestertonsTwo-bedroom flat in Connaught Village, £1,269 per week, through ChestertonsThere have long been home sellers who’ve become landlords when they can’t achieve the result they want, says David Mumby of Knight Frank, “but the trend seems particularly pronounced at the moment”.Yet in the week when the Renters’ Rights Bill is in parliament — a major shake-up of the private rentals sector that will abolish no-fault evictions, change tenancy types and tighten rules on rent rises and bidding — the long-term outlook for private landlords remains uncertain. “Nervousness among many of our [landlord] clients about no-fault evictions is overwhelming,” says Amelia Greene, head of lettings at Savills UK. The anticipated increased burden of the new legislation is thought to be contributing to many landlords leaving the market — which makes the newly arriving a particularly stark counterpoint. Last month, landlord instructions across the UK fell at the fastest rate since April 2020, according to the Rics report; its index measured a score of minus 37. Yet with tenant demand resilient, the organisation predicts rents will rise by around 3 per cent over the next year.The report cites shortages in rental stock across the UK; Knight Frank puts the number of new lettings properties coming on to the London market in the year to August 8 per cent below the previous 12-month period.The reasons behind the shift out of the market have been mounting for five years. Under Section 24, landlords are now taxed on gross rental income, not just the profits. Mortgage rates have doubled since 2021, and stamp duty on additional homes has also increased.The introduction of stricter green regulations by 2030 is pushing up upfront investment — in order to meet EPC Band C rating standards they may need to upgrade glazing, insulation or heating systems. There are also fears of what might come with the November Budget, including national insurance on rental income, changes to inheritance tax and a new property tax for sellers. The imminent introduction of new rules in Westminster City Council requiring landlords to obtain a licence for certain properties is yet another deterrent for landlords there, say agents. The feeling is that now seems to be the time to exit the market. Five-bedroom flat in Knightsbridge, £5,000 per week, through Knight FrankThree-bedroom flat in St James’s, £5,250 per week, through Knight Frank“We have lots of landlords who try to sell every time their tenancy agreement comes up for renewal, but it’s a bitter pill to swallow if you lose money in the process,” says Rupal Patel, director, Winkworth Shepherd’s Bush. “Rising service charges are another reason many landlords are losing money by holding on to their properties.”They may also have seen little capital uplift. Property in prime central London has depreciated in the past decade, with the average prime central London flat worth £1,887,488 (2025) this year, down from £2,085,940 (2015), according to LonRes, which tracks the prime markets. CitarMy first buyer dropped out because of the non-dom changes, then another who couldn’t sell their own home. I think the market will drop further, so I prefer to lock a tenant into a longer-term let’Michael Jones, landlord (not his real name)“Rents have gone up, but not enough to balance against the cost of borrowing and the prospect of no capital growth,” says Marc Schneiderman of agent Arlington Residential on why he’s seen few new landlords in the top half of the market. In August, the average monthly rent in London was £2,699, according to Rightmove, up 2 per cent on the previous year and an increase of 37 per cent since 2019 (£1,975). It’s a bright spot for those considering letting as a temporary measure.In prime central London, it’s even more pronounced, with the price per square foot for rentals 5.5 per cent higher than the 12 months prior, according to LonRes. As a result, rentals classed as “super-prime” (£5,000 per week or more) have risen — Knight Frank records a 12 per cent increase in the year to August, compared to the previous 12-month period.A rise in tenant uptake is, in part, being driven by factors such as the new four-year tax rules replacing the non-dom regime and the continued impact of high stamp duty costs. For some, the cost of renting for four years is less than the stamp duty they would pay on buying the same calibre of super-prime property. And for those unable to sell a super-prime property, shifting to this sector of the market to take advantage of renewed interest is a quick win. It is into this shape-shifting rental landscape that sellers are pivoting. In addition, non-doms who have moved overseas to more tax-friendly locales, yet opt to retain a London base, are also putting their property on the rentals market, says Liam Monaghan of