Tag: Property investment

Property Investors Show 18th March 2011 at Excel London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

  Will you be there? Mark Alexander will be on the speakers panel of “The Big Fat Landlord Debate” at...

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Buy to let rents will keep going up, say letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd March 2011, 15 years ago | 2

>Buy to let rents are rising fast as more tenants chase fewer properties, say letting agents.  They returned the highest...

Due Diligence – By Mark Alexander

Author: Mark Alexander

27th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

I am constantly amazed when I hear that people spend a fortune on property education courses or invest their pension...

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Surveys can knock £1,800 off the price of a home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Property investors have a cavalier attitude to home valuations that often unnecessarily leads them with a bill for putting right...

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Buy to let rents waver as more homes hit market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Buy to let rents have dropped slightly for the second month running as landlords offered more homes to let. The...

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House builders ready to move in to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Britain’s leading house builders are looking at changing their business models by moving in to buy to let as buyers...

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Chancellor urged to cut VAT on building work in Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords could benefit from a cut in VAT on repairs and maintenance if Chancellor George Osborne heeds...

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Buy to let bargains for sale as sellers cut prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Investment opportunities for buy to let landlords look good as mortgage availability increases and asking prices for homes continue to...

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Homes sales have slowed again, say estate agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Home sales slipped to the lowest level for 18 months as estate agents reported a poor month of trading. Fewer...

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Buy to let mortgage deals hot up for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

New lenders are eyeing buy-to-let as others are shaping up their deals to give landlords a wider choice of rates...

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How I choose my tenants

Author: Mark Alexander

4th February 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Please remember that my properties are all mid range to upper end of the market.  My typical tenant profile is...

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How I minimise property management issues

Author: Mark Alexander

4th February 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Please remember that my properties are all mid range to upper end of market properties aimed at the professional tenants...

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How I minimise rental voids

Author: Mark Alexander

4th February 2011, 15 years ago | 6

A one month rental void accounts for 8.33% of your annual rental income.  For many landlords this is the difference...

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Property investors warned against NMD scammers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Fraud investigators are warning property club investors against scammers that are offering bogus below-market-value deals with NMD (No Money Down)...

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Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

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Paragon lines up £85 million of landlord loans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let specialist Paragon has advanced £8.8 million of loans and has a further £75 million of property investment...

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Corporate property investors pump cash in to student housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Big student housing developments are still continuing apace despite finance problems squeezing the rest of the residential property investment market.

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Why some buy to let investors are losing faith in property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Some buy to let landlords are having second thoughts about the reliability of property as a long term investment, according...

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Property firms ‘red flagged’ as insolvency risks

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let investors hiring property firms to refurbish homes should protect their finances by carrying out strict credit controls...

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Mark Alexander’s interview with Paul Spriggins – UK Holiday Lets investor/developer

Author: Mark Alexander

24th January 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Paul Spriggins In this interview Paul explains how he develops brick and tile UK holiday park homes, sells them for £71,000,...