HEB Chartered Surveyors are holding their first Nottingham property auction of the year on 13th February 2013. There are 17 properties going under the hammer with guide prices from £20,000.  

The latest market data from the Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) has revealed an upward trend in landlord investment over the past 12 months. The average number of buy-to-let properties owned by landlords peaked at eight in the final quarter of 2012, up from seven at the beginning of the year. The apparent rise […]

We have received the following ground rents investment question from one of our readers. Can you help? I am currently looking at two potential investment opportunities in the North West. All 2 bedroom flats at attractive levels. The numbers stack up except the level of Ground Rent being levied. First site average rent achieved is […]

Bruce Fletcher of Taunton I have been a landlord since 1989 and as a family run business we are able to offer a personal service. If a problem occurs it is resolved promptly and effectively. We have a selection of properties to let from single rooms in an HMO up to 5-bed executive homes, in […]

A new era for the rental sector has been confirmed with a sharp rise in rental prices across Scotland, particularly in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Property experts who have carefully tracked the state of the Scottish rental market for more than five years believe the rise could be as a result of significant changes imposed on […]

How difficult can it be to advertise property to let on all the major rental portals, reference the tenants properly and guarantee the rent and legal expenses in one package with money back guarantees? It shouldn’t be difficult should it? What will happen to landlord confidence when such a package is available do you think?

Hal Bagot of Levens Estate Kendal I am a landlord with a number of properties in the South Lakes. These are part of a property portfolio, and I have for many years endeavored to keep all my properties to a high standard, carrying out repairs as soon as practical. I intend to remain in this […]

Richard Lambert, Chief Executive Officer of the National Landlords Association (NLA), says: “The NLA welcomes the launch of the Green Deal Cashback Scheme. The Green Deal is already set to save landlords thousands of pounds in the cost of energy efficiency measures. That means tenants could see their fuel bills reduce significantly as a result. […]

Minerva House is a new Nottingham Buy to Let student development where investors are assured of 9.2% Net rental yields for the first three years. Student accomodation continues to perform strongly with a lack of affordable housing in cities with high student populations like Nottingham with over 55,000 students annually competing for the best places […]

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) has announced the pricing structure for its new insurance based deposit protection scheme and rules out membership and annual renewal fees. In the DPS press release they claim to be offering the easiest and cheapest option quoting: • We will offer the industry’s cheapest published option for landlords and […]

The Essential Information Group reports a positive end to 2012 for the UK property auction market reviewing auction activity in December and the year as a whole. Overall results for the month were comparable to December 2011, with only marginal differences in the volume of lots being offered and sold. Interestingly the amount raised grew […]

Help! I have a Mortgage Express representative coming over for an account review! Why are they are demanding a huge array of info from my entire portfolio, the 15 mortgages I have with them and the 19 mortgages I have with other lenders? They want evidence of everything I do make spend etc which has […]

Central London Landlords are not the villains as thousands are owned and unused by poorest boroughs in an empty homes crises. “The lights are out in London” seems to be politicians’ pet mantra. It was used by Lib-Dem MP Simon Hughes in his motion to make parts of the capital ‘off-limits’ to wealthy people purchasing […]

I  would like some advice about one of my LHA tenants? I have recently taken over management of 4 properties with Housing Benefit tenants resident. All are great except one. A tenant of 3 years with another agent is refusing to accept the take over of management by my company, sign any agreements or mandates […]

We have received four questions from one of our readers as the final date for submission on-line of 2011-12 tax return looms asking: 1. Are NIC’s payable on rental profits accrued by an individual, i.e not a company? I believe this is classed as unearned income and does not attract NIC’s liability. 2. Can I […]

Genesis Housing Association is entering into an unprecedented and innovative financial agreement for its Stratford Halo development in East London with M&G Investments, the leading investment manager. The agreement will provide Genesis with greater capacity to invest in regenerating balanced communities and in good quality, affordable housing at a time when public subsidy for the […]

Putting a freshly cut onion in roughly the centre of a room whilst painting and after you have decorated will get rid of the smell of fresh paint a lot quicker. Give it a try, it really does work, not by masking the smell of paint with the smell of onions either. I’m no scientist […]

Yesterday the House of Commons gave a second reading to the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill which caps future increases to Local Housing Allowance rates at one per cent from 2014. Richard Lambert, Chief Executive Officer of the National Landlords Association (NLA), says: “Capping future increases to Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates to one per cent […]

The Bridging Loans market has become popular with many new niche lenders competing with the big banks for your business. This competition can only be good for price, customer service and lending criteria. The Loan Directory is a regular feature publishing examples of the most competitive and frequently used product offerings helping readers identify possible […]

According to Savills there is a shortage of 42,760 student bed spaces in Glasgow. That’s why Glasgow is a buy to let property hotspot and also why we expect these superb central Glasgow Buy to Let Studio’s for the student letting market to sell fast.                       Central House, Glasgow […]

I have just had a text from a tenant complaining the BT landline is not working. BT say if its internal then they charge £99.00 call out + fix fee. Steve’s question is who should pay for this ? Myself or the tenant ? If it was a cooker or washing machine then we provide […]