Hello everyone. I hope this finds you all well in the run up to the festive period. My name is Andrew Hayworth. I’m new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself with a question for you all. I am in the process of setting up a property investment vehicle, focusing on residential buy-to-lets, with […]

If you run a website or blog and would like to consider adding a free Property Research Tool Plugin then you are in the right place to test a great one 🙂 It’s not just for WordPress users You can use the plugin on pretty much any website. Whether you talk about property, sell it, […]

Anyone who holds any form of mortgage or loan should examine their portfolio now to see if the interest payable to the lender/financier is linked in any way to a LIBOR rate of interest. WHY? A case in the Court of Appeal last month has given a chance to those holding such products to challenge […]

Yes folks, I can confirm that double digit returns on London Buy to Let properties are still feasible! What’s more, the types of properties which produce such returns are not affected by the bubble at the high end of the London property market caused by overseas investors. With the benefit of investigative work on what […]

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Hello everyone, especially the legal people amongst you. I am in DESPERATE need of legal advice! I am sure this has been discussed in one form or another before but I would like to make it very personal and specific to me if that is OK. I have been in a virtual argument with my […]

I’m so glad I found this forum as I have been trying to decide for months what I should do – buy a property outright or take out a mortgage and buy to let …. I have a property I bought (and live in) in central London – no mortgage now, worth roughly £400k. I […]

I have a property that has been let to a DSS tenant which has now come to an end. We had vinyl flooring in the kitchen and dinning room to which has been ripped from when they have moved their furniture (washing machine, fridge.. etc) My question is, does any Landlord who lets to DSS […]

I wonder if anyone could give me their thoughts on what should be a blindingly obvious question. I have 6 students in my HMO each on a individual tenancy, and one has just emailed to give me her notice. I’m amazed that for once a student tenant has gone through the right channels, and being […]

I’d like an opinion on how to proceed please with brief details as follows: I rent out a property in Swindon, where following the departure of the tenants, the property stood empty for a month. I advised Swindon Borough Council of this in May by telephone and was advised that the Council Tax Account was […]

Hi would be interested in any thoughts on the following. I split with my partner 2 years ago and the situation at present is as follows … She lives in our house (joint interest only £250K mortgage), current value estimated to be £700K to £750K. I live 1 mile away in a 2 bed flat […]

The Bank of England have withdrawn their support for the Funding for Lending Scheme, but only to the household market. The Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) has been successful in reducing the cost of lending for banks in the mortgage market and contributed to a fall in the cost of borrowing to homeowners. However the […]

Channel 4 TV have tracked down Daniel Burton of Unida Place in Scunthorpe. The self proclaimed “Rent to Rent Guru” vanished from London back in August this year leaving both landlords and tenants 10’s of thousands of pounds of of pocket. More details in this 5 minute News clip courtesy of Channel 4 TV.  Mark […]

First of all thank you for all your suggestions and opinions. I have a property in negative equity, which I don’t live in, in a different area of country to where I am now located. I owe the mortgage lender £130,000 and I have it on sale now for £103,000. I have a buyer and […]

I operate in what I think is fairly straightforward way; buy a distressed property, add value, get a valuation, mortgage and then buy the next. Recently I finished a 3 bed semi that I paid £60,000 for, I spent around £15,000 on the refurbishment and valued the finished product for around £100,000. I let the […]

I have become involved in a dispute with Freehold Managing Agents and seek advice from 118 readers. The base of the scenario is a residential housing estate where each property owner is a shareholder in the Management Company, it is a mix of private and landlord owned houses. The Management Company is responsible for maintaining […]

Hi again Quick question – I have raised equity through remortgaging my main residence. I have about £80-100K. I have the option of buying two or three flats in Manchester apparently 10% lower than market price – they are rented out currently and are getting 7.5-8% yield. My thoughts are that with the £800-million being […]

Agents show they back higher standards and support their new Council of Letting Agents (CLA) Almost half of SAL letting agent members signed up to the new CLA code of practice within 48 hours of being invited to do so. Far in advance of the mandatory regulation expected via the Housing (Scotland) Bill introduced to […]

Hi Mark, This is my first property and the initial 6 month tenancy agreement is finishing at the end of this month. As a newbie I am wondering if there is anything I should be aware of or actioning before I agree to a 12 month tenancy agreement. Although my tenant has been very good […]

I use letting agent to find my tenants and have recently used one of the big companies in my area. They found a tenant and carried out the vetting and paperwork etc, since the tenant moved in he hasn’t paid any rent. When I asked for a copy of the paperwork they had on file […]

Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, has sent a report to City regulators concerning RBS deliberately putting “good viable” businesses into default so it could make more profit. This is nothing new to the PRS as there have been many reports of banks calling in commercial loans of large portfolio landlords forcing them to sell in […]