This is the eighth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service. I think my tenant has left, can I change the locks? You need to be very, VERY careful about this.  Once a property has been let to a tenant […]

Buy to let mortgage restrictions are relaxing as more lenders announce a return to the market. Aldermore Bank is stretching its comfort zone to take on a little more risk by allowing landlords to have loans on three rather than two properties, subject to a total loan value of £1 million and rent cover of […]

Building societies approved £1.7 billion in home loans last month – around 23% higher than the £1.4 billion approved a year ago.

It’s the situation every landlord dreads. You do the usual checks, the tenants seem like nice reasonable people but 6 or 12 months later they have trashed your property……..and if you haven’t got a professional inventory and supporting evidence such as photos (or even better) a video you have no hope of keeping the deposit. […]

Burnley may wear the crown as the cheapest place in England and Wales to buy a home – but a look behind the glitzy title reveals sinister reasons why. The Lancashire town with a population of around 80,000 boasts four out of five of the cheapest streets; according to property web site Mouseprice.

The buy to let market has switched from making money on rising house prices to inflation-busting returns on rental yields.

The number of millionaires in the UK is rising – and is expected to grow by a third by 2020. Around 619,000 millionaires live in the UK – with 86,000 of them worth more than £5 million. The figures include landlord property, like buy to let portfolios.

Holiday homeowners only have a few days to splash out on a spending spree that takes advantage of a lucrative tax break.

The news that squatters’ rights are coming to an end and that anyone squatting can be  evicted within days will bring a huge sigh of relief from landlords letting agents and councils the length and breadth of the country. The fact that someone could break into someone’s property, stick up a poster of Che Guevara […]

New stamp duty rules for portfolio property investors announced in the Budget opens the door on income-shifting tax planning for many high net worth landlords.

Chancellor George Osborne announced a tax neutral Budget aimed at providing economic growth and fairness. His speech of just over an hour pulled few punches about the state of the economy, but was very much ‘steady as we go’ rather than pulling in surprise tax rabbits out of the hat.

The Bank of Englands Summary of Business Conditions (March 2011) was released today. Click HERE to be redirected to a PDF report on the Bank of England web-site. Please feel free to share your views.

Estate agents claim data across a range of surveys plots a clear and consistent set of regional trends, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Fours key RICS surveys all point at the relative strength of London and the surrounding counties and a weaker picture across much of the rest of the country.

Landlords and second home owners need to complete census forms for their properties even if no one is staying in them on census night.

This is the seventh in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service. Help! My tenant has stopped paying rent – what do I do? Rent is the big problem that worries landlords.  You will probably have expenses to pay such as […]

Lisa Orme is an experienced property developer, investor and mortgage broker and specialises in property and financial services for new and established property investors.  Lisa’s understanding of The Mortgage Works Refurbish Mortgage facility is highly regarded on Property Forums which is why we have asked her to provide some further insight into the mechanics of […]

Buy to let landlords are enjoying more income from the investment property portfolios, according to new figures from a leading lender. Around one in three landlords have put rents up this year,  says research from Paragon Mortgages.

Guest Blog provided by Steve Sims, author of “Understanding And Paying Less Property Tax For Dummies”.   Little time is left for tax planning as the end of the tax year is nearly upon us – so here are some points to consider before it’s too late from hot topics that have dominated the financial news:

A business claiming to be the UK’s first “truly national” online property auction service for UK property has just been launched. Mark Alexander, founder of Property118.com recently had an exclusive interview with Paul Fieldson, Managing Director of bidonmyhouse, to see if this online property auction really will live up to its aim of ‘revolutionising the […]

Landlord lobbyists have launched an online toolkit to help property investors protest against councils proposing to take on extra powers to control shared homes. The Residential Landlords Association has put together information about the 15 councils bidding to take on the extra powers so landlords can mount a concerted effort against the proposals.

Tenants are paying an average £684 per month rent in February – up 3.9% on a year ago but no real change from last month.