Our mission statement
To bring the industry together and to spread a more positive message about the future of the Private Rented Sector in the UK, the Landlord Leaders community has outlined four key areas of focus and set out its vision for what is needed for each to succeed.
- Encourage clearer communication between tenants and landlords.
- Promote the use of digital platforms and applications to facilitate efficient communication, such as dedicated online portals or mobile apps.
- Work towards the implementation of a standardised communication system between landlords, tenants, and relevant stakeholders to ensure clear and timely exchange of information.
- Communicate the economic benefits of a thriving private rented sector to the public.
- Establish comprehensive educational programmes and guides for landlords to increase awareness of their rights, responsibilities, and best practices in the industry, especially around sustainability.
- Collaborate with industry associations, government bodies, and educational institutions to develop and deliver training courses and workshops tailored to the needs of stakeholders.
- Encourage ongoing professional development within the industry to ensure that professionals remain updated with the latest trends, regulations, and best practices.
- Signpost resources for stakeholders to use for best practice and guidance.
- Encourage disparate sections of the industry to increase cross-education and better understanding of their roles within the sector, and externally to the public and media.
- Encourage collaborative efforts between landlords, tenants, and other stakeholders for a more seamless rental experience and to foster a sense of understanding, responsibility and community spirit within the sector.
- Facilitate the establishment of landlord forums to enable open dialogue and co-operation in addressing common concerns.
- Promote a more positive view of the private rental industry by highlighting success stories, best practices, and positive contributions made by landlords and tenants.
- Engage with media outlets and community organisations to counter negative stereotypes and misconceptions.
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Why Explore the Psychology Behind Home and Ownership? Building a Thriving Private Rented Sector
As part of our continued mission to foster a more sustainable and thriving private rented sector (PRS), we at OSB Group have embarked on a journey to deepen our understanding of tenants' needs, behaviours, and aspirations. Our commitment goes beyond financing homes; it is about shaping a rental ecosystem where landlords, tenants, and other stakeholders can prosper together. This dedication underpins our new research: Bricks to Belonging: The Psychology Behind Home and Ownership.
29 Nov 2024
Bricks to Belonging: The psychology behind home and ownership
On Wednesday, 20 November, members of the Landlord Leaders Community gathered to explore a question deeply rooted in the British psyche: Why do we aspire to own our homes? The event highlighted findings from new Bricks to Belonging psychological research commissioned by OSB Group, uncovering the motivations behind the nation’s homeownership dreams and the implications for the private rented sector (PRS).
29 Nov 2024
2024 Budget Update for Landlords
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered her first budget of the new Labour Government with a number of measures that directly affects landlords. Whilst we await the full Budget Report there were a number of headline announcements. Here, we provide a summary of these and our view on the impact on landlords.
31 Oct 2024
Nine things for landlords to take away from the Renters’ Rights Bill
The size and role of the private rented sector (PRS) has increased exponentially over the past 30 years; there are currently 11m private renters and 2.3m landlords in England alone. In September 2024, the new Labour government announced the introduction of the new Renters’ Rights Bill into Parliament, aimed at reforming the private rented sector and strengthening renters' rights.
20 Sep 2024
Turning Change into Opportunity for Landlords
The nation finds itself at a critical moment, with signs of change ushered in by a newly elected government. This moment brims with promise, yet it also calls for swift action to resolve the policy uncertainties that loom over the private rented sector.
05 Aug 2024
New government must act swiftly to show landlord support
Landlords play a vital role in society, providing homes for almost 20% of the UK’s households – more than the social rented sector. And we all know that the heady combination of a punitive tax regime, tightening regulation and higher interest rates have made running a buy-to-let business more challenging than ever in recent years.
15 Jul 2024
Private Rented Sector Pre-Election Boost
Despite the often negative headlines, landlords are doing it for themselves - and their tenants - with new research from Pegasus showing landlords are making more and investing more in 2024.
28 Jun 2024
What’s needed in the Private Rented Sector: Leadership, Energy, Engagement and Connection
Leadership, energy, engagement, and connection are what is needed in Private Rented Sector (PRS) political leadership, according to our latest community event.
14 May 2024
Rental Satisfaction
Home is where the heart is for tenants, with 78% of renters saying the property they let feels like home. Yet despite seeming rental satisfaction, the Private Rented Sector (PRS) is often spoken about in a negative vein - but why?