LCP Private Office. The prospect is a mixed picture: short-term gains, but a plethora of challenges. Rear view of a four-bedroom townhouse in Notting Hill, £7,500 per week, through SavillsFront view of the four-bedroom Notting Hill townhousePutting his Holland Park home up for rent after it failed to sell for £3.95mn last summer was a positive plan B for Michael Jones, who prefers not to use his real name. “My first buyer dropped out because of the non-dom changes, then another who couldn’t sell their own home.” After shifting his approach and making his home available to rent, Jones watched as one interested family entered a rental bidding war over the four-bedroom house, and paid £2,000 over the asking price of £11,000 per month.But Jones is wary of a short-term model. “I think the market will drop further, so I prefer to lock into a longer-term let,” says the property developer from York, who adds that landlords are facing the same challenges outside London.Short lets operate on the same licensing model as Airbnb rentals rather than an assured shorthold tenancy (AST), which is for six months or longer and excludes rents of more than £100,000 per year (£8,333 a month) — and so will fall outside the remit of the Renters’ Rights Bill. Potentially good news for these new landlords, but shorter lets also come with extra costs, more wear and tear, and higher risk of void periods than a longer lease. While they can command a 40 per cent premium, according to Elliott Tooley, head of short lets at Chestertons, he estimates that utilities and cleaning costs reduce this to a net 10-20 per cent margin for the landlord. He also cautions that there is a 90-nights-a-year limit on lets of less than that length across London. Together with new local licensing rules, such as those in Westminster, they pose further challenges for the accidental landlord. But short-term rentals on a potentially for-sale property can have an unexpected upside. After Andy Webster failed to sell his London second home — a one-bedroom flat in Covent Garden on offer for £900,000 and then reduced to £850,000 — he put it on the short-term let market in July. Within a day, he had found a tenant happy to pay £1,250 per week. That tenant loved it so much, he decided to buy it. “They liked the fact it felt like our home — not a professional rental — and saw other people viewing it to buy, which perhaps helped,” says Webster, who prefers not to use his real name, works in IT and lives in Brighton. A tenant might agree a 15-20 per cent deduction on the weekly rental rate for the inconvenience of allowing viewings during their stay, says John D Wood’s Sutton. He has just let out a three-bedroom apartment behind Buckingham Palace for a below market rate of £1,500 a week to an overseas client. On one side: “The owner didn’t get the sale price he wanted, so pivoted.” On the other: “The tenant wanted to try a six-month let in case her daughter’s new school does not work out.”But with limited returns, for many it feels like a stop gap. Having failed to sell his one-bedroom flat in Earl’s Court — and reducing the asking price from £625,000 to £600,000 — James, who prefers not to use his full name, put it on the rentals market and found a tenant, paying £615 a week. It was not a decision he came to lightly. He had already rented out the property between 2021 and 2024, and understood the challenges. “With service charges, tax changes and maintenance, it is shocking how little it makes.”Yet, the flip side is that with properties across prime central London available to buy below asking prices, and rates rising, average yields are improving. Gross average yields have increased from 3.27 per cent in January 2022 to 4.49 per cent in August this year, according to Knight Frank. This is tempting the odd professional investor back into the market again, says Charles Curran of Maskells, who says that a two-bedroom flat on Wilton Place, SW1, purchased for £2mn and let for £120,000 a year, provides a 6 per cent gross yield. “Buy-to-let is beginning to look attractive again for those looking for yield, not liquidity.” It adds little gleam to the path of the accidental landlords, however, whose primary objective is often to sell. Patel’s dalliance with landlording is an agile response to a sluggish market, not a long-term plan. “It only takes one thing to get broken to wipe out my profit margin, but it’s better than just sitting on an empty, unsold property,” he says. “I will put it back up for sale when the market improves.”
My first buyer dropped out because of the non-dom changes, then another who couldn’t sell their own home. I think the market will drop further, so I prefer to lock a tenant into a longer-term let’Michael Jones, landlord (not his real name)
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