Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
Summary – Why the private rented sector is in the news so much. Plus, a prediction of coming Olympic property letting fraud. So, the private rented sector is in the news. Indeed it is in the news a lot. And that’s not surprising because, for the first time since the 1960s, more property is in the private rented sector than […]
Read more“Every buy to let landlord is sophisticated and needs no protection. Caveat Emptor.” That would seem to be the message coming out of a recent court judgement You may have heard of the Scullion case. If not, I’ll remind you as it’s pretty interesting and relevant for anyone buying property to let now or who has bought in the past. […]
Read moreKey Point: Most private landlords don’t set high value on things like membership of accreditation schemes and property inspections offered by some councils as part of Local Letting Agency schemes designed to attract landlords. They won’t pay much for these features either – especially where a good private let alternative exists. Local authorities must be realistic about what landlords want […]
Read moreBreaking News: Yorkshire Building Society have carefully entered buy to let mortgage lending with a product that contains some seeds of innovative thinking that should make other lenders – still wedded to a concept of vanilla mortgages and “one size fits all” pricing and underwriting techniques – sit up and take notice. It’s an area buy viagra online us that […]
Read moreI think the sun may have got to me, but it’s time for a little rant this week. Normal service will be resumed next week! Misdirected Housing Schemes Under a scheme that was announced a few months ago, local authorities will put up deposits to allow first-time buyers to get on the housing ladder. The initiative was initially being backed […]
Read moreWe have collated some great tax top tips for property investing landlords at our book, “Successful Property Letting.” In the chapter on tax, we included 20 great tax tips along with a simple easy to follow guide for landlords down the highway and byways of HMRC’s tax system. The new edition of “Successful Property Letting” is available via this link: […]
Read morePeople often ask me “What sort of tenants should I pick?” My answer is “Well, that depends upon what type of property you have and what the local market demand (and supply) is like.” Of course, if you are any good at this business you’ll know to check where the tenant demand is likely to come from before you buy. […]
Read moreKey Point: We are concerned that whilst local authorities will, in theory, be able to discharge the homelessness duty into the private rented sector, the reality is that many councils may not have done enough to convince private landlords to make their property available to this end of the lettings market. On Monday, I featured with a clutch of housing […]
Read moreAt the end of a recent speaking engagement to a group of building society buy to let lending staff in the North of England, none of whom were landlords; I asked them, “So, do you think you might be interested in becoming landlords then.” I was a bit surprised when all said, “No” That got me thinking. Recently a peer […]
Read moreThough I try very hard to make sure I’m not on mailing lists for the “Buy Property Below Market Value with None of Your Own Money Down” brigade, I still get the odd email coming through. Naturally, once you are on one mailing list, you quickly end up on lots of others – most of them flogging the same “Get […]
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