Bank of Ireland increase differential on my tracker rates
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Tenant Eviction30/04/2013 Tenant Eviction is a process which several landlords under-estimate. Some people will tell you that evicting tenants is simple, “oh just issue a section 21 notice or a section 8 notice” are words often spoken at landlords gatherings and on our internet forums. Well, perhaps it is easy when you know how, and especially when… Read more |
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Are you owed money for rent arrears or damages?20/04/2013 I don’t think landlords should allow tenants to get away with not paying rent or making good any damages, do you? Well the good news is that the “no win no fee” Debt Collection for Landlords service I wrote about last week is now up and running. You can download the claim form and full… Read more |
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Do tenants have choices?16/04/2013 Am I the only person in the world who is sick to the back teeth of hearing stories of letting agents charging extortionate fees to tenants? Same goes for poor quality properties. Either I’m living in a bubble here in Norfolk or something is wrong with these claims. Very simply, if I were to use the wrong… Read more |
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Debt Collection for Landlords “No Win No Fee”13/04/2013 I have negotiated a “No Win No Fee” debt collection service for landlords. It constantly amazes me how many landlords post stories on our forums of tenant debts which landlords have mentally written off. Stories range from rent arrears, tenants who have absconded whilst in arrears to horror stories of damage caused by tenants to… Read more |
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Student buy-to-let investment property review12/04/2013 Is there a solid grounding behind the hype surrounding student buy to let investment property? The positive market fundamentals of the student property market, as quoted by Knight Frank, point out that student property investment was the best performing property investment in 2012 and that rental income is increasing by five per cent (5%) per… Read more |
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Bank of Ireland 2.99% five year fixed rate sparks outrage25/03/2013 Customers of The Post Office are controversially being offered a 2.99% five year fixed rate by Bank of Ireland just weeks after the bank wrote to 14,000 of it’s mortgage holders telling them that their tracker rates would see massive hikes due to “exceptional economic conditions”. It is hardly surprising then that this has renewed… Read more |
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SpareRoom’s Room Rental Index – February issue just out20/03/2013 The February edition of SpareRoom’s Room Rental Index, giving average room rents across the UK, is now available to download (please see below). Weekly room rents have increased 7% since last February, from an average of £107.44 to £114.86 across the UK. Amongst the big cities that experienced large increases, we’ve seen Edinburgh rents up… Read more |
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Guaranteed Rent – A Warning for Landlords13/03/2013 A growing number of Landlords are falling for a “Guaranteed Rent” scam which enables a landlord or an agent to sublet a property. There are several examples of how this works, below is a relatively “clean” one, I will share a much nastier example of how landlords are being stung as comments begin to appear… Read more |
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Class Action Litigation BOI + Bristol and West Mortgages05/03/2013 As you have probably heard, Bank of Ireland (BOI) and Bristol and West have advised borrowers who took tracker rate mortgages with them prior to 31st October 2004 that they are increasing their margin to 4.49% over bank base rate. Many landlords are concerned that if Bank of Ireland are allowed to get away with… Read more |
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Mortgage Facilities for Professional Property Investors25/02/2013 What do you give to professional property investors who are maxed out with their current lenders, with over £1m of buy to let mortgages outstanding, a mixed portfolio of houses, flats and new build properties, and who wants to raise capital to secure new opportunities with the option to either sell again quickly or refinance again… Read more |
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Some good News for Landlords in Scotland at last23/02/2013 I keep in touch with what’s going on in the lives of my fellow landlords North of the border via my friends at the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) and via listening to members of the Association, many of whom joined SAL on my recommendation. Members of SAL tell me landlords in Scotland are feeling… Read more |
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Major buy to let lender shuns benefits tenants22/02/2013 Mortgage Brokers across the UK have been advised by Nationwide Building Society’s specialist buy to let mortgage arm (The Mortgage Works) that they are changing their criteria to stop buy to let investors letting their properties to tenants in receipt of benefits. A survey from housing charity Crisis, released just before Christmas, claimed that 98.5%… Read more |
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