Tag: Buy to let

Light Refurb alternative – Bridge to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

The Mortgage Works have withdrawn their popular and industry leading Light Refurb product, which allowed a property to be financed...

Professional Inventories for Landlords – the devil is in the detail

Author: Mark Alexander

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 4

There have been several discussions here about inventories, why they are necessary and which is the best software to use...

Save up for deposit or release equity?

Author: Readers Question

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 16

I currently own 2 buy to let properties in South Wales, I have had one for coming up to 4...

Charging for your own labour

Author: Readers Question

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 21

I have been renovating my buy to lets without making a charge for my time and effort. I told the...

Updated guidance on Superstrike Deposit Protection case

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

The four tenancy deposit protection scheme providers have collectively issued guidance notes following the Court of Appeal ruling in the...

Guidance from tenancy deposit protection schemes following the Superstrike Ltd. vs Rodrigues Court of Appeal case

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

The four tenancy deposit protection scheme providers have collectively issued guidance notes following the Court of Appeal ruling in the...

Are freehold ground rents a good investment?

Author: Readers Question

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 43

I have just started investing in property. Living overseas, I have been unable to get a U.K. mortgage so I...

Affordable housing – buy to let trap

Author: Readers Question

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 4

My partner and I are living in a part rent/part buy affordable housing 1 bed flat.  We would like to...

Passive buy to let investment – 6% assured yields

Author: Property Hotspots

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

An extensive refurbishment project of a beautiful Grade II listed building, X1 Town Hall has been designed to reflect the...

12.5% return on cash invested on a newly refurbished Manchester based development

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Last week I was presented with a Manchester based buy-to let investment opportunity which looks particularly attractive. The gross yield...

Meet The Landlords TV programme – fair representation?

Author: Mark Alexander

30th July 2013, 13 years ago | 73

Last night I finally got around to watching a TV programme I recorded on BBC a few weeks ago called...

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...

Age discrimination from buy to let mortgage lenders?

Author: Readers Question

26th July 2013, 13 years ago | 11

Last year I was in the process of identifying a good interest only re-mortgage – nothing out of the ordinary...

Landlords Warnings – Will You Survive the Mayhem?

Author: Mark Alexander

26th July 2013, 13 years ago | 15

Have you read the book recently published by Mary Latham yet? I’ve been talking to Mary about some of the...

Buy to Let Mortgages on Low Value Properties

Author: Howard

26th July 2013, 13 years ago | 20

I have always found one particular lender on our panel hard to consider as they’ve always represented (in my mind)...

Buy to Let Property Sales – Partnering With Estate Agents

Author: Mark Alexander

24th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

Earlier this year we spotted an opportunity to set up a buy to let Estate Agency. However, due to lack...

Property Investment – what would you buy?

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

Whenever I walk down a high street I can’t help looking through the window of the local estate agents and...

Having problems with a Rent2Rent kind of company

Author: Readers Question

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 3

Looks like my first attempt to enter the rental market has turned into a disaster. I just completed a flat...

Refusal of consent to let by mortgage lender

Author: Readers Question

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 12

I have a residential mortgage and want to go and live abroad for a couple of years, during which time...

Rightmove moves to real time uploads

Author: Rayhan Rafiq Omar

17th July 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Every renter can profess to the frustration of seeing a property listed online and calling up just to be told...

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Best practice for LANDLORDS (e-news compilation)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

If in doubt ASK Learning from other peoples experiences is often far more cost effective than making mistakes of your...