what do landlords want
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Landlord Survey 2013
What do landlords want?
Sample: 415 respondents
Context: Type of landlord & number of properties
Hom
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Inve
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Cor
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Oth
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0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Homeowner Investor Corporate Other
1
2-5
6-9 10+
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
1 2-5 6-9 10+
Planning to invest
1%
18%
11%
70%
No
Yes - activelylooking
Yes - interestedbut not activelylookingYes - waiting forsales prices tofall
Planning to invest
85%≤ 50% deposit = 62.7%
≥ 75% deposit = 33.9%
How could Government encourage landlords to improve the quality of their rental homes?
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0%
Other
Make 'improvements' toa rental property tax
Greater tax allowancefor furnishings
Greater subsidies forenergy efficient
investment
Have you heard of the Green Deal? Do you understand it?
55% - No
33.5% - Yes, but don’t know much about it
11.2% - Yes & understand
0.7% - Going to take action
Should it be mandatory for letting agents to have formal qualifications before handling funds?
75% agree or strongly agree
Should landlords be ‘regulated’?
61.9% YES 38.1% NO
Should tenants have the right to demand longer fixed-term tenancies
NOYES
What one thing you would like the Government to do to improve the
Private Rental Sector?
No answer 20.99% Don’t know / nothing
Legislation 30.39% Regulate agents / landlords / the sector
Increase protection against bad tenants
Simplify regulation
Abolish or improve HMOs
Financial aid for landlords
37.02% Tax benefits / relief on furnishing or green measures
Incentives to invest / make borrowing easier
CGT
MISC 3.04% No VAT on agency fees
Educate LLs about Green Deal
Cap rents
Create a grading system to help determine percentage of deposit deduction
Relationships 4.14% Encourage attitude that renting is a viable alternative to buying
Ensure equal rights for tenant and landlord
Build a database of bad landlords and tenants
Property standard
4.97% Annual inspections
A universal minimum standard
Investment Opportunities & Trends in Oxfordshire
Seeing the wood for the trees: deciphering property propaganda
Panel Discussion: What next for the PRS?