More affordable homes need building and the government must get to grips with tough tax reforms to burst the property bubble, urges a new report. Despite four successive boom-to-bust cycles that lead to financial problems, arrears and repossessions, policy makers have failed to deal with the issues that destabilise the UK property market, claims charity […]

Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has launched a short consultation period asking for views on planned change from landlords, organisations and individuals. Thousands of singles could be looking for shared house accommodation as controversial proposals limiting housing benefit for young adults have taken a step forward with a Government announcement today.

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Husband and wife property investors Michael and Margaret McQueen were branded as unfit landlords by councillors and have lost their licences to run a ‘death trap’ shared student house. Councillors decided they had a ‘total disregard’ for the upkeep of a flat housing seven students after hearing a damning fire safety report.

A new student letting study has revealed the top 20 university cities in the UK for property investors. London comes out top of the pile – closely followed by Kingston-upon-Thames, Brighton, Edinburgh and Oxford. But rents outside the capital performed best – showing a 4.1% increase in 2010, while those in London slipped by 3.6%.

We recently introduced Nicket & Legett, the now infamous law company in Norwich that doesn’t exist, simply type BUSINESS LAWYERS NORWICH into Google and there they are on page #1. The You Tube video below explains why we created this particular spoof and a few others for training, PR and marketing purposes to promote the […]

The true state of the housing market is revealed by blowing away the smoke and breaking the mirrors that expensive PR erect to deflect the truth. The Council of Mortgage Lenders, the industry voice for all the UK’s largest banks and building societies, bravely states that remortgaging is up for the first quarter of 2011.

The candidates in this year’s The Apprentice series are living in a luxurious £4.67 million mansion in south-west London. Mark Halliley, the narrator of the top rating BBC TV series tantalising dropped a clue that the house was near Richmond, Surrey, in the voice over – but the exact location was secret until now.

With interest rates at a historic low, guest article writer Glen Ackroyd from National Property Group explains the steps he’s taking to protect his buy to let property portfolio from inevitable interest rate rises and taking his portfolio off “death row”. In September 2008 I was having what was supposed to be my dream holiday. […]

Hundreds of landlords are mounting two legal challenges against council policies over planning and licensing for shared houses. Landlords in Accrington, Lancashire and Margate, Kent, are preparing cases for judicial review in the High Court to force their local councils to rethink how they enforce house in multiple occupation (HMO) laws.

Inflation busting savings, with tax-free bonus boosting investment returns, are back for business with National Savings and Investments (NS&I). The government backed savings accounts threaten to beat most other investments as they are linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI), which is currently running above the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the measure for most other […]

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 […]

My name is Bill Main-Ian. On April 27th, 2000, at the age of 47 and with 26 years serving the community as a Police Officer, I was involved in an accident, which resulted in the loss of my leg. In a series of articles that Mark Alexander has generously allowed me to write on Property […]

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.