Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
David Lawrenson of LettingFocus explains why he is investing in Gravesend and Northfleet ahead of the London Resort Holdings opening and the extension of the Crossrail (Elizabeth Line). Gravesend, Crossrail and London Resort At Swanscombe One of the main ways I outperformed in making money in residential buy to let property was by simply buying into areas that were going […]
Read moreRepossessions under Covid Finally, a little sense at last from this hapless, flip flopping government regarding repossessions in these times of Covid, but it does not go far. They have made concessions about how repossession cases in the rental market will be handled from 20th September. This follows extensive lobbying by the National Residential Landlords Association (NLRA) after the Government […]
Read moreWhat will be the long term consequences of CV19 and the CoronaPanic for the private rented sector? This is hard to predict. We do seem to be having more of these viruses coming along in recent years and the hysterical media and governments of the world are only too keen to scare people when they do. In the last two […]
Read moreSome interesting changes to electrical regulations and gas safety have come into force in the last few weeks. For all new tenancies in England and Wales, starting from July 2020, you now have to obtain an Electric Installation Condition Report (EICR) proving the electrics are safe. These have to be renewed every 5 years. (This brings them into line with […]
Read moreOver the years, I have written a number of articles comparing property to standard pensions. Here I am defining “standard pensions” as being the sort where you usually invest via your company and the money is taken off somewhere to be invested by an anonymous fund manager (unless you are one of the supposedly lucky people (debate that!) to have […]
Read moreDon’t take the easy way out by clicking a few links and remortgaging with your current mortgage lender – you would be costing yourself tens of thousands of pounds. Always shop around says David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com. Don’t Remortgage with your current mortgage lender. Always shop around Six weeks ago, I was advising a client couple on buy to let […]
Read moreThe Stamp Duty Land Tax cut will make landlords more likely to move their properties into a company structure. But the government could soon view residential landlords moves to company structures (incorporating) as a tax avoidance ruse. The Covid19 event and media and government panic and the resulting massive economic damage that house arrest and two metres social distancing has […]
Read moreDon’t take a “mortgage holiday” if you can help it, says David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com. When the virus panic started, around 2 million people, including landlords whose tenants were struggling, turned to their mortgage company to give them a 3 month holiday. They were given the clear impression that by doing this, there would be no impact on their credit […]
Read moreDavid Lawrenson of LettingFocus recalls Boris Johnson’s failure, as Mayor of London, to deliver on the London Rental Standard. It showed how he likes big targets and how he failed to reach them , very similar to his failure on Covid virus. Do you remember Boris Johnson’s “London Rental Standard “? If you are in London you might. This was […]
Read moreThe Coronavirus Pandemic, Control, Obsession and Buy to Let – A Personal Story This is a story which is about me. It is a story about control, a story which is about a bit of sickness, it is about coronavirus and it is about how you can learn about yourself. It is very different to most of my blogs on […]
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