Property Sales & Sourcing

Avoiding the Void

Author: Angus Ryan

28th November 2011, 14 years ago | 1

Void periods are an occupational hazard of letting property and something that the vast majority of landlords will experience at...

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Desperate Home Sellers Ready to Agree Deep Discounts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Desperate sellers are ready to accept knock-down prices on homes for sale as financial problems and a lack of mortgages...

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Buy to Let Landlords are Snapping Up More Big City Properties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Around 25% of landlords have invested in more buy to let property this year, says the Association of Residential Letting...

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More House Price Gloom as Market Flatlines

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The latest official statistics confirm the housing market is sluggish and is not showing any signs of a revival at...

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A Room with a View

Author: Ally Interiors

8th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Selling a property relies as much on first impressions as it does location and price. Many people when viewing a...

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London’s calling corporate investors in to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

London buy to let landlords may soon have to fight toe-to-toe with institutional investors for prime residential property. Soaring rents...

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What does 50 percent BMV mean to you?

Author: Mark Alexander

25th June 2011, 15 years ago | 9

Something is only worth what the highest bidder is prepared to pay. If you see something in the sales marked...

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Advice and Guidance on Buying Property at Auction

Author: Mark Alexander

30th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Special thanks to David Humphries of buy-to-let.com for giving us permission to shine the spotlight on two excellent video’s he’s...

House price surveys confuse the market again

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The topsy-turvy world of UK house price surveys seems to have produced another set of nonsense results as the monthly...

Homes are still too expensive, even with falling prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Many believe property is still priced too high – but only one in four believe prices will fall much in...

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Buying a home can save £100 on renting it

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Due to low mortgage interest rates, buying a home is becoming more affordable than renting. The monthly cost of buying...

Housing minister backs rent-to-buy lease options web site

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Housing minister Grant Shapps has publically backed a web site advertising rent-to-buy homes. The scheme seems to promote lease option...

@Property118 interview with property investor and IFA Jason Howard

Author: Mark Alexander

30th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

First in a series of short video interviews in which Property118.com founder Mark Alexander quizzes IFA Jason Howard on how...

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Spotlight on Robin Pilley, HMO investor – Part four of a four part story

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Robin Pilley invests into HMO’s (Houses in multiple occupation) in the Haverhill area and regularly achieves up to 16% yields,...

Why Burnley has the cheapest house prices in England

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Burnley may wear the crown as the cheapest place in England and Wales to buy a home – but a...

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Mark Alexander’s interview with Paul Spriggins – UK Holiday Lets investor/developer

Author: Mark Alexander

24th January 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Paul Spriggins In this interview Paul explains how he develops brick and tile UK holiday park homes, sells them for £71,000,...

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House sales slump to an 8-year low

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2011, 15 years ago | 3

The big freeze sent a chill through the housing market as sales slumped to an eight-year low in December. Estate...

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Questions to ask a Property Sourcer

Author: Mark Alexander

10th January 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Two of the UK’s largest buy to let mortgage providers have introduced a criteria not to accept mortgage applications for...