Tag: mortgage

September 1st is the Biggest day for Landlords Insurance Renewal

Author: Mark Alexander

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

September 1st is statistically the biggest day in the calendar for Landlords Insurance Renewal. I am fairly certain it doesn’t...

Updated guidance on Superstrike Deposit Protection case

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

The four tenancy deposit protection scheme providers have collectively issued guidance notes following the Court of Appeal ruling in the...

Guidance from tenancy deposit protection schemes following the Superstrike Ltd. vs Rodrigues Court of Appeal case

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

The four tenancy deposit protection scheme providers have collectively issued guidance notes following the Court of Appeal ruling in the...

Are freehold ground rents a good investment?

Author: Readers Question

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 43

I have just started investing in property. Living overseas, I have been unable to get a U.K. mortgage so I...

Affordable housing – buy to let trap

Author: Readers Question

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 4

My partner and I are living in a part rent/part buy affordable housing 1 bed flat.  We would like to...

12.5% return on cash invested on a newly refurbished Manchester based development

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Last week I was presented with a Manchester based buy-to let investment opportunity which looks particularly attractive. The gross yield...

Funding B2L from re-mortgaging own home.

Author: Readers Question

30th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

I’m considering entering B2L for the first time. Rather than securing a B2L mortgage, can funds be released by re-mortgaging...

Meet The Landlords TV programme – fair representation?

Author: Mark Alexander

30th July 2013, 13 years ago | 73

Last night I finally got around to watching a TV programme I recorded on BBC a few weeks ago called...

Protection for families of property investors

Author: Howard

29th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

With growing and easier access to BTL mortgage funds comes the inevitable increase in borrowing, or as I like to...

It’s all falling apart and I could do with some advice please

Author: Readers Question

27th July 2013, 13 years ago | 6

Our first flat was bought at auction and cost 33k, spent 7k on a refurb and was valued at 55k,...

Age discrimination from buy to let mortgage lenders?

Author: Readers Question

26th July 2013, 13 years ago | 11

Last year I was in the process of identifying a good interest only re-mortgage – nothing out of the ordinary...

Buy to Let Mortgages on Low Value Properties

Author: Howard

26th July 2013, 13 years ago | 20

I have always found one particular lender on our panel hard to consider as they’ve always represented (in my mind)...

Buy to Let Property Sales – Partnering With Estate Agents

Author: Mark Alexander

24th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

Earlier this year we spotted an opportunity to set up a buy to let Estate Agency. However, due to lack...

rent2rent contracts

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

We are pleased to confirm that a sufficient number of pre-orders for rent2rent contract templates have now been received. For...

Property Investment – what would you buy?

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

Whenever I walk down a high street I can’t help looking through the window of the local estate agents and...

Having problems with a Rent2Rent kind of company

Author: Readers Question

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 3

Looks like my first attempt to enter the rental market has turned into a disaster. I just completed a flat...

Refusal of consent to let by mortgage lender

Author: Readers Question

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 12

I have a residential mortgage and want to go and live abroad for a couple of years, during which time...

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CML reports 26% growth in Mortgage Lending

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2013, 13 years ago | 1

The Council of Mortgage Lenders CML reports that total gross mortgage lending increased to £15 billion in June, which is...

BuytoLet Remortgage rates best since the credit crunch

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2013, 13 years ago | 2

The prevailing mood in the BuytoLet remortgage world over the past three or four years has been “Rates are high;...

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August is often the month Landlords Insurance policies renew

Author: Mark Alexander

19th July 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Several years ago my business partners and I were approached by an insurance broker who told us we could save...

Private Rented Sector Review – Conclusions and recommendations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The Private Rented Sector Review conclusions and recommendations published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: Simplifying regulation 1.  We recommend...