Tag: Buy to let

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...

Short term lets – Landlords Question

Author: Readers Question

2nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 3

Any idea how to organise a short let of about four months? We have bought a buy to let house...

Tax Relief or No Tax Relief, that is the question.

Author: Readers Question

29th June 2013, 13 years ago | 27

My current home is mortgage free and I am considering buying a new home on a new mortgage taken out...

Lights! Camera! Landlord Associations!

Author: Vanessa Warwick

27th June 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Before we became full-time landlords, Nick and I worked in the TV industry … Nick as a cameraman, and myself...

The evolution of the Private Rented Sector – Deed of Assurance

Author: Mark Alexander

27th June 2013, 13 years ago | 116

Why on earth would The Mortgage Works “TMW” agree to three year AST’s? More to the point, why would landlords...

Newham Council new Landlord Licensing – advice needed

Author: Readers Question

25th June 2013, 13 years ago | 12

If anyone is a current landlord in the borough of Newham please can you share your experience of council expectations...

Lowest ever BTL interest rates released!

Author: Howard

21st June 2013, 13 years ago | 5

“Lowest ever BTL interest rates released!” It’s a great headline grabber isn’t it? Well I actually saw this on another...

National Landlords Association Issues IMPORTANT Message to Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th June 2013, 13 years ago | 0

On 14th June 2013 Lord Justice Lloyd delivered his judgement on an appeal from the Wandsworth County Court in the...