Tag: Buy to Let Landlord

Barry’s story – it could have been you!

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd May 2018, 8 years ago | 0

Barry’s story was written by the Mark Alexander back in December 2010. It has since been updated and re-published several...

Tax Treatment of Equity Loans for Buy to Let Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

4th November 2013, 13 years ago | 0

I have been posting on numerous forums about the introduction of equity loans into the UK buy to let mortgage...

Equity finance for buy to let landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

1st November 2013, 13 years ago | 0

In this article I will explain the fundamental difference between equity finance for buy to let landlords and traditional buy...

Venture Capital for Buy to Let Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

31st October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Until now it has not been possible for private landlords to access venture capital but times are changing. Historically the...

BTL Second Charge Mortgages / No Monthly Payments

Author: Mark Alexander

30th October 2013, 13 years ago | 145

No this is NOT a wind up, it’s 100% genuine and is important that you know how it works so...

Shared Appreciation Mortgages for Buy to Let Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

30th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

A radical shared appreciation mortgage product for buy to let landlords is soon to be launched. The detailed criteria is...

Mortgage Express or Mortgage Distress?

Author: Mark Alexander

6th September 2013, 13 years ago | 58

The Mortgage Express exit strategy has been a hot potato since at least 2011 when they first met a group...

Protection for families of property investors

Author: Howard

29th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

With growing and easier access to BTL mortgage funds comes the inevitable increase in borrowing, or as I like to...

Low value buy to let mortgages

Author: Readers Question

28th April 2013, 13 years ago | 7

I am absolutely amazed that in this current economic climate with the government making people down size to smaller homes...

Are Rent Guarantees Worth Buying?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2013, 14 years ago | 15

Increasing rents, a difficult economy and job losses mean a growing number of tenants are struggling to pay their rent....

Brokers Review of Aldermore Bank’s Buy to Let Mortgages

Author: Mark Alexander

6th February 2013, 14 years ago | 1

Aldermore Bank have recently refreshed their buy to let rates and terms. I asked my mortgage broker what he thought...

Call for CGT roll-over relief to apply to Buy to Let landlords

Author: Readers Question

24th January 2013, 14 years ago | 28

It seems to me to be very unfair that one can sell almost any other business asset and reinvest the...

Tax Status of Buy to Let Profits

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd November 2012, 14 years ago | 10

I have just received an email from a gentleman called Kevyn Davies-Jones about the tax status of buy to let...

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Squatters Rights – what’s not changed

Author: Mark Alexander

1st September 2012, 14 years ago | 27

In this blog I intend to dispel a few urban myths which appear to be forming, both amongst landlords and squatters themselves...

Life Insurance for Landlords – IFA readers letter

Author: Readers Question

10th August 2012, 14 years ago | 3

As an avid reader of Property118.com I was very interested to read a couple of recent articles 1) Should landlords...

Landlords Guide to reducing landlords life insurance premiums

Author: Mark Alexander

13th July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Following our recent affiliation with Drewberry Insurance we have run a variety of articles on the topic of landlords insurance....

LANDLORD RESOURCES – my favourite websites for research and information

Author: Mark Alexander

6th July 2012, 14 years ago | 12

There are literally thousands of websites offering landlord resources but in this article I’m going to focus on the landlord...

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What happens to mortgages when a landlord dies?

Author: Mark Alexander

5th July 2012, 14 years ago | 29

I wrote an article a few weeks ago about a conversation I’d had with a financial advisor about what happens...

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Should buy to let landlords buy life insurance?

Author: Mark Alexander

15th June 2012, 14 years ago | 10

I had a really interesting discussion about life insurance yesterday with a lady I’ve respected for many years. I will...

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Give tax breaks to landlords to ease housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Buy to let landlords should get extra tax breaks to encourage them to provide more homes lower rents and more...

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Euro MPs kick out EU buy to let mortgage regulation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Buy to let mortgage lenders are sighing with relief after the European parliament voted to exclude landlord loans from tough...