Buy to let mortgage lending, in the first three months of this year, was down on the previous quarter despite the number of loan deals and lenders increasing. Lending for the quarter ending March 31was 27,600 new loans, totalling £2.9 billion, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, the industry voice of the UK’s major […]

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Lenders are encouraging buy to let landlords to invest in more property by increasing the number of mortgages and dropping interest rates. Independent financial information firm Moneyfacts monitors the market and has disclosed borrowers can choose from around 463 buy to let deals – 55% up on the 299 mortgages offered 12 months ago.

A million buy to let properties could slide in to negative equity over the next two years if house prices keep falling, warns credit rating firm Standard and Poors. Analysts at the agency reckon if house prices dropped by 5% this year and next year, 30% of the UK’s 3.1 million buy to let homes […]

Home buyers came out with the sun as the number of viewings increased last month, according to estate agents; however, home sales are still sluggish due to the lack of mortgage funding.

Landlords are warned  that around 680,000 buy to let homes could face a rental ban if they are not upgraded to meet new energy efficiency laws. The warning was issued by Energy and Climate Secretary Chris Huhne, as part of the second reading of the Energy Bill in Parliament.

Tenancy agreements are important. They make it clear what you expect from your tenant and when they sign the dotted line you have a contract stipulating they will abide by the rules you have set down. That’s the theory.

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The Bank of England Overview of Inflation Report (May 2011) was released today. Click HERE to be redirected to a PDF report on the Bank of England web-site. Your comments and feedback are always greatly appreciated, please see below.

House prices are still slowly going down – but worries about mortgage interest rates and jobs are likely to buoy the market, according to the Halifax. The lender, one of the UK’s largest mortgage providers and part of the Lloyds TSB banking group, explained a fall in home values by 1.4% in April from March […]

How to handle VAT on labour and materials for property conversions is a recurring problem for landlords and property developers. The question pops up regularly from property investors who have ventured in to shared house conversions. Shared houses, or houses in multiple occupation (HMO) present special planning, VAT and tax problems as they are wrapped […]

Buy to let landlords and first time buyers are in the firing line as the main perpetrators of mortgage fraud. Credit scoring firm Experian is warning mortgage brokers and lenders to watch out for false mortgage applications after the number of fraud cases has doubled in the past five years.

Cannabis factories is a growing problem for buy to let landlords as more criminal gangs rent homes to grow the Class B drug. Recent cases across the country have highlighted a common thread in the gangs that are running the farms –

Many of our readers invest into a variety of asset classes with a view to spreading their risk. Our business is property and we openly share our most successful strategies here. On behalf of our Members we have looked into other companies offering a similar service to ourselves but covering other asset classes. We came […]

Landlords and tenants locked in disputes over keeping rental deposits can take advice about negotiating a settlement from a new guide, jointly published by the three deposit protection agencies.

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Crazie & Co. Commercial Finance Brokers operate from Southampton UKbut they arrange business financing for SME’s throughout the England and Wales.  The owners were in commercial banking and arranged all forms of funding from development finance and commercial mortgages through to invoice discounting and lease purchase finance. Crazy & Co are not NACFB Members but probably would […]

Crazie Property Lettings Company operates in Swindon, Wiltshire and surrounding areas to offer both landlords and tenants a property lettings management service of the highest standards.  Due to overwhelming demand from tenants our conscientiousness and caring approach to managing properties and relationships between landlords and tenants we are constantly looking to take on the lettings and management of quality rental property […]

The Crazie Mortgage Deals Company operates in Swindon and the surrounding areas to offer buy to let landlords and property investors a finance broking service which is truly unbelievable. NOTE – this is a spoof to demonstrate our SEO capabilities but please carry on reading,  By all means skip the next two paragraphs and don’t […]