I currently own 1 property in my name (that I purchased before I got married) which we now let and we are buying a second property as a buy-to-let. I’m a higher earner than my wife. Should I get a deed of trust drawn up on the first property so that we can declare rental […]

I know that LPA Recieves do not have to be appointed by deed, but the document appointing them must be validly authorised. My LPA receivers were appointed by the Kent Reliance Building Society and the Letter of Appointment was signed by one director and not sealed or witnessed. Current information on the Council Of Mortgage […]

The NLA have launched their new campaign to Lobby the Treasury on the Tenant Tax. For those that are visual a picture paints a thousand words. The NLA page Click Here to visit says: “There is a new Chancellor and we need your help to lobby him on the Tenant Tax – otherwise known as […]

Dear All, I have a HMO (my first) about to go ‘live’ as my paperwork has been accepted by my LA. The questions are; Is there a different sort of contract required as I was going to use my AST template for flat rentals? If a couple want to rent can I impose an extra […]

After More than 18 months , Thousands of applications, Flawed application process, Data breaches and illegal Licence conditions, Liverpool city Council have secured their first Conviction under their City Wide revenue raising Licensing sham. ONE CONVICTION. In this instance no tenant has gained from the Prosecution. The Landlord in question was not convicted for any […]

My daughter is the victim of a fraudulent letting agent . This is quite a complicated story, my daughter has a AST for a 12 month fixed term with a letting agency which turns out to be fraudulent! She paid three months rent plus a deposit upfront ( which hasn’t been protected ) which was […]

I have a tenant who at the moment is living alone in my 3 bedroom house. In order to relieve the strain on his finances, he would like a friend to share the house and the bills with him. I do not object in principle, but do not want to start a new tenancy agreement […]

I am about to rent out a flat to a couple who need accommodation due to their own home having been damaged by fire. The rent has been agreed and an AST for 12 months (6 month break) is about to be signed. I have been informed that the insurance company will actually be paying […]

I am a landlord by default. My mother had a stroke in 2011 and needed full time care so I quit my job and moved from Northumberland back to Norfolk with my husband. We let out our house as had no time to sell it. Five years on, as we both have no decent pension […]

We have given Betsy Dillner, the Director of Generation Rent the nickname “Ditsy Dillner” on account of how often she contradicts herself. In ‘How to change the housing crisis: build relationships’ Betsy Dillner says: “the PRS has more than doubled in the last 10 years, to 11 million households across the UK.” She claims “We as […]

I have created a thread for Property118 landlords to explain the decisions and changes they have made thus far as a direct consequence of Section 24 of The Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 which changes the rules on mortgage interest relief for private landlords from April 2017 onward.  The intention is that posts made here can […]

“The aim of accepting landlords over the age of 85 years within a joint mortgage application will allow many of our older borrowers to continue to leverage their portfolios”, said David Whittaker CEO of Keystone. Keystone Property Finance has removed the age criteria on its Classic range of mortgage products for joint applicants and for […]

I am in the process of selling my sole property in the UK, (which I have been letting for 10 years), and plan to buy 2 flats instead. My agent has priced the house at £325,000 and suggests 2 properties at around £160,000 each. There is £45,000 left to pay on my repayment mortgage, therefore […]

Savills forecast that by 2021 UK rental prices will increase by 19% and that house prices will have grown by only 13%. The disparity in growth is predicted to be even greater in London with rental prices rising by 24.5% over the same period and house prices by only 10.9%.   Savills are blaming post-referendum […]

The High Court has today ruled that Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU. This means that the government alone without Parliament approval cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and begin formal negotiations with the EU. Theresa May’s official spokeman said government had “no intention […]

For obvious reasons most of the current S24 talk concentrates on higher bracket earners and/or highly leveraged landlords. I’m the typical small portfolio landlord on the edge of getting stung by S24 so I want to make sure my next few decisions are well informed. I imagine there’s many others in my position so I […]

To arrive at Net Rent do you only deduct Council Tax, if you as the Landlord paying it, as per the advice on the HMRC website, but not Management Agent Fees, or is Net Rent after Management Fees. Obviously, I’d like the answer to be Net Rent is only, as the tenant would never normally […]

Jack moved out of his flat three months ago to live with his girlfriend. Rather than selling his flat he decided to obtain consent from his mortgage lender to rent it out to two students just in case the relationship doesn’t work out and he needs to move back in. He’s a normal guy, certainly […]

I am a regular reader of Property118 and I find it very useful, especially with the vast amount of useful information that’s made widely available through these forums. I am a BTL investor myself with 9 properties – my credentials are as follows: annual rental income of £65K with finance costs of £18K and maintenance […]

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has issued new guidance for agents concerning obtaining express consent from a tenant before accessing a property. A number of interpretations of the amended paragraph  ‘Access to a Property’ of the updated TPO Lettings Code of Practice concerning obtaining express consent from a tenant before accessing a property have stated […]

At Property118, we have been saying for some time that the Government’s discriminatory fiscal attack on unincorporated landlords with finance costs (embodied in Section 24 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2015) is an outrage and will lead to massive rent rises, including for students. As we know, at the same time that the Government […]