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Advanced Rent – is this the ultimate assurance for landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Tenant referencing has now evolved to the extent that insurance companies are prepared to underwrite the risks associated with the...

Charter for Good Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

30th October 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Having spent a lot of time lounging around the swimming pool and on the beach over the last few weeks...

Net Rental Yields and how to increase them

Author: Mark Alexander

17th October 2012, 14 years ago | 8

There are two obvious ways to increase net rental yield; 1) reduce outgoings 2) increase income – but how? In...

Tenancy Renewals – what are the complications?

Author: Mark Alexander

17th October 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Tenancy Renewals are causing landlords and letting agents problems and complications due to the new Deposit Protection rules requiring landlords...

New business model for landlords and letting agents

Author: Mark Alexander

9th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Could the Deed of Assurance (available exclusively to members of The GOOD Landlords Campaign) be the basis of a brand...

Generation Rent and the Evolution of the Private Rented Sector

Author: Mark Alexander

5th October 2012, 14 years ago | 5

The evolution of the Private Rented Sector is upon us as buy to let renters of the last decade are...

The GOOD Landlords Campaign is Officially Launched

Author: Mark Alexander

27th September 2012, 14 years ago | 2

All GOOD Landlords want to differentiate themselves from the rogues and criminals which seem to get the lions share of...

Thinking about Legacy Protection as I’m getting married next month :)

Author: Mark Alexander

20th September 2012, 14 years ago | 13

I will get around to talking about legacy protection in this article but first I want to set the scene...

Landlords Associations – a list of them all with links

Author: Mark Alexander

13th September 2012, 14 years ago | 22

I’m not a member of just one landlords association, I joined two! I don’t know which Landlords Association is best,...

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Bridging finance surge in demand

Author: Neil Patterson

11th September 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Brooklands Commercial Finance have witnessed a significant upsurge in demand from referred Property118 readers for bridging finance as traditional secured...

Auction Property Refurbishment Case Study & Video

Author: Mark Alexander

6th September 2012, 14 years ago | 2

I’ve been having a twitter conversation with a chap called Yemi Edun who specializes in buying tired, prime location, London...

Exit plan – move in before selling up to avoid CGT

Author: Mark Alexander

28th August 2012, 14 years ago | 23

This weekend I received an email from Cissie asking “If I move into a buy to let property which has...

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Buying a property with a regulated tenancy – READERS QUESTION

Author: Readers Question

28th August 2012, 14 years ago | 2

I am considering buying a property with a regulated tenancy. It is occupied by one person who is getting on...

Financing Property Refurbishment Projects

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd August 2012, 14 years ago | 1

We receive hundreds of readers emails and telephone calls every month, the vast majority require contacts to arrange funding, hence...

Tax Treatment of Property Development vs Property Investment

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd August 2012, 14 years ago | 6

With so many buy to let  property investors now considering buy/refurb/sell deals I feel the time is right to explain...

Renting HMOs Sussed – BOOK REVIEW

Author: Mark Alexander

21st August 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Property118 Columnists HMO Landlady and Ben Reeve-Lewis have had their book “Renting HMOs Sussed” published and it is now available...

25 Year fixed rate BuytoLet Mortgage

Author: Neil Patterson

20th August 2012, 14 years ago | 7

The Manchester Building Society has launched two new 25 year fixed rate BuyToLet mortgage products with a 5.74%  and 5.99%...

Selling a tenanted property portfolio – READERS QUESTION

Author: Readers Question

18th August 2012, 14 years ago | 15

My brother and I have decided to sell 9 of the properties in our portfolio. The purpose is to raise...