Fun Stuff

The slightly unusual dilemma of a Croydon landlord...
This is our favourite and most popular ‘Readers Question’ to date, hence we re-bublish it from time to time.
Dear Mark (and all Property118 readers)
I think my wife might be having an...

10 Fun Facts About Landlords...
From time to time, usually towards the end of a week, I share an occasional story to give you a chuckle. I do this in the hope that you will share them with other landlords you know in order to help...

Rental Yields Explained – Listen to the audio...
Our friends Rob Bence and Rox Dix from the Property Podcast have produced an excellent audio programme which explains various options to calculate rental yields.
They have also added a very cool,

Finders Keepers...
To celebrate their 40th anniversary Oxford letting agent Finders Keepers have compiled this great list of their top ten unusual requests from tenants:...

50 Shades of Grey for landlords and letting agents...
Apparently “shades of grey” now means something different to what it meant a year or so back. I chuckled when I read a comment left on this forum last week by a landlord who suggested it...

What happens to mortgages when a landlord dies?
I wrote an article a few weeks ago about a conversation I’d had with a financial advisor about what happens to mortgages when a landlord dies. I didn’t think it would be a very popular...

The landlord who could well become a legend...
This weekend I came across a person who could become to landlordism what the legendary Roy Brooks was to the world of Estate Agency.
His name is Mick Roberts and he operates in the Nottingham area...

The tragic story of an HMO tenant...
I remember several years back meeting an old farmer boy type landlord in the car park on my way into a Landlord Association meeting. He fit all of the stereotypes I mention in my blog about my first...

Spotlight on our Editor Jack Phillips...
It’s been just over a year since Jack joined our team, initially as an intern placement via the University of East Anglia. Jack had just completed a Degree in Media and needed to get some work...

Property Values vs Interest Rates...
A question that came up in conversation this evening whilst in the car on the way back from my fiancée’s offices was “which will rise first, interest rates or property values?”...