Recently named one of the ‘Top 3 cities to visit worldwide’, Liverpool Buy to Let property is a hot topic. Offering some of the highest yields in the country for Buy to Let investors, the city is the ideal location for both young professionals and students alike. The Courtyard at X1 The Quarter is a […]

The first question that investors ask about student property is always “How easy is it to sell?”. The typical yields of between 8% and 9% remain attractive but it is the exit strategy that has held people back. Those worries have been completely resolved with a city centre development with residential planning. Now investors can […]

Last Year Zoopla named Glasgow the highest yielding region for student Buy to Let investment. Clyde House is a Boutique style student Buy to Let development in Glasgow  with only 21 units left for sale at prices starting from £57,500. The Development is within walking distance to Glasgow Universities creating demand from over 45,000 students […]

I am in favour of new regulations which could help to save lives but I don’t understand why only the lives of tenants seem to matter in the eyes of the law. I don’t have gas at home but I do have electricity (yes even in mid Norfolk LOL) and I also have an electrical […]

Precise Mortgages have launched a limited Edition Buy to Let product range that is topping the Trigold mortgage searches at the moment. Trigold is a whole of market mortgage search engine used under license by mortgage brokers and IFAs. It is recognised by the FCA as part of the regulated mortgage process to justify products […]

In 2010 the Skipton Building Society broke a promise to over 60,000 mortgage account holders.  The basis of that promise was that their mortgage rate would never exceed 3% over the Bank of England base rate – it did – CONSIDERABLY! The hike in monthly payments for a person with a £150,000 interest only mortgage […]

How many landlords have the time or the inclination to read their building insurance policies from start to finish? The special clause that has recently appeared in two of my policies is the requirement to have the property electrics checked & certified every three years. This is not a legal requirement, but if missed a […]

[display_iframe src=”https://www.property118.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/KKI-residential-Student.html” height=”1490″] The UK Buy to Let market is booming once more. Regional cities like Manchester are recording average rental yields of 7.6% and construction rates are soaring across the board, making this a prime time to invest in a buy-to-let property. Having launched over 20 developments into the UK market and sold over […]

Hi there, I am looking for some advice as this is a situation I have never come across before, and not sure how to take this forward. I am an inventory clerk and I carried out an inventory and check in last week. The landlord paid for a full tenancy clean but at the time […]

Hi all, I’m currently looking into Buy-to-Let or development properties and I would love some advice on a “what would you do” basis. I recently sold my business and have around £200k to invest in property development or buy to let. At the moment I do not have another income (apart from savings) and I […]

I have my own business, my registered business address is separate to my home flat address but I send my items out by courier to my customers from my flat address each morning, is this ok ? The tenancy agreement says I can’t run a business from my home address but I don’t think I […]

As they say, the old ones are the best! I’m sharing these as a light hearted end to a very busy and stressful week. They are all extracts of genuine complaint letters to landlords, councils, housing associations and letting agents. Enjoy! 1. It’s the dogs mess that I find hard to swallow. 2. I want […]

I think Shelter ought to try building some bridges with landlords. Shelter only usually get to hear about bad landlords and that’s not healthy for their perspective. Their constant drum bashing about “rogue landlords” doesn’t do Shelter many favours in terms of the perceptions of GOOD Landlords towards Shelter either. If I was in charge […]

We have a small office building in the home counties which was purchased with the help of al loan from the Skipton BS eight and a half year’s ago.  Times have not been kind to the commercial property market since 2008 and we have not been immune to that although we have never been late […]

Could you run your property portfolio from the other side of the world? If you couldn’t, without making a lot of changes, ask yourself “why not?” Whether you live next door or the other side of the world isn’t really the point. The real question is whether you are working as efficiently as possible and […]

A member of staff have let their property to a family member and it was agreed one months rent would be the deposit. The tenants said they would pay the deposit from the deposit their previous landlord is holding, however 30 days have passed since the start of the agreement and the landlord could not […]

Before they went bust, did Mortgage Express seek to arrange “review” meetings with you?  Did you have a Mortgage Express account manager before they went bust? Do your other mortgage lenders seek to arrange review meetings? These are of course loaded rhetorical questions! OK, I confess, I have become a cynical old sod, just like […]

I began to take the concept of sustainability very seriously within my property portfolio only when I realised that certain investments we had made could possibly jeopardize what we’d already built up.  Until then, I was mainly interested in building up a decent–sized portfolio, steadily counting the numbers we were accruing.  But let me ask […]

I’m looking for insight from fellow landlords, especially any that have already gone down a sole trader/limited co. route and if they would change anything with the benefit of hindsight. We have full time day jobs and also have several properties in mine and my business partners personal names. We are now embarking on a […]

We are refurbishing a flat won at auction and the discussions with the builder are dragging on a bit. He has asked for a Schedule of Works from us which I know should be the detailed list of requirements (2 bathrooms, kitchen, re-wire, etc).  Does anyone have a template that I can borrow from a […]

I recently bought a top floor flat in a building with 4 flats . The management company is made up of the 4 owners, it is a Victorian semi with two first floor flats and 2 ground floor flats. The management lease is standard covering all communal areas , roof and exterior. After owning the flat […]