Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
What 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 […]
Read moreOK, I’m forced into writing another post on the Coronavirus. This one looks at Coronavirus, the impact on a landlords credit file of taking a “mortgage holiday” and whether extensions or new landlord licensing schemes should go ahead. Coronavirus, landlords credit files and licensing About a month into the Coronapanic and I have had just one tenant contact me about […]
Read moreNotice Periods in Contractual and Periodic Assured Shorthold Tenancy In the current coronavirus environment where people are not supposed to be doing viewings, I suppose landlords would like it if, when their current tenants gave notice, the notice period was as long as possible, (as they won’t be re-letting any time soon and be facing a void). This brings me to […]
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