13 May 2024
Landlord Leaders Community: PRS Political Pulse
In May, 35 members of the Landlord Leaders Community met at the Covent Garden Hotel, London, to look back on the past decade of policy in relation to the PRS and hear from policy influencers on what they want to see in the next political era.
02 May 2024
What the 2024 Spring Budget means for landlords
The 2024 Spring Budget on 6 March held some major changes that will affect all landlords in general and owners of Furnished Holiday Lets in particular. We asked Pavandeep Mandir of UK Landlord Tax what the budget means for landlords.
18 Mar 2024
Continuing to Thrive: 2024 in the Private Rented Sector
If we’re known by the company that we keep, then I couldn’t be prouder to be part of the Landlord Leaders Community. Our Spring LLC event focussed on what’s next for the Private Rented Sector.
11 Mar 2024
Landlords are optimistic and taking action in 2024
With the changing shape of the private rented sector in mind, OSB Group revisited its Landlord Leaders research for 2024, one year on, with a view to understand the changing views of landlords as well as the actions they intend to take for the benefit of the PRS as well as the tenants they house.
11 Mar 2024
Landlord Leaders Community: Driving Positive Change in the Private Rented Sector
Last week, OSB Group distributed a press release driven by research and sharing information about how landlords are taking action to invest for the long term.
22 Feb 2024
Landlords take action to invest for the long term
In a housing landscape marked by uncertainty and change, OSB Group reveals that landlords are taking action and continuing to invest in the future of the Private Rented Sector (PRS) and the tenants they serve.
20 Feb 2024
Location, flexibility and landlord trust the key to tenant satisfaction
Tenants value location, flexibility and direct landlord relationships according to new research launched today from specialist lending bank OSB Group.
11 Dec 2023
Landlord Leaders community sharpens focus to improve Private Rented Sector
The founding members of the Landlord Leaders community, convened by OSB Group, has today launched its mission statement outlining its aims to drive positive change for a sustainable and thriving Private Rented Sector.
29 Aug 2023
From energy efficiency theory to action - a practical perspective for landlords
While the Government consults on the private rented sector’s decarbonisation, many landlords, 68% according to our own Landlord Leaders research last year, are already acting - or getting ready to act - to get ahead of legislation,
23 Jun 2023
Professionalisation of buy to let sector points to growth in limited company incorporation
Recent headlines have declared the demise of the ‘dinner party landlord’. This has always struck me as a strange term, though not as odd as the ‘accidental landlord’, referring either to a person who has inherited a property
16 Jun 2023
Incorporation can help landlords thrive in the buy to let game
Investing in buy to let property is not for those looking to make a fast buck. Most buy to let landlords these days view their investment as a project with potential to generate both income and capital gains, but over the long term.
02 Jun 2023
Corporation tax hike will impact only biggest buy to let landlords
I can’t remember the last time there was an official Budget delivered that contained good news for buy to let landlords, and this year’s was no exception.
25 May 2023
OSB Group pledges £50m fund to help landlords enhance energy efficiency
Leading specialist lender OSB Group is today announcing a package of targeted measures to support buy-to-let landlords seeking to improve the sustainability of their investment properties.
31 Jan 2023
Good vibes in professional buy-to-let sector
Once the Christmas carols have faded away, the mood music in the UK mortgage market is likely to be pretty subdued. Business levels in 2023 will certainly be lower than this year,
31 Jan 2023
2023 Overview
Let’s face it, there will be some hard yards to cover in 2023. The cost of living challenges and higher interest rates mean a contraction in the total size of the mortgage market is probable,
25 Jan 2023
The mortgage industry has a key role to play in the ‘war effort’ on energy efficiency
The founding members of the Landlord Leaders community, convened by OSB Group, has today launched its mission statement outlining its aims to drive positive change for a sustainable and thriving Private Rented Sector.
23 Jan 2023
Landlord Leaders deserve industry support
Private landlords play a key role in the UK, providing homes for around 20% of all households, many of which are financed by a buy-to-let mortgage.
18 Jan 2023
HMO landlords need help as energy costs set to remain high for the long term
If you’ve opened a fuel bill, filled up your car or listened to the news recently, you’ll be only too aware of the energy cost crisis gripping the nation.
17 Jan 2023
Room for new conversations between brokers and landlords
As a broker, what might you find if you looked inside the mind of one of your buy to let landlord clients? Concern about rising interest rates and tenant affordability?