Chancellor George Osborne should give buy to let owners a new tax deal to stimulate more investment in private rented homes, claims a landlord lobby group. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) argues the current tax regime for buy to let is unfair and chokes investment if landlords want to grow the number of properties they […]

Two landlords were fined £11,000 for breaking house in multiple occupation management rules. After the successful prosecutions, Newport City Council, South Wales, has warned that local enforcement teams are cracking down on landlords who ignore housing laws. In the first case, Saeed Zafar was found guilty in his absence by magistrates on charges of failing […]

Dozens of firms offer to help shared house landlords claim thousands of pounds in lost tax reliefs – but does the lost relief really exist? The confusion surrounds houses in multiple occupation – HMOs – which are homes where several tenants have their own rooms, but share cooking and bathroom facilities. Tax rules ban claiming […]

Read part one of the what the why Armed with your investment budget you are ready to go in search of property bargains. You must look for areas of value where price corrections have been overdone, areas where prices have been dragged down by a greater number of bank repossession properties. Today such areas mainly […]

This week Property118 turns the spotlight on buy to let mortgage sourcing. We round up some of the latest buy to let mortgage news, and you can see how they compare by using our mortgage calculator. The Property Maverick returns to shed light on his investment techniques while in the news HMRC are setting their […]

Mortgage underwriters are set to ask borrowers detailed personal questions about their spending habits as the banks tighten up lending rules. Santander’s Abbey for Intermediaries – which includes buy to let lending for landlords – will quiz applicants about how much they spent on Christmas and birthday presents. Other one-off spending will also come under […]

If you think you are housing the tenants from hell, spare a thought for the landlord beamed in to the media spotlight when radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada was pictured standing by the front door of his buy to let. As far as the landlord was concerned, the house was rented by a mum and […]

Previously I’ve discussed the different types of investment techniques, but all that information is barely worth a plate of beans unless you put it into action. Armchair investing can work, but virtual investing will not. One of the most common mistakes investors make is to only buy when everyone else is buying and selling only […]

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – The Bank of England have released their agents’ summary of business conditions for February 2012, acknowledging a slight increase in activity in the housing market. As ever, they say rents are still high and buy to let investors are coming out on to of the housing market. […]

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – he warning from the Environment Agency that the South East and London are suffering drought conditions could create bigger problems for home owners and landlords according to property insurance specialists Cadogan Keelan Westall. Due to the drying out of the clay soil, subsidence has become an increasing […]

A property firm offering dream incomes of £250,000 in 25 weeks could offer no evidence the claims were true, according to the Advertising Standards Authority. PropertyWikia was ordered not to run advertising again in the current form – and as a result the firm’s website has stopped taking applications for affiliate sellers. The ASA banned […]

Landlords and property investors who cheat on their tax are under scrutiny from special HM Revenue & Customs task forces. The teams in London and the North West have been so successful that HMRC has set up a third team of investigators in Scotland. The team looking at property investors dodging tax in London is […]

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– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – Kent Reliance has launched 80% loan-to-value buy to let and HMO mortgages. Rates include two and three year fixed and discounted deals. The lender has joined the ranks of few banks and building societies inviting applications for houses in multiple occupation loans, specifically for student landlords. HMO, […]

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