>Buy to let rents are rising fast as more tenants chase fewer properties, say letting agents.  They returned the highest positive rating ever in the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors residential lettings survey as four out of 10 letting agents confirmed rents continued to increase.

The cost of renting a home is more expensive than buying in 8 out of 10 towns and cities, according to online property portal Zoopla.

Energy Performance Certificates are a waste of time and money because no one acts on the advice, according to a consumer watchdog.

Letting agents predict that the demand for buy to let rental homes will surge well in to 2012 as desperate tenants chase a dwindling number of available properties.

This is the fourth 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.  We’ve asked Robin to share his story in a four part series as these yields are so […]

Oxford law firm Painsmith is suggesting that student landlords should tie planning departments up in red tape to push home their point about councils seeking tougher controls against shared homes.

Landlords and property investors are receiving letters from  the taxman that seem to ask innocent questions about their property businesses but really have a sting in the tail.

Guest Blog provided by Steve Sims, author of ‘Understanding And Paying Less Property Tax For Dummies’.  Steve and his wife Amanda also have a boutique accountancy business which specialisis in providing taxation advice and accountancy services for property investors. Taxpayers who can’t be bothered to work on their financial affairs are gifting the government £13.5 […]

Prices of buy to let properties in many large towns and cities have dropped to more affordable levels for investors. Research from mortgage lender the Halifax shows a budget of £150,000 for a buy to let now buys a wider range of suitable properties in the UK’s top 10 cities than at the height of […]

I am constantly amazed when I hear that people spend a fortune on property education courses or invest their pension pots into unbuilt apart-hotels in far flung places and then end up losing a fortune.  Don’t they Google these things or ask people without a vested interest for advice?

The number of private renters is increasing while home ownership is in decline, according to the latest housing survey for England from the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Student landlords looking to expand their portfolios need to move quickly in many towns and cities to avoid new rules that require shared houses to apply for planning permission. Currently, a house in multiple occupation (HMO) investor can start letting to tenants without any licences or permissions, providing the house is less than three floors […]

The latest Supreme Court case in to tenant rights may mean landlords may not be able to evict tenants who run up rent arrears or behave badly to neighbours.

The big four banks are revamping their will-writing services after concerns that customers appointing professional executors did not understand the costs and consequences of their decisions.

Property investors have a cavalier attitude to home valuations that often unnecessarily leads them with a bill for putting right expensive problems. Eight out of 10 people buying a home fail to order a survey that often reveals defects that cost an average £1,800 to repair, according to the country’s leading surveying firm e.surv.

The bank of England released a PDF of their latest report today

A link to the Property Tribes discussion can be found here.

Guest Blog provided by Steve Sims, author of “Understanding And Paying Less Property Tax For Dummies”.  Steve and his wife also have a boutique accountancy business which specialisis in providing taxation advice and accountancy services for property investors. Working out tax claims for using your car in a property business is enough to drive any […]

Tax cheating landlords are set to go on a ‘black list’ for up to five years as HM Revenue and Customs puts their financial affairs under increased scrutiny.

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