Rubbing Shoulders with Royalty
At My Landlord Cares, our mission has always gone beyond property management — we want to make a genuine difference in society. One of our biggest goals is to contribute to ending homelessness.
And guess who else shares this vision?
HRH The Prince of Wales — you guessed right! 🙌
When the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales brought their Homewards campaign to Sheffield today, I was super excited to be part of such an important movement. But that wasn’t all — we also had the honour of hearing from Steven Bartlett and The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown. What a line-up!
It was incredible to speak to the Prince about how the private rented sector can play a bigger role in tackling homelessness. I also had the chance to connect with peers doing incredible work in this space, including my idol, Susan Aktemel.
Days like this remind me why I do what I do. Yes, together, we can end homelessness.
📢 About the Homewards Event
According to Homewards, the Sheffield visit marked the second year of the campaign and brought together influential voices to discuss innovative, long-term solutions to homelessness. The Prince of Wales joined a panel alongside Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur and host of The Diary of a CEO, and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown to explore how communities can work together to break the cycle of homelessness.
The Sheffield programme is already making an impact by building partnerships between local government, charities, and the private sector. With the right support, resources, and commitment, Homewards aims to ensure homelessness can be rare, brief, and non-recurrent.
Disclaimer & Credit:
This blog post contains excerpts from the article “Prince William joins panel with Steven Bartlett and former Prime Minister to mark second year of Homewards,” published on Homewards.org.uk. The original article is authored by The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales – Homewards. All rights belong to the original publisher.
Working with landlords who have not followed the rules
As a letting agency, we like to work with landlords who share the same values as us. But we were contacted recently by a landlord who owns numerous properties and he has enforcement on his back for all the wrong reasons.
Now we try not to be judgemental and think everyone should be offered a lifeline, but with some due diligence, we found out that this was not the first time this had happened to this landlord. So to be honest we were a bit sceptical. But nonetheless we offered our hand of support. And we figured if we were managing these properties then we could do better with them (we may be super naïve!)
When enforcement works it can be great to create transformation. Only by rooting out bad landlords can issues be targeted at their roots. At My Landlord Cares we can encourage this type of enforcement. Properties are not harmless investment vehicles there are lives at risk!
If you have been struck down by the enforcement team, get in touch with us, we can help you get back to compliance and manage your property on your behalf. You may not be so lucky next time, we know of people who have had banning orders imposed.
Message us if you want more information.
Housing Market on FIRE!
Housing market is on FIRE! Sellers know there is a premium on houses, and we have seen many sales fall through because sellers are realising that they can get a higher price and re-advertising for a higher price. The Stamp Duty holiday has not helped the situation, and Rightmove has stated that there are fewer properties going on the market. Lack of supply will keep prices high. The rise in demand from buyers hasn’t been met by a flurry of new properties coming on to the market, and this imbalance could keep prices high in the coming months.
This has meant the pent-up demand for properties is massive. Houses are like hot cakes and are being sold within weeks, even though it is taking around 6 months to complete.
Experts had predicted that house price growth could slow once the government’s coronavirus financial support schemes and the stamp duty cut come to an end, but the schemes’ recent extensions have given pause for thought. House prices could rise by 4% The estate agency Savills now says it believes house prices will rise by 4% in the remainder of the year, just months after predicting that values would remain flat in 2021.
When speaking to professionals recently, there was a general consensus that now is a good time to sell but possibly not a good time to buy. So landlords if you have a property that isn’t showing great yields, sell it now. Sit on the money until things ease within the housing market and then use your funds to secure further properties.
It is a crazy bubble and you know the old saying what goes up must come down. We don’t charge high rents, we think it’s only fair to secure longer-term good tenants to provide them with properties at the market going rate. We know what the going rates are we work with landlords to find a figure that works for all. Talk to us at My Landlord cares www.mylandlordcares.co.uk