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Alex Cook, Litigation Solicitor and Partner at Helix Law offers his view on the world of property development training. Would you like to get rich quickly? There’s a host of people out there telling us we can all be property millionaires – but at what cost? Welcome to the world of property development education, training and mentoring.  With little or no experience, we are told we can learn everything there is to know about investing in property, with seductive returns. So

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee have voted unanimously to hold the Bank Base Rate at 0.75% for another month. From the meeting notes below this seems to be a holding pattern due to uncertainty around how, when and even possibly if the UK will leave the European Union. Along with other factors such as continued softening of Global growth and trade and maximum forecast UK GDP growth in the medium term of 1.6%. There is always the risk that political pressure may be

I am looking for help please with suggestions for best wording to explain a larger rent rise than normal for my tenants this year. I have 2 properties, a house that I rent for £998 and a 2 bed flat for £650. Both are good tenants and cause no issues. I did have 8 properties, but have been selling them off when I saw the dark clouds coming. I normally raise rents in line with RPI, but this year, with all the changes that have been enacted and those in the pipeline I feel that

Last year, Property118 contributor Dr Ros Beck wrote a critique, under the banner of The Landlords Union, of a Richard Bilton/BBC Panorama programme in which he was calling for the removal of S.21 altogether, that questioned and strongly criticised the use of the term ‘no fault’ when describing S.21 Notices. Click here to read the article. Obviously this is very emotive language and something that is rarely, if ever, true because we all know landlords do not evict tenants for

Many years ago, property investors and developers knew their local bank manager and would simply arrange a meeting with them to discuss the various finance options. However, today, bank managers are a virtually extinct species and where they do exist...

I have now had a response form Heather Wheeler MP, Minister for Housing and Homelessness, from my letter expressing the lack of justice in housing for landlords. You can read my points made in the series of readers articles below which started: Letter to Gareth Johnson Member of Parliament for Dartford: Dear Mr Johnson...

Alexandra Morris, Managing Director of MakeUrMove, shares details on what landlords need to know on the laws of overcrowding in rental properties.  At the end of 2018, the government introduced details of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act, which is to replace the Landlord and Tenant Act. ...

The cost of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a postcode lottery reveals new research1 from Direct Line for Business. The analysis of licensing charges between local authorities show a large variance, with the cost of a new licence ranging from just £55 to £1,150...