Bringing court proceedings to evict a tenant is generally the very last thing a landlord wants to do. The aim of most landlords is to have long term tenants living in the property for many years.  However, sometimes the grim necessity to evict a tenant will occur: – You may need to recover vacant possession […]

I have a three-bedroom flat and the single room does not meet the council’s new imposed minimum room size of 7.1 square meters and so does not meet the licensing criteria. I have 3 students from China who want to rent the flat who say they are related (cousins) so they meet the single household […]

Before the Labour Party conference, Lucy Powell, Shadow housing secretary said: “Labour is the party of homeownership, the Tories are the party of speculators and developers. They treat housing as a commodity, not the bedrock of stable lives and life chances.” Labour has announced plans to: Give councils powers to force landowners to sell vacant […]

Hi everyone, My local council is offering to lease my flats on an interim lease agreement, whereby they would use the properties as temporary accommodation for households owed a duty under S188 or S193 of the Homelessness Reduction Act. Can I ask if anyone has done this with their properties and let them out on […]

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1% and by a majority of 7-2 to continue with its existing programme of Quantitative Easing. CPI inflation was projected to rise temporarily in the near term, to 4% in 2021 Q4, owing largely to developments in energy and goods […]

Planners Error Lands Them in COURT! What steps you can take if you have a planning refusal Linda and I discuss a bizarre mix-up ‘Your proposal is whack’: Chaos as ‘junior worker’ who thought he was testing a dummy council website rejects and approves REAL planning applications with BONKERS reasons such as an approval with […]

The Property Investors Bureau is pleased to have hosted its first physical event for the Property Educators Accreditation Scheme’s members and key stakeholders. It was a launch event held at the prestigious Hamilton Fraser offices on 22nd of September and was attended by influential figureheads from within the property investment industry. The launch event signifies […]

The Minister for Climate Change has confirmed the regulations under paragraphs 1(2) and 14(1) of Schedule 29 to the 2020 Act have been extended until 31 December 2021. Six months’ notice is required for notices served in respect of all protected tenancies; statutory tenancies; secure tenancies; assured tenancies; assured shorthold tenancies; introductory tenancies; and demoted […]

The Collective, the world’s LARGEST HMO, is going into administration despite a rent roll of £550,000 per month and Energy costs are likely to quadruple! Join Andrew Roberts and me, as we have some solutions for savvy property investors to help mitigate the increase in energy prices. Please click on the video below:

Hello, my name’s Melissa Lawford, I’m the property correspondent at The Telegraph. I’m writing an article about how the pandemic has reshaped the market and has created new investment opportunities in different places. I’m keen to talk to landlords who have recently invested or are planning to invest, in buy-to-let in new areas, because of […]

Following Michael Gove‘s appointment as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities the property industry is still considering how warmly to receive the new postholder. A new survey from LettingaProperty.com has revealed precisely what those in the property sector think of the new appointment, along with their top concerns. Calls for landlords to […]

Lloyds Banking Group has launched a new brand, Citra Living, through which to pursue its aim of becoming the UK’s largest private landlord. The banking giant plans to purchase 50,000 properties over the coming decade. What can we tell from this? According to the team of financial and property experts at Fabrik Invest, Lloyds’ designs […]

The latest research by Barrows and Forrester examines the true impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on landlords due to rent arrears among private rental tenants in England, revealing that the total amount of arrears during the initial wave of the pandemic was dwarfed by arrears during the second. There are 4.8 million private rented households in […]

With the ink barely dry on the new SNP and Scottish Greens co-operation agreement, the Scottish Government is keen to forge ahead with its plans to create a “new deal for tenants”. Ahead of the recent announcement that he would be the new Minister for Tenants’ Rights, Patrick Harvie took the opportunity to set out […]

Hi there all, We have three BTLs with three individual mortgage providers which are Virgin Money, Santander and Halifax in personal names obviously section 24 and the tax implications are an issue. We are looking for some guidance on whether we will have to refinance all the properties to be able to move them into […]

None of us are immortal, so death bed tax planning strategies are important for us all to know about. On that basis I make no apology for what some might perceive to be such a taboo topic. This Case Study is based on a married couple with children, which fits the profile of most but […]

Michael Gove MP Famous for stabbing Boris Johnson in the front in the leadership campaign after the BREXIT vote is to head up the new government Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities and is set to HALT the biggest planning overhaul ever. Some Pundits claim his appointment is to drive through planning reforms already […]

Failure to address COVID rent debts shows Government has given up on those struggling through no fault of their own. Private renters and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit support. With Bank of England warnings indicating that renters are more likely than any […]

For many landlords, this year has been the year of the “cash in and retire” strategy. And with house prices sky-high, it makes sense. That coupled with the fact that the market won’t be this high again for another 7 years, it’s no surprise that portfolio landlords throughout the UK are rushing to sell their […]

Where is the mention of Housing and the Housing Market as a priority? The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has now been catchily renamed the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities as the Government with former Bank of England Chief Economist, Andy Haldane, appointed as the new Head of the Levelling Up […]

We own a small bungalow that we rent out via an agent. We picked a local agent as the property is too far away from our home and neither of us has the specialist knowledge to self manage. Over the Bank Holiday, we received a call from the agent to say overnight the property had […]