Tag: Buy to let

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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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Council wants to invest taxpayer cash in buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd July 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Councillors want to dabble in property investment by spending millions on purchasing ‘substandard’ buy to let homes. The plan is...

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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...

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Buy to let market swamped by tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The buy to let market is saturated with tenants and the small remaining supply of private rented homes will soon...

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Major accolade for Property118.com (Press Release)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

NewsNow to feature Property118 News Not only is Property118.com one of the fastest growing Property web-sites in the UK this...

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The Mortgage Works withdraws from Buy to let niche markets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

From today The Mortgage Works has announced three new Buy to let products, but have also tempered this news with...

Mortgage Trust launches new Buy to let product range

Author: Neil Patterson

12th July 2011, 15 years ago | 2

In a press release today Mortgage Trust launched its new Buy to let product range with a quote from John...

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London rents soar to double the UK average

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

London landlords are picking up rents that are double the average for the rest of the country. The capital is...

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What Property Investors Have to Tell the Tax Man

Author: This article was written by guest author - Steve Sims

7th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Many property investors fail to tell the tax man about their property businesses and face mounting fines and penalties. Property...

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Rogue letting agent closes owing clients up to £500,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th July 2011, 15 years ago | 19

Police are seeking a letting agent who has disappeared owing landlords and tenants hundreds of thousands in rents and deposits....