Welcome to the July edition of the  “Landlords Barometer” where there’s lots going on in the private rented sector as the true impact of the
Covid19 lock-down starts to be felt.

I have used the metaphor of a tsunami to described Covid19.

The virus going global was the earthquake, lockdown was when the tide drew back and weak business models were exposed, and now the actual tsunami wave is on the horizon – although the government have been doing their best to intercept it and push it back!

We’re using the term “coronanomics” to describe and curate how the private rented and general property sector is reacting and adjusting to the impact of Covid19, which has massively amplified the velocity of change in both sectors.

View all our CoronaNomics discussions

Here are the most viewed topics of the past month:

1.  Summer Statement – SDLT cut immediate

Landlords react to the stamp duty announcement in the Summer
Statement.  Over 90 comments at the time of writing.

2.  Prices might not fall as much as people think

An exclusive article by property analyst Kate Faulkner resulted in over 180
comments!

3.  Why do people rely on such slim BTL margins?

Another highly engaged topic – Over 190 comments at the time of writing.

4.  Short lived stimulus of Sunak “energy drink”

Property developer of four decades experience, John Howard, writes about his views and concerns about government support measures.

5.  Paul Smith – multi media – bounce back loans

Both the Times and the Telegraph took up the issue of Bounce Back Loans being advocated to buy property.

6.  Will Covid-19 spell the end of the Landlord?

A provocative question receives a variety of views.

Video of the Month:

Landlord and tenant law expert David Smith talks about GDPR issues for property professionals:

Property Tribes news:

Property Tribes , as part of our collab with Lendlord, has launched a market-leading Deal Analysing Tool which we celebrated with a themed week of content around how seasoned property professionals analyse deals, the metrics that they regard as important, and how, with increased risk post-Covid19, deal analysis is absolutely vital.