Hi, I have a mortgage coming off its fixed rate at the end of October and it’s not possible to switch rates until six weeks before. With mortgage interest rates currently raising by the minute, my profit margins are disappearing and I’m tempted to sell up – although the flat has been absolutely brilliant with […]

Landlords are being urged to check that their gas appliances are safe by understanding the law. The call comes from Propertymark who are supporting Gas Safety Week which is now in its 12th year. The event will see organisations across various industries come together for one common goal – to help keep the nation gas […]

Homebuyer enquiries fell in August at the steepest rate since the early stages of the pandemic as the cost-of-living crisis impacted house market conditions, a survey reveals. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey also reveals that there has been a 50% increase in members seeing a rise in tenant demand over […]

The National Residential Landlords’ Association (NRLA) has hit back at Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke who has been calling for a rent freeze on private rental homes. Writing on the Conservative Home website, Ms Elphicke said that the rising cost of living has seen many households struggling and they are making hard financial choices. She says […]

PropertyCEO, the UK’s leading property development training company, and the property investors network (pin), the UK’s largest property training and networking organisation have agreed a strategic partnership which will create a new venture; The pin Partnership. The new pin Partnership will become a central resource for property training and education, enabling anyone interested in learning […]

Hello All, As a landlord, when a tenant mentioned there were mice/rats I immediately called in someone who knew how to deal with them. This company issued the same advice to the tenant that I had given them regarding keeping the floor swept etc. After a couple of visits, some sweeping, some emptying of traps, […]

Hi all, I need some advice, please. I own a flat in a house that was originally split into two individual flats back in the 1980’s. I own one flat and the Freeholder owns the other. I am in the process of selling the flat and the Freeholder has agreed to allow me to extend […]

New landlords continue to enter the UK property market every day, despite reports of many established Landlords exiting. Are these new Landlords naïve or do they know something we don’t? I think the answer is somewhere in between. For starters, they don’t have to worry about Section 24 because many of them are advised by […]

A Scottish council says it will, for the first time, consider buying homes from private landlords and allow the tenant to remain in the property as a council tenant. This will, the council says, help prevent homelessness and increase the council’s housing stock. The scheme might appeal to landlords in the area after the Scottish […]

A third of UK landlords believe that rental reforms are currently the greatest threat to the market, with one in five (20%) planning to sell as a result. That’s the verdict from Simply Business who have surveyed more than 600 buy-to-let landlords as part of their Landlord Report. It reveals what landlords think about rental […]

Residents in one council area are being asked to have their say on a proposed crackdown on new HMOs. Blackburn with Darwen Council is looking to impose a ban on properties being changed into HMOs without applying for planning permission. The process is called an ‘Article 4 Direction’ and the local authority wants to introduce […]

Hi, Our tenant claims a first floor flat must have a Yale lock and not a more secure Chubb lock. She has been told that ready access outwards is the priority in an emergency. Has anyone else acted on this? Thanks. Hilary

The UK’s average house price increased in August to reach a record high – after a slight fall in July, the latest Halifax House Price Index reveals. Their data shows that house prices increased by +0.4% in August, after falling 0.1% in July. However, the annual rate of growth has eased to +11.5% – from […]

Simon Clarke has been appointed as the new housing secretary as part of the Liz Truss’s new cabinet. The MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland was widely expected to be given the job. He has been an MP since 2017 and yesterday he tweeted: “Delivering on Levelling Up for communities in all parts of […]

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a rent freeze for private and public rented properties with a moratorium on evictions during winter. It comes at a time when landlords were already thinking of getting out of the buy-to-let sector. A week ago the Financial Times reported that “many buy-to-let investors plan to sell all […]

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers, will be presenting in person an overview of several landlord tax strategies at the Progressive Property Network Bristol meeting Thursday 15th September. The Bristol PPN Meeting venue will be the Aztec Hotel & Spa, Aztec West, Bristol, BS32 4TS and hosted by Paul […]

In a bid to help tenants struggling with rising bills, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a rent freeze for private and public rented properties. The rent freeze starts immediately and will be in place until the end of March next year – and the government will also introduce a moratorium on evictions during […]

The government’s plans for reforming the private rental sector will become a charter for anti-social behaviour without urgent changes, MPs have been warned. The warning was made by Ben Beadle, the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords’ Association (NRLA), as he appeared before MPs on the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee. The […]

The Telegraph Money desk is covering Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement that she will bring in rent caps. We’re looking to talk specifically to landlords who are selling up now as a result of this decision, or who are thinking of selling up, about how this decision will destroy your business plans and profit margins. Are you […]

After several years of onerous taxes regulations etc. etc. I finally put my London flat on the market for sale. I got the asking price of £550k but the buyer’s valuation is 5% below the asking price at £525k Options could be: 1. Take it on the chin? 2. Remarket it hoping a different valuer/ […]

Hi, I would like to highlight tenants taking advantage of the landlord and Universal Credit and the likes of Shelter, the local housing office and Citizens Advice Bureau being complicit in helping them defraud the landlord and government. In October 21, I let a flat to a ‘Spanish’ couple who were actually Romanian but had […]