Householders can scoop their own Olympic gold by renting out rooms tax-free to visitors to the 2012 London games.

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Cannabis farming is a growing menace for landlords as police seized a record number of plants in raids mainly on buy to let homes.

England faces a shortage of up to 750,000 homes by 2025 according to an analysis of government projections by think-tank the Insitute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

In this You Tube video interview between Vanessa Warwick from Property Tribes and Paul Spriggins of Tingdene this unique business model is explained. Paul Spriggines is a personal friend of mine and we will be visiting the Property Investor Show at Excel, Docklands, London together on Friday 18th March.  The finance is none status, non-recourse, […]

Time is running out for celebrities who are trying to sell their £1 million homes before the stamp duty curtain comes down at the end of the month.

Mortgages for homebuyers were down again in January, according to the major banks and building societies.

Part 1 of a 2 part series. With over 23,500 deposit disputes last year – a figure that is set to increase as tenants become more aware of their rights – it has never been more important to have a professional (and independent) inventory.

Sam Collett is a property developer, owner of Gorgeous Homes, an avid property auction buyer and Winner of the Primelocation.com Blog Awards 2010-11.  In this article Sam shares her top tips on buying property at auction.

Tenants picking up housing allowances to pay their rents should have the choice to pay their landlords direct, says the Residential Landlords Association.

Around 750,000 taxpayers face a shock at the end of the month when they are automatically upgraded to the higher rate tax bracket without earning any more money.

Letting agents are closing ranks against rogue firms that fail to safeguard money handed over by landlords and tenants with a new kitemark scheme.

Ipswich Property Network Meeting Monday 11th April 2011 – 18:30 – 22:00 Ipswich Holiday Inn, London Road, Ipswich, IP2 0UA Guest speakers include our very own Mark Alexander, founder of Property118.com Click here for more details and to book your place.

This is the fifth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.

Robin Pilley invests into HMO’s (Houses in Multiple Occupation) in the Haverhill area and regularly achieves up to 16% yields, he is also a Director of CXG Property Services, which is a Letting Agents and Property Sourcing Company. This is the second article in a series of four.

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>Private renters expect to hand over more money every month to their buy to let landlords as they continue to struggle to buy homes of their own.

Fraud investigators are cracking down on brokers falsifying mortgage applications. More than 3,500 fraudulent mortgage cases were picked up by CIFAS, the UK’s fraud prevention agency last year.

The following is an extract from my 1,000th discussion on Property Tribes (my favourite property forum). I asked the members 5 questions about their property investment strategies and then went on to answer the same questions myself, after reading what others do.

The Land Registry has paid out around £5 million in compensation to property fraud victims who had their identities stolen from documents published on the government agency’s web site.

Plans to slash housing benefit face a court challenge because they are unfair to disadvantaged families with children. The Child Poverty Action Group has announced they are launching action to take the government to the High Court for a judicial review of benefit changes that take effect from April 1.