Tag: Buy to let

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Renting Costs £100 a Month More than Buying the Same Home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2012, 15 years ago | 4

Buying a house is still £100 a month cheaper than renting – if you have a credit rating and the...

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Landlords May Have to Pay Water Bills for Runaway Tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th January 2012, 15 years ago | 11

Buy to let landlords could be made to pay water bills for departing tenants if they fail to pass on...

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Buy to Let Mortgage Conditions Eased

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 2

As the buy to let mortgage wars hot up, several lenders are easing their terms for landlords. Yorkshire Building Society...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 89

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The latest property investment news including articles from industry experts. Helen Kirkham tells her nightmare tale of a HMO bed...

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HMO Landlady Becomes A Letting Agent!!

Author: HMOLandlady

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 8

Last summer I met a very well heeled friend for lunch and listened as she commiserated her devastating investment losses...

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The 21st Century Letting Agent -The Day to Day Management

Author: Roger Lancaster

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Last issue we looked at how a 21st Century Letting Agent utilises new technologies and techniques to maximise the chance...

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Are you Buying with your Head or your Heart?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

With over 56% of landlords looking to increase the size of their portfolio this year*, here at Property118.com we are...

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Landlords Have High Hopes for Buy to Let in 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

One in five landlords added property to their rental portfolios last year as confidence over interest rates and tenant demand...

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Buy to Let Flood Risk Could Cost Landlords Billions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Thousands of buy to let properties all over the country are at risk of becoming uninsurable and unmortgageable in a...

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Booming Buy to Let Reality Check for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Buy to let mortgage lenders are creaming off the best borrowers and leaving the rest without any real hope of...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 88

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The latest news and views from the property market and private rented sector. Guest columnist Roger Lancaster adds two more...

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The 21st Century Letting Agent – Letting & Re-letting

Author: Roger Lancaster

23rd January 2012, 15 years ago | 3

In the last article we looked at how a 21st Century Agency can ensure the security of a landlord’s portfolio...

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Cannabis Gangs Target Buy to Lets as Drug Factories

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2012, 15 years ago | 10

Police are warning landlords that crime gangs are looking for rental homes to turn into cannabis factories. A clear trend...

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Buy to Let Arrears up – But ‘Experts’ Disagree on Why

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let experts are transmitting mixed messages about the state of the market in two new surveys. The latest...

Property Due Diligence – Get your ducks in a row

Author: Mark Alexander

20th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

How many property investors do you think are wishing they had done more due diligence before they went ahead and...

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Landlords Ready for Massive Rise in Rent Arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th January 2012, 15 years ago | 10

Landlords are bracing for a flood of rent arrears cases as renters struggle with their bills over the festive period....

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Buy to Let Mortgage Fraudsters Jailed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

A property developer and lawyer are starting jail sentences after admitting a series of buy to let frauds. Legal executive...

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Queen Leads the Olympic Rental Gold Rush

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The Queen is leading the Olympic rental gold rush by letting out part of the grounds of Kensington Palace to...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 87

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The latest news and views from the property market and private rented sector along with guest articles from industry experts....

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Developers Switch to Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Developers are looking at renting their homes instead of selling them as demand for buy to let hots up. As...

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A 21st Century Letting Agent

Author: Roger Lancaster

17th January 2012, 15 years ago | 15

What should a landlord expect? ARLA have been complaining that the Government should regulate Letting Agents in the same way...