Evicting a tenant is never an easy decision and usually, it’s the last choice any landlord wants to make. With piles of paperwork to complete, it’s a decision that should not be made lightly. We’ve made a guide for landlords on how to evict a tenant in England and will produce guides on how to […]

Hello, My tenant hasn’t paid a penny since he moved in in May 2023, so I have been trying to get him out, serving him a Section 8 Grounds 8,10,11 & 14 and when he didn’t move out, I eventually went to court where the judge said he’d give him 14 days to move out. […]

Hello, Has anyone had any experience with the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) for market value case? History is, tenant moved in and given 12 month AST in early 2020. They have not been given new AST or had rent raised since. Rent proposed notified by Form 4 (email and sent Royal Mail signed for) to raise […]

The average rent in the UK is now at £1,279, down by 0.3% from last month’s figures – but this is still 8.85% higher than in November 2022, when the average rent was £1,175, one index reveals. The data from HomeLet shows that the average rent in the UK excluding London is £1,066, down by […]

The average new seller’s asking price will fall by 1% nationally by the end of 2024 as the market cools down after the post-pandemic boom, Rightmove warns. The UK’s largest property portal has released its forecast for the housing market and says that sellers will have to price their homes more attractively to secure a […]

Landlords are feeling the squeeze from rising mortgage rates and energy bills, as new research shows that buy to let arrears cases have doubled in a year. According to Octane Capital, a specialist property lending firm, there were 11,540 BTL mortgages in arrears of at least 2.5% of the balance in the third quarter of […]

Hello, there’s condensation in our newly refurbished property. There’s water dripping from the walls and the windows are all wet in the bedrooms. We are looking for an effective solution as am not sure what to do that will work. Does anyone know a trial and tested cost-effective solution they can recommend that could fix […]

News this week that the rent cap in Scotland has led to higher rents will be a story ignored by the likes of Shelter, Generation Rent and Acorn. But my first thought was, who’d have thunk it? Capping rents at a time when landlords are seeing their overheads increase and profits fall was always going […]

The number of children living in temporary accommodation in England has reached a new record high, according to government figures. It says that nearly 139,000 children are homeless and living in hostels, B&Bs or other places, an increase of 14% compared to last year. On the back of the news, Shelter says that these types […]

Hello, I have been granted repossession and been provided with a date (12th December) for eviction and awarded Rent Arrears and court fees. Please can someone assist with what the sums I should fill out in section 4 (Warrant Details) – is it even worth filling this out? I sense the Bailiffs will focus on […]

The covid pandemic has fuelled a record high demand for private rental properties, while the supply of available homes dwindles, a new survey reveals. The findings from the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) warns that this imbalance will erode the purchasing power of tenants and make it harder for them to challenge criminal landlords. The […]

CHL Mortgages has expanded its product range, and now includes standard buy-to-let two-year fixed-rate mortgages up to 65% loan to value that start at 3.65%! Now that is attractive compared to recent rates. They also currently have rates of: 3.72% for 70% LTV 4.90% for 75% LTV Standard BTL lets do have certain criteria and […]

Buy-to-let is still a lucrative strategy for property investment. Join Ranjan as he explores the five reasons why property investing in the UK Buy-to-Let market is ALIVE and THRIVING in 2024. Check out the video below:

UK house prices have increased for the third consecutive month in November, according to Nationwide, the country’s largest building society. The monthly rise of 0.2% was lower than the 0.9% increase in October but higher than the 0.1% increase in September. This is the first time since summer last year that property prices have risen […]

Remortgaging landlords are showing more confidence in five-year fixed rate mortgages than they did earlier this year, a survey has found. According to the research from Landbay, more than half (51%) of the remortgaging landlords said they would choose a five-year fixed rate mortgage, up from 40% in April. This is also higher than the […]

Hello, my tenant (Italian citizen) got evicted through a legal channel, however tenant started staying in the CamperVan in the driveway of the property. Tried contacting the police and local council but not much help. I tried to write to him over email but he didn’t respond. Has anyone faced such an issue and could […]

Hello, I am a new landlord. I have learnt from a prospective tenant in Wales that the current landlord has given him a typed-out one-pager contract for a room in a shared house in Wales and his deposit is NOT being protected. There is no record of this landlord in the public register of RentSmartWales, […]

Hello, I want to forfeit a lease and take control of my warehouse by changing the locks, I have a locksmith that will change the locks. I have the keys to enter to do this. I then want to take control of the warehouse. I want to do this myself not using a bailiff early […]

The housing secretary, Michael Gove, has been accused of breaking his pledge to end the ‘feudal’ leasehold system in England and Wales, after it emerged that his flagship new Bill does not ban developers from selling new houses under leasehold. The leasehold reform bill, which was unveiled this week after being announced in the King’s […]

Mould and damp have become an issue for people across the country, according to a new survey. According to energy experts Uswitch, 63% of people who’ve experienced mould in housing were tenants in privately rented or local authority housing. According to the report, 38% of people believe that UK properties are not suitably built to […]

The London Mayor is calling for tougher sanctions for private landlords who let out mouldy homes in the capital. Sadiq Khan wants to see rent rebates doubled if landlords fail to fix mouldy and draughty homes in London. As part of the mayor’s measures, Rent Repayment Orders – legal orders which require rogue private landlords […]