Tag: Buy to let

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Rents are cooling – but tenants still expect to pay more

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let rent increases are slowing down – but 60% of tenants still expect to pay more to landlords...

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Fair wear and tear – downside of longer tenancies?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The good news for landlords that tenancies are getting longer, may well be tempered by the warning from the Association...

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Property investors target better yields

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Property investors are targeting high-yielding HMOs and commercial property in a switch away from buy to let, according to a...

Property118 Newsletter – our 100th edition!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Firstly with this being a milestone edition we have to thank you, our readers, for your valued and continued support....

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Property118 scores a century – Progress to date

Author: Mark Alexander

5th March 2012, 15 years ago | 7

We have just released the centennial edition of our eNewsletter so what better time for me to report on our progress and...

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Sorting the Rogues from the Ridiculous

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

5th March 2012, 15 years ago | 12

I’m an amiable kinda guy, the office joker in the roman helmet, more predisposed towards seeing the good in people...

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Eastern Landlords Association MARCH 2012 NEWSLETTER

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Deposits Three cheers for competition. A few weeks ago TDS, The Dispute Service, announced Deposit Guard, which at launch undercut...

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Bad bank profits leap to £1 billion

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The ‘bad bank’ that owns former buy to let specialist Mortgage Express has announced a massive surge in pre-tax profits...

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Let to buy is soaring, say lenders and letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The broken housing market is pushing more accidental landlords into the buy to let market, according to lenders and letting...

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Buy to let frenzy leads to 110% rise in bridging finance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let investors looking for money to close deals pushed loan values for short term bridging lenders up 110%...

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Jail for HMO landlord who couldn’t afford to pay fine

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2012, 15 years ago | 2

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – Buy to let landlord Abdul Hanif was jailed for allowing a tenant...

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Buy to let property scam netted £450,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th February 2012, 15 years ago | 5

A sham property investment company that conned landlords out of £450,000 has been wound up by the Insolvency Service. Modo...

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Give landlords more tax relief, RLA urges Chancellor

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2012, 15 years ago | 6

Chancellor George Osborne should give buy to let owners a new tax deal to stimulate more investment in private rented...

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Are HMO landlords really missing out on tax relief?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Dozens of firms offer to help shared house landlords claim thousands of pounds in lost tax reliefs – but does...

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Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 98

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2012, 15 years ago | 3

This week Property118 turns the spotlight on buy to let mortgage sourcing. We round up some of the latest buy...

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Bank wants to pry into your personal spending

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2012, 15 years ago | 6

Mortgage underwriters are set to ask borrowers detailed personal questions about their spending habits as the banks tighten up lending...

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Is Abu Qatada Britain’s worst buy to let tenant?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2012, 15 years ago | 6

If you think you are housing the tenants from hell, spare a thought for the landlord beamed in to the...

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Agents’ summary of business conditions February 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – The Bank of England have released their agents’ summary of business conditions...

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HMRC task force targets landlord tax dodgers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords and property investors who cheat on their tax are under scrutiny from special HM Revenue & Customs task forces....

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New mortgage deals for HMO and student landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd February 2012, 15 years ago | 3

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – Kent Reliance has launched 80% loan-to-value buy to let and HMO mortgages....

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Fizzy hopes bubbly buy to let profits will boost social housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd February 2012, 15 years ago | 3

A cash-rich housing association is looking to buy to let to generate funds for social housing. Thames Valley Housing Association...