I have a family (2 parents & 2 children) renting one of my properties. They are now on a periodic tenancy as the initial tenancy came to an end some months ago. I received a text from one of the parents asking if it was possible for the other parent to be removed from the […]

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers will be presenting an overview of several landlords tax strategies at the pin Berkshire Meeting property networking event Monday 20th May 2019. The event will start at 6:00pm until 9:00pm and will be free for guests of Mark Smith that have not previously […]

Bridging Trends has reported its lowest recorded average monthly Bridging Loan rate across the market since 2015. Across its surveyed lenders the average pricing for monthly interest is now down to 0.74% for Quarter 1 2019 and this is down from 0.8% in the last Quarter of 2018. The most popular reasons for borrowers taking out […]

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that for the first time ever, councils across the country will be legally required to provide support in secure accommodation for survivors of domestic abuse and their children. With councils struggling to provide any form of accommodation let alone social housing for families and individuals that become homeless, how […]

Following the success of our article Big Incentives to Assist with Housing Crisis we have given away THOUSANDS of pounds in FREE money to landlords as a combination of grants and incentives. We have a new list of eligible properties (see below). The scheme offers grants for property improvements, up front incentive payments and immediate […]

The Right-to-Buy your council home, if you were a sitting tenant, was a key Conservative policy introduced in the 1980 Housing Act by Margaret Thatcher. All of a sudden, people who had never had the option before could realistically think about owning their own home. However, just like today, people preferred some types of housing […]

Dear David Mellen, You say in the Nottingham Post ‘We need to listen more’ and you talk about Homeless. I’m gathering you are acknowledging mistakes have been made. I am the biggest Housing Benefit Landlord in Nottingham and one of the biggest Landlords in Nottingham, responsible for 350 peoples’ homes. I have 36 houses in […]

The Government has got it wrong! Nothing unusual in that! However, it will cost Conservative MPs votes. We have gone in three years from a situation of many landlords wishing to expand to many landlords wishing to sell their investments! Who would have thought Andrew Bowles, leader of Swale Council in Kent for 15 years […]

A £600,000 pot of funding launched in Greater Manchester aims to find real-life solutions to the housing problems facing thousands of vulnerable private renters in the city. Funded by the Nationwide Foundation and hosted by housing charity Shelter, the £1.2 million Fair Housing Futures project seeks to address the challenges of accessing and living in […]

My letting agent referenced and let my 2 bed semi rental property. The tenant apparently paid his deposit and first months rent. However, he has not paid anything since. It is now 4 months on and I requested the agent to issue a section 21 rather than a section 8 and go for the debt […]

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has released its 2018 annual report reflecting ever-increasing consumer demand for the service. The report reveals TPO received a record number of enquiries in 2018 (29,023), up 22% on 2017.  Of these, 4,246 went on to be formal complaints, which also rose significantly year on year by 16%. The Ombudsman supported […]

HOMELET’s Rental Index figures for April 2019 have been released. The headlines from this month’s report are: -The average rent in the UK is now £936, up by 2.0% on the same time last year -When London is excluded, the average rent in the UK is now £775, this is up by 1.8% on last […]

Today, with more than 170 pieces of landlord legislation in place, two well-known names in the world of property, Paul Shamplina and Kate Faulkner, have once again joined forces to co-write a new version of their book ‘The Landlord’s Friend’.  Its aim is to help both novice and seasoned landlords navigate their way through the […]

Landlords are now waiting longer to repossess properties for legitimate reasons, according to official data published today. Ministry of Justice figures show the average time for a private landlord to make a claim to the courts to repossess a property to it happening, was 17.3 weeks. The figures, which cover the first quarter of 2019, […]

The government has stepped in to speed up vital cladding replacement by fully funding the work, eliminating excuses used by some building owners and protecting leaseholders from the costs. Around £200 million will be made available to remove and replace unsafe aluminium composite material cladding from around 170 privately owned high-rise buildings. This step has […]

I am reading but still failing to understand the arguments presented by the private owners of approximately 170 dangerously clad buildings are that means others are responsible for fixing the problem. This resulting in James Brokenshire announcing this morning that £200m of public money will be spent to prevent another tragedy. With the personal back […]

I have purchased a property from auction on 25th April 2019 and today is the completion date. We were happy with the property until we found out there was a commercial lease attached to a residential house this was after the purchase. We saw the property advertised with Auction house tenure it stated see the […]

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers will be presenting an overview of several landlords tax strategies at the pin Norwich Meeting property networking event Tuesday 14th May 2019. The event will start at 6:00pm until 9:00pm and will be free for guests of Mark Smith that have not previously […]

Managed Migration is due to roll out in July 2019 and it is important for us Landlords to understand how the process could affect our tenants. To date DWP have not announced the areas that they will first pilot the roll out, however when we find out the areas we will let you know! What […]

It is once again the time of year for travellers to move around the country, often moving to the following types of places: Car parks, Sports fields, Privately owned land, Parks and open spaces Travellers can be evicted from land in one of two ways: under common law or under a writ of possession. Common […]

A Declaration of Trust was set up on my Fathers property in 2002. I am the beneficiary, but only because I am the Contributor, I paid for his house in full. My Father died a few weeks ago, and I have now found out from Land Registry, the mortgage free property, was sold 6 months […]