Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
In this blog post, I look at “Seasonality in the Private Rented Sector”. Plus, I look at one example of “Clueless Institutional Investment in Private Renting” Seasonality in the Private Rented Sector Does the time of year affect the rental income you can achieve and the speed of letting? Oh yes it can! I first wrote about this in the very first […]
Read moreEnd of Tenancy Cleaning – Part 2 Some months ago I wrote a blog about end of tenancy cleaning which generated a lot of interest. The link to that article is at the bottom of this post. We have found that providing we give our own patent “End of Tenancy Cleaning” list to our tenants and make sure that they, […]
Read moreOne Rule for Overseas Investors One Rule for Buy to Let Landlords David Lawrenson of www.LettingFocus.com highlights the double standards that apply in housing which encourage rich foreign buyers and big corporations whilst hurting the small buy to let landlords. It seems there is one rule for overseas investors and big players but different rules for buy to let investors. Did […]
Read moreTenancy Deposits to be Limited to 5 Weeks The government has done a U-turn on the decision to cap tenancy deposits at 6 weeks rent. Now, for rents under £50,000 a year, they will be reduced to just 5 weeks rent, when the long delayed Tenant Fees Bill becomes the law, says David Lawrenson of www.LettingFocus.com. (If the annual rent […]
Read moreGetting Vendors to Sell Their House to You – Exchange with Delayed Completion There are some basic things that we always do, that always work says David Lawrenson of www.LettingFocus.com. We always look at how we can solve a house seller’s problem. And this involves trying to put oneself in their shoes. One of the simplest ways involves buying a house […]
Read moreWill House Prices Keep Rising? A very interesting article appeared in a recent edition of the “Financial Times” says David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com. In the article, Merryn Somerset Webb asked, “Will house prices will ever rise again?” A fair question. Her view was that it was nearly impossible to answer this question if you do not have a good understanding […]
Read moreTenants Rental Payment and Credit Scores One of the big complaints of tenants is that their credit score is not improved by all the rental payments they make says David Lawrenson of www.LettingFocus.com. However, this is about to change. Both private renters and social housing tenants can now opt in to the new, free “Rental Exchange Initiative” which will record […]
Read moreLetting Relief for Landlords Looks Set to be Scrapped Lettings relief for buy to let landlords looks set to be abolished says David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com. This is a shame because we had all expected that maybe in the budget Mr Hammond might do something nice for buy to let, like cutting capital gains taxes for landlords who let to […]
Read moreCapital Gains Tax Reduction for Landlords Selling to Tenants Chancellor Philip Hammond is said to be considering handing a capital gains tax break to landlords who sell their buy-to-let properties to long-term tenants in his budget this month. The proposals were put forward by “Onward”, (the rather silly-named Conservative think tank). The idea is that landlords could be made exempt […]
Read moreUniversal Credit Not Working ALMOST two-thirds of private landlords with tenants receiving Universal Credit have experienced them going into rent arrears according to new research by the Residential landlords association, says David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com Based on responses from over 2,200 landlords, the Residential Landlord Association has found that 61 per cent of landlords with tenants on Universal Credit have experienced […]
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