In Episode 41 of The Broker Collective, Riz Malik, Jamie Lennox, and Lewis Shaw dive straight into the political and economic storm clouds forming over the mortgage market.

Fresh from holiday, Riz shares his thoughts on Rachel Reeves’ looming budget, landlord tax rumours, and the possibility of National Insurance being charged on rental income. The trio debate whether these moves are designed to push landlords into selling to tenants, or part of a bigger shift towards institutional ownership of UK housing.

With tinfoil hats firmly in place, they explore parallels with the World Economic Forum’s “you will own nothing” narrative, Gary Stevenson’s prediction of house prices doubling, and the uncomfortable reality of a housing supply crisis that shows no sign of being fixed.

The conversation turns practical as they ...