Guest Columns

Why am I so bullish about capital growth?

Author: Adam Lawrence

31st May 2024, 2 years ago | 7

A friend and business partner asked me the other day – why so bullish on capital growth? I’ve made a...

£1 in every £14 lent is for BTL – the pendulum has gone too far

Author: Adam Lawrence

24th May 2024, 2 years ago | 7

A couple of days ago I shared an article from the Telegraph entitled “160,000 rental properties disappear as landlords sell...

Snap Election – YIKES!

Author: Adam Lawrence

23rd May 2024, 2 years ago | 33

So – many of us thought that we were nailed on for a late 2024 election. Sunak hanging on by...

Rent Controls – Should we be scared?

Author: [email protected]

5th March 2023, 4 years ago | 31

At the time I sold my last business in 2013, I was renting a house. I had owned, extended and...

My experience of moving to Portugal and the associated tax benefits

Author: [email protected]

24th February 2023, 4 years ago | 5

I have been asked to write an experienced based article on the benefits of moving to Portugal for portfolio landlord...

Capital allowances enable commercial property buyers to claim cash back from HMRC

Author: Matthew Heavyside

23rd February 2023, 4 years ago | 0

A capital allowance claim is a way to offset the cost of certain assets in your property against your taxable...

Joseph Rowntree Foundation Report Of The Private Rental Sector

Author: Susan Bradley

27th November 2022, 4 years ago | 2

Further to my last piece about the Rise of the Private Rental Sector, I have unearthed this Reform the private...

Brighton Landlord Expo – Meet fellow Property118 Readers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st June 2016, 10 years ago | 0

FREE ENTRANCE  On 29th June the Brighton Landlord Expo hosted by Association Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) will deliver a programme...

No Fees Help With Property Insurance Claims

Author: Martyn Surridge

28th April 2015, 11 years ago | 18

Hello All  I am posting here at the invitation of Mark Alexander (founder of Property118) to explain how you can...

Landlords rejoice as Superstrike problems are no more!!

Author: Tessa Shepperson

29th March 2015, 11 years ago | 25

Landlords up and down the country will (or should) be celebrating the demise of the ridiculous rules we have all...

Local Authority Lets, No need to take a chance!

Author: Mark Edwards

8th February 2015, 12 years ago | 1

Letting a property on a 3 of even 5 year contract to the local authority may seem like an attractive...

Buy to Let With No Minimum Income

Author: Mark Edwards

3rd November 2014, 12 years ago | 0

“Is it possible to obtain a buy to let mortgage without proving income?”  This is a question I am asked...

The NISA way to invest into buy to let

Author: LCP London Central Portfolio Ltd

25th June 2014, 12 years ago | 2

The 2014 Budget saw a package of measures announced to help savers trying to build a nest egg. One of...

Buy to let, no minimum income

Author: Mark Edwards

21st June 2014, 12 years ago | 0

You may well be forgiven for thinking that the current climate has been quite tough for obtaining finance.  The Financial...

London Buy to Let still makes sense

Author: Mark Edwards

18th May 2014, 12 years ago | 21

One of my clients, Philip an IT consultant, recently completed on a purchase of a three bedroom house in Edmonton...

CASE STUDY – First time buyer, First time landlord

Author: Mark Edwards

11th May 2014, 12 years ago | 2

I thought I would share a short case study of how I helped Max, a first time buyer, first time...

Introducing Mark Edwards

Author: Mark Alexander

7th May 2014, 12 years ago | 0

I first met Mark Edwards back in 2002 when he was a client of my former mortgage brokerage, and also...

Terminating an assured shorthold tenancy

Author: Mark Smith Head of Chambers Cotswold Barristers

6th May 2014, 12 years ago | 7

If a landlord wants possession of a property held on an assured shorthold tenancy at the end of a fixed term or...