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So they are building Social Housing somewhere in the country. The complete transformation of social housing in Scotland’s largest city under Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) has boosted the Scottish economy by £2 billion and supported thousands of jobs, a new report has revealed. The study, by the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI), reviewed the impact of both GHA’s modernisation of more than 70,000 former city council homes since stock transfer in 2003 and the building o

Two scenarios regularly pitched to me during tax planning consultations are:- 1) We want to sell some of our properties which are low yielding and replace them with higher yielding properties. 2) We have been considering selling some of our properties and using the net sale proceeds to pay down other mortgages to improve the overall gearing in our business You can probably guess the question that follows these statements! You’ve got it .... “Is there a way to do th

I'm a newbie to the letting game and would welcome advice from some seasoned members. I have a tenant who has run up non payment of rent to the tune of over a £1200. She was a no problem for 6 months of her short hold tenancy agreement, but once it changed to a periodic, problems started. I have had several friendly discussions with her and she has promised to address the arrears issue, but little has changed. She does pay small amounts occasionally, but the arrears are piling up

The UK housing market ended 2018 on a weak note with uncertainty still biting, alongside continuing lack of stock and affordability issues, according to the December 2018 UK Residential Market Survey. Key activity indicators continued to slip in December with sales volumes dwindling, although beneath this national headline figure some areas of the UK saw a more positive trend (East Anglia, Wales, the North East and Northern Ireland). Moving forward, however, over the nex

Hi, My tenant stopped paying rent and didn’t respond when I chased this. I served both a s8 notice and a s21 notice. The s8 notice period passed. The tenant then confirmed that she would pay but subsequently didn’t. The tenant then said that she would leave within two weeks and clear the arrears....

HOMELET, the country’s leading tenant referencing and specialist insurance provider, holds the UK’s largest and most up-to-date pool of data on agreed rental price trends, based on newly agreed tenancies. Chief executive Martin Totty sets out his views on what Brexit – deal or no-deal may mean for the private rental sector....

Happy New Year, we have great news to start  2019 as it is set to be a prosperous year for those landlords that are interested in dealing with Councils.  The councils are increasing their budgets to further tempt landlords into housing their tenants....

As most of you may know, HS2 has compulsory purchased many properties in London and the surrounding areas in which the new rail line is to be built. We have a property that we have sold to them under the compulsory purchase demand however...