What do landlords want

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Landlord Survey 2013 What do landlords want? Sample: 415 respondents

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Landlord Survey 2013

What do landlords want?

Sample: 415 respondents

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Context: Type of landlord & number of properties

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Planning to invest

1%

18%

11%

70%

No

Yes - activelylooking

Yes - interestedbut not activelylookingYes - waiting forsales prices tofall

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Planning to invest

85%≤ 50% deposit = 62.7%

≥ 75% deposit = 33.9%

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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

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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

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Should it be mandatory for letting agents to have formal qualifications before handling funds?

75% agree or strongly agree

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Should landlords be ‘regulated’?

61.9% YES 38.1% NO

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Should tenants have the right to demand longer fixed-term tenancies

NOYES

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What one thing you would like the Government to do to improve the

Private Rental Sector?

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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

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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

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Investment Opportunities & Trends in Oxfordshire

Seeing the wood for the trees: deciphering property propaganda

Panel Discussion: What next for the PRS?