Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
Over 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 […]
Read moreOur view on Coronavirus Covid19 My blog of 18th March deals with the impact of Covid19 on housing and especially the private rented sector. This blog deals with more general issues. The comments I make here may be more contentious for some people. I make no apologies for that. Coronavirus and the assault on civil liberties Firstly, I am deeply […]
Read moreThe coronavirus is throwing up big issues for private landlords and the private rented sector. The main issue is the concern that tenants will lose their jobs and be unable to pay their rent. Consequently, many landlords will be anxiously checking their records to see what sort of work their tenants do as some sectors and some types of jobs […]
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