Tag: Buy to let

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London’s calling corporate investors in to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

London buy to let landlords may soon have to fight toe-to-toe with institutional investors for prime residential property. Soaring rents...

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Peace in the war between landlords and tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Forget the odd moans and gripes between those traditional enemies landlords and tenants – the majority get on just fine....

Property fraudsters to pay £200,000 or face longer in jail

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Crooked property investors who lied on mortgage applications to finance 19 buy to let homes have to pay back £200,000...

Paragon lends £65.7 million to buy to let investors

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage specialist Paragon has announced completing new lending of £65.7 million for the second quarter of 2011....

Landlords lock pets out of the buy to let boom

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th July 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Pets are suffering from a raw deal in the buy to let boom as landlords refuse to allow them to...

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What happens next to house prices and mortgages?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

So the property market is stuck in a rut and prices and mortgage lending bottom out, according to the latest...

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Revealed – UK cities with the most overpriced homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th July 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Oxford homes are the most overpriced in the country, according to an online survey. Two thirds of people think homes...

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SCAM ALERT – please tell your tenants and landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd July 2011, 15 years ago | 5

Thank you to Susanne, a landlord known to us via the Property tribes forum, for sharing the following story with...

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Buy to let lenders warn of cash grab for missed payments

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords should separate their savings and current accounts from banks where they hold buy to let mortgages, loans or credit...

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Using social media to reduce rental voids

Author: Neil Patterson

22nd July 2011, 15 years ago | 1

In this video blog Mark Alexander, buy to let landlord and founder of Property118.com explains how he uses Social Media...

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Landlords upset over paying £315,000 HMO fees to council

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Disgruntled landlords have paid out £315,000 fees in a year to comply with a council’s new house in multiple occupation...

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Buy to let underpins the housing market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let borrowing is underpinning the mortgage market as the Bank of England and lenders report a surge in...

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Carpeting and flooring in your buy to let

Author: Ally Interiors

20th July 2011, 15 years ago | 5

It’s all too easy to put down the cheapest flooring possible when furnishing a rental property. But unless you want...

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Buy to let mortgage market is stuck in a rut

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage availability is seemingly not improving despite the best efforts of property professionals to talk up the...

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Google launches new mortgage comparison site

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Google has quietly launched a trial run of a mortgage comparison site that includes buy to let mortgages. Links to...

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Has the credit crunch been good or bad for buy to let landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2011, 15 years ago | 12

I'd very much like to get your views on what's been good about the credit crunch and what's not been...

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Rental arrears down, say LSL

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Rental arrears decreased for the second month in a row, according to LSL Property Services latest buy to let index....

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Strategies for coping with property pressure

Author: Vanessa Warwick

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 2

We love to keep things topical and relevant on Property Tribes, so to celebrate the recent Wimbledon Championships, I posted...

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Mortgage fraudster stole landlord IDs to con lenders

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A mortgage adviser who stole buy to let landlord’s identities to con lenders out of £3 million has started a...

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Notification Overload Problem Resolved

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Yesterday evening we ran a promotional campaign regarding our soon to be launched Business Directory for firms offering services to...