In this video I’m interviewing HMO Landlord and LHA expert Robin Pilley about his strategy for 2012 and beyond. Robin has featured in two of my previous video’s which have proven to be very popular, especially the one entitled “Landlord Defeats Council”. Since recording this video Robin’s co-Director Elaine Grubb has won a prestigious award […]

We now regularly produce more than 20 articles a week which is quite a lot to choose from and decide which to read all in one go. Therefore, due to popular request, we will now be sending our Newsletters out twice weekly as standard.

According to Homelet’s latest index, rents dropped a touch in October but were still 4.2% higher than they were at the same time last year. In London, the average is now a massive 23% higher than that of October 2009, and 8.8% higher than last year.

Continuing on the maintenance theme (somehow I think this could be ongoing!), I’m in the midst of a continuing dilemma: Tom has been a tenant for 4 years after being referred to me by the Salvation Army. He’s an asset to the house when sober but a pain in neck when drunk as he can […]

Business leaders are urging the government to make a major shift in pension rules to let retirement savers invest in property. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has suggested the change as part of a raft of ideas aimed at kick-starting the housing market.

Buy to let landlords will see properties generating a better return from rents than yields over the next five years, according to a leading property consultancy. Savills have forecast rents will surge upwards by 20.5% as the housing market shifts from a buying to renting model, driving more tenants to let property.

Tenants with anti social behaviour orders will be forced into the private rented sector if proposals to give housing associations and councils a discretionary power to evict tenants who commit crime – even when they have acted long distances away from where they live – go ahead. “Social landlords have claimed their tenants are being […]

A few months ago I wrote an article entitled How Free Tenant Referencing Businesses Are Influencing Landlords Strategies. Since then I’ve discovered this very professional and very simple video which explains the concept of network referencing really well.

As winter kicks in, Let Insurance Services are impressing on landlords to have their fire safety measures in place. They say shared housing is “seven times more likely to have a fire in the home.” The company also believe more regulation needs to be implemented to ensure all rented properties are safe; up until now […]

The Bank of England has left interest rates at the record low of 0.5% for yet another month. The result is not unexpected as the Eurozone smoulders after attacks from investors and markets around the world.

The latest buy to let lending figures highlight a rise in landlord borrowing – but the statistics are shrouding an underlying trend. Interpreting the figures comes down to some careful reading of how the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reports the findings.

Tenants from Hell is my latest amateur production to promote Property118.com and contains music from AC/DC used in the Iron Man movie. One month ago I didn’t know how to operate the video camera on my iPhone so thanks to everybody who’s helped me get this far. I hope you will agree that Property118 is […]

In amongst all the headlines we have got some great news of our own this week and when you visit Property118.com you will discover some significant and beneficial changes. You will immediately notice that the design of the website and our brand identity has changed to reflect the integration of our new strategic partner, Thomson […]

Viewing a house is often an experience tinged with excitement and trepidation – but seasoned investors work to a step-by-step plan. The important point is not to let an estate agent or seller take control of your viewing.

Buy to let landlords evading tax face a crack down from a new HM Revenue and Customs task force. Tax inspectors will target buy to let landlords with portfolios of three or more properties in the North West and North Wales.

Property118.com re-launches on Wednesday the 9th of November and alongside their established Property News, Insight and Due Diligence calculators will be the site’s new testimonials led Property Services Directory run together with Thomson Local. Research showed that 75% of Private Rental Sector landlords would welcome peer recommendations for trades and suppliers. Key to the Property118.com […]

Most readers of my articles know about my work on landlord/tenant law issues. What many of you don’t know is that 50% of my work these days is negotiating with banks to stop repossessions where people are in mortgage arrears, which is a whole different ballgame. You thought landlord-Tenant law was complicated????? In 1904 an […]

Tenants are snapping up buy to let homes within hours in some areas – although the average is 12.7 days, according to letting agent Countrywide. Although homes are disappearing fast, the national agent reckons more homes are coming to the market to maintain supply.

Buy to let insurance does not always offer the top 10 features landlords look for in their policies as standard cover. A review of the market that scrutinised 87 policies from leading suppliers has revealed some of the most popular options are often only available at additional cost.

I know there’s been a lot of mud thrown at lettings agents over the years mainly due to their high charges, limited ability and the fact that most landlords think “anyone can do it”. However, I always gave them the benefit of the doubt as, alongside being a Dartford Tunnel toll booth attenda

There is a lot of talk these days about tenants needing security of tenure and organisations like Shelter would like Government to change legislation to force landlords to give tenants longer tenancies. I acknowledge that tenants do need security and, as a landlord, I want to keep my tenants for as long as possible. Many […]