Tag: Strategies

Remember our background is in BuytoLet and Commercial finance

Author: Neil Patterson

1st July 2014, 12 years ago | 0

Mark, Mike and I met through the common background of BuytoLet and Commercial Finance. Over the years through The Money...

How to get 6 BTL mortgages with BM Solutions

Author: Mark Alexander

17th September 2013, 13 years ago | 7

So many buy to let borrowers get frustrated because BM Solutions will only allow them to have 3 buy to...

Alternatives to Landlord Licencing Schemes

Author: Mark Alexander

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 42

The alternatives to Landlord Licensing Schemes require joined up thinking, changes to data sharing protocols within local authorities and revised...

Development Finance – Where do you start?

Author: Neil Patterson

8th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Borrowers are still being frustrated by the banks’ continued reluctance to lend on development finance projects, but reality is that...

First Timer – Let to Buy

Author: Readers Question

10th June 2013, 13 years ago | 20

I bought a one bed flat in North London a few years ago to live in with my partner. Recently...

So you think your property portfolio is as “Safe as Houses”!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th May 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Property investors are passionate about building property portfolios, income and the potential for growth and take a lot of time...

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Is rent hiking a good business model?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

21st January 2013, 13 years ago | 24

It’s been a while since I wrote anything in my ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ series. Mainly because I kept getting...

Mortgage Express want an account review – Readers Question

Author: Readers Question

14th January 2013, 13 years ago | 14

Help! I have a Mortgage Express representative coming over for an account review! Why are they are demanding a huge...

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Homelessness suitability order and PRS landlords by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

29th October 2012, 13 years ago | 12

A bombshell was dropped recently. Admittedly an expected Bombshell, but it took all us people working in the public sector...

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Property Tribes trending topics of the week

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th October 2012, 13 years ago | 0

The founders of Property Tribes and Property118 are very much believers in collaboration as opposed to competition. With this in...

Exit plan – move in before selling up to avoid CGT

Author: Mark Alexander

28th August 2012, 14 years ago | 23

This weekend I received an email from Cissie asking “If I move into a buy to let property which has...

Financing Property Refurbishment Projects

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd August 2012, 14 years ago | 1

We receive hundreds of readers emails and telephone calls every month, the vast majority require contacts to arrange funding, hence...

Renting HMOs Sussed – BOOK REVIEW

Author: Mark Alexander

21st August 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Property118 Columnists HMO Landlady and Ben Reeve-Lewis have had their book “Renting HMOs Sussed” published and it is now available...

Selling a tenanted property portfolio – READERS QUESTION

Author: Readers Question

18th August 2012, 14 years ago | 15

My brother and I have decided to sell 9 of the properties in our portfolio. The purpose is to raise...

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DSS Over-payments – Readers Advice Request

Author: Readers Question

13th August 2012, 14 years ago | 26

As there are so many experts in the area of DSS over-payments (or LHA as it’s now called) I am...

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Void periods – one of the landlords greatest enemies

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13th August 2012, 14 years ago | 10

As we all know, the landlord’s most dreaded expense is void periods and I am always looking at innovative ways...

Life Insurance for Landlords – IFA readers letter

Author: Readers Question

10th August 2012, 14 years ago | 3

As an avid reader of Property118.com I was very interested to read a couple of recent articles 1) Should landlords...

Taxation strategies for capital raising on a BuyToLet basis for retirement

Author: Mark Alexander

6th August 2012, 14 years ago | 7

It is quite rare for me to share taxation strategies here in full on my blog, especially taxation strategies for...

Weekly News round up for the week ending 3rd of August 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd August 2012, 14 years ago | 0

This weekend we are celebrating the launch our Discussions Forum. You will find it on the main Navigation Bar of...

BEWARE – there is no Capital Gains Tax Roll-Over on BuyToLet

Author: Mark Alexander

1st August 2012, 14 years ago | 12

Following an email I received from a reader yesterday I feel compelled to write an article warning landlords of the...