With all the issues with Mortgage Express I have taken the decision to lie low and avoid meetings with them. I have 3 properties which are in mine and my ex business partner’s name and one in my own name.  Problem: The one in my own name has equity and I’d like to sell. The […]

Hi All, I would appreciate some advice on how to tackle a payment refund issue with a property portal. At this stage, I will refrain from identifying them. Last November, the portal rang us and offered a Trial period. They took our bank details, with a promise that our account would not be charged at […]

I have a house rented to 5 students, they all are on the same AST starting on 20th October for 12 month with no break clause.  All the rent has been paid upfront but one of them wants to leave earlier. The best cycle to let such a property is end of August so I’m […]

A tenant has recently left a property that I own and we have agreed that they should receive the full return of their £1,000 deposit.  They paid the deposit to the agent who I used to find my tenant and they used to find their property. It seems that the agent has stopped trading although […]

I have agreed to purchase a property on a BTL mortgage but need to raise the deposit and pay off a secured loan on another property.  There is enough equity to do this, but my independent mortgage broker can not currently find a lender who will agree to the second BTL mortgage as they say […]

I signed up with a High Street letting agent 2 weeks ago to help find a tenant for my property but now I may have found my own tenant.    Will I still have to go through letting agent and pay there fee or not? I know I did sign to be exclusive to them […]

Hi everyone, I’m new on here so please be gentle with me. I am a private landlord, letting 5 small residential units at present in the Bristol area.  My Great Aunt has been asked to buy her old friends cottage in Oxfordshire. As I understand things, the idea is my Aunt buys the cottage and […]

When I saw a property listed in Liverpool today showing a 36% gross yield I thought it must be a mistake, so I called the agent.  It’s not a mistake! I was told the property is let to a blue chip company on a rolling 12 month company let agreement with a verbal commitment to […]

Rapid eviction of residential tenants webinar – 17th June at 12.30pm  I would like to invite you to join us for this complimentary webinar on how you can use High Court enforcement to rapidly evict tenants from residential property, without waiting weeks, sometimes months, for County Court Bailiffs. For the webinar, The Sheriffs Office has […]

I would like to buy the attic space above my flat . There are 16 flats in our block and 12 of us own the freehold.   Eight of us have been using the attack as storage but it does not belong to us, it belongs to the freehold company. I need to know how […]

I could do with some advice regarding the below please.  First time landlord, and I’m advertising our BTL through an online agent and a High Street estate agent. The online agents have been paid up front and the agent is on 8% commission. I arranged a viewing through the online agent with an applicant a […]

We seem to pay a large amount of fees on our buy to let mortgages.  I note from yahoo the US Government has done away with mortgage fees and 18 years fixed rates at 3%. Some BTL lenders will not add the fees to the remortgage and demand fee payments up front. I made an […]

Property TV officially launches on Sky Channel 238 on Monday 15th June 2015, however, programmes have been showing since 1st June so why not give them a look this evening. Between 6pm and 8pm you will see 10 second advertisements sponsored by LettingSupermarket.com. This is their initial pilot into TV advertising since the successful completion […]

On 14/2/2015 I received a text from tenant advising me they would be leaving. I immediately called the tenant to clarify the situation and to also confirm they were giving me four weeks notice, to which she agreed. The following day my husband and I visited the tenant to discuss the things that the tenant […]

Currently I have a residential mortgage and have permission for two lodgers; I now have two lodgers residing with me.  I wish to purchase a property in Swindon which is where I work with my Girlfriend but don’t wish to prevent myself or her from staying in my current home, it’s convenient for seeing friends […]

My tenants are claiming that their inventory isn’t invalid. They have been in the property 2 years.  When they moved in a detailed inventory was done with pictures. As I did the inventory myself I also said they could go through the inventory and any thing they wanted to add I would be happy to […]

I have had my offer on a flat near to my home ( Watford) accepted with an anticipated rental of £1,000 per month at a purchase price of £285,000 which comes out at around 4%. My research, which has been tentative at the moment, and a recent article I read on properties in Hull suggests […]

I have just been granted my first charging order against the property of a tenancy guarantor. I got through to this stage ( including the court hearing yesterday – all of 3 minutes ) myself using good old Money Claim Online – a process I have used successfully on a number of occasions over the past […]

I have been in a process of buying my first BTL.  All was going well up until this last week of exchange of contracts but the seller solicitors have informed that there are no lease documents governing the property. My solicitor is now in negotiation with the seller to pay for indemnity insurance and also […]

My Mum is 60 and has a small mortgage of around £57K on an £800K property.  She has retired with only a small income, and has said that she would find it comforting if I could add my name onto the mortgage. How easily and what steps would be involved in doing so and can […]

I have a tenant that has been living in one of my properties since 2009. She’s an LHA tenant and has never actually missed a payment in that time, but in the last year or so she has been constantly late with the rent which has caused me a fair bit of stress and wasted […]