{"id":168833,"date":"2026-01-05T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/are-uk-buy-to-let-landlords-dying-out-and-should-we-care\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:14:12","slug":"are-uk-buy-to-let-landlords-dying-out-and-should-we-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/are-uk-buy-to-let-landlords-dying-out-and-should-we-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Are UK buy-to-let landlords dying out \u2013 and should we care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHigher taxes and tougher regulations have led to the disappearance of tens of thousands of rental propertiesAs a buy-to-let landlord of 15 years, Neil France had a feeling things were about to get worse for him and his sector.\u201cYou\u2019ll never lose votes for hammering a landlord. That\u2019s the reality,\u201d France, 68, said. \u201cIt used to be estate agents and bankers; now it\u2019s landlords.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/jan\/05\/buy-to-let-landlords-autumn-budget-tax-regulations-interest-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are UK buy-to-let landlords dying out \u2013 and should we care?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Higher taxes and tougher regulations have led to the disappearance of tens of thousands of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-HV7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49999,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ignore-the-landlord-martyrs-its-time-for-the-bank-to-intervene-over-buy-to-let\/","url_meta":{"origin":168833,"position":0},"title":"Ignore the landlord-martyrs: it\u2019s time for the Bank to intervene over buy-to-let","date":"December 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\r It\u2019s not hard to understand why action on buy-to-let investors is popular. 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