Tag: Buy to let

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Sell or hold after completing a refurbishment?

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd January 2011, 16 years ago | 14

This question was recently asked on a property forum and inspired me to write this post. A spreadsheet could be...

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Where would you go to find cash rich investors to JV with you?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th December 2010, 16 years ago | 1

I ask this question purely out of interest.  I am NOT looking for JV partners. 

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Very witty – Flirting With Property …… till death us do part.

Author: Mark Alexander

18th December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Picked up in a conversation at the Property Tribes forum.  It was just too good not to share.

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The roots of my Property Investment Strategy

Author: Mark Alexander

17th December 2010, 16 years ago | 24

“I measure my business related success by how much I improve my cashflow and my bank balance every year.” The...

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How I maximise the returns on my liquidity fund (cash in the bank)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2010, 16 years ago | 9

In January 2008 I refinanced my entire portfolio in line with my ongoing strategy.  There was an opportunity to release...

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Would you refinance off a rate of 2.25% onto a rate of 5%?

Author: Mark Alexander

14th December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

As a stand alone question, the logical answer would be ‘of course not!”.  However, some landlords are doing this and...

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Keeping your property business cash flowing

Author: Mark Alexander

13th December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let may be booming now – but many full time property investors are still feeling the pinch from...

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More landlords can expect to pay 40% tax

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

More landlords can expect to pay higher rate tax from next April thanks to new income tax rates published with...

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A guide to offsetting training expenses against rental income

Author: Mark Alexander

13th December 2010, 16 years ago | 4

Improving knowledge and skills to make more money is one of the common traits of buy to let investors who...

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Buy to let strategy – the 20% liquidity reserve rule of thumb

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 8

This rule of thumb is very simple.  If you have £100,000 of buy to let mortgages you should have £20,000...

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Buy to let rent arrears up 20%, say advice watchdogs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Tenants struggling to pay rent arrears to buy to let landlords have rocketed by 20% in a year, according to...

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Rents set to keep on rising, say letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Letting agents expect buy to let rents to keep edging higher as more tenants snap up the few available rental...

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A tenant’s human rights can stop an eviction, rules a court

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 3

Private landlords may have to bear in mind their tenant’s human rights before they can evict them, according to the...

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Buy to let landlords can prosper from homes crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 2

England faces a worsening housing crisis as house building is drastically out of pace with the demand for new homes. ...

Running a buy to let business as a limited company

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 18

Buy to let landlords making big rental profits and looking to save tax often flirt with the idea of running...

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Landlords lose out by paying cash-in-the-hand

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Paying tradesmen for cash in the hand jobs seems like a good idea at the time – but ends up...

Paragon plans to lend £1 billion to buy to let professionals

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 1

Buy to let specialist lender Paragon Mortgages has announced a 32% rise in profits as the firm looks to reassert...

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CML reports that buy to let mortgage lending is up 12%

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let lending has risen by 12% supported by ongoing demand for rental property fuelled by potential homeowners who...

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Trio sentenced for £4.6 million mortgage fraud

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 2

Link to the original Mortgage Strategy article which reads as follows: Three people, including a former police financial investigator were...

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Platform signals new fixed rate buy to let deals

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The Co-op Bank’s buy to let lending arm, Platform Mortgages, has a new range of fixed rate deals for property...

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I’m a landlord – get my problem tenant out of here!

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 4

A 5,000-signature petition demanding changes in the law to speed up the eviction of problem tenants from buy to let...