£5 million cash for councils to stop rogue landlords
Housing Minister announces cash boost for councils to tackle rogue landlords. Councils across the country are to receive a £5 million cash boost to tackle rogue landlords in their area, Housing...
View ArticleWhat does the Budget Mean For Us?
What does the Budget Mean For Us? Earlier this week we met as a team and were notably hawkish about what may come to light this week in the the budget. The chancellor told us what we all already knew,...
View ArticleBuild-to-let – the next big thing?
The Financial Times reported recently that owner occupation in the UK has fallen from 71% in 2003 to 63% currently. With mortgages difficult to get and house prices constantly rising, “generation rent”...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Blackley for Landlords
Just three short miles from Manchester city centre, and with great public transport and road links to the north west region, Blackley is a popular spot for renters. Although the area has suffered from...
View ArticleAt Last – Some Actual Facts About Landlords!
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published the results of the biggest survey yet of landlords in the UK. The survey was carried out on behalf of the CML by academics at the London School of...
View ArticleWhen Even The Guardian Thinks Landlords Have a Case…
You might expect The Guardian to be lining up and cheering at the woes of the buy-to-let sector, as its young readership is probably heavily composed of tenants renting from private landlords. However...
View Article“Right to Rent”: New Rules
Landlords and letting agents need to make sure they’re on top of the new set of amendments to the Immigration Act which came into effect at the beginning of December. The penalty for letting to illegal...
View ArticleShould You Let to DSS Tenants?
Some landlords won’t let to DSS tenants under any circumstances, but others recognise that not all DSS tenants are going to wreck the house and turn it into a crack pad. In fact, some DSS tenants have...
View ArticleDSS or Dogs?
Yesterday a very intersting article was published on the BBC website: No DSS: Most flat shares refuse benefit claimants It claims that landlords are twice as likely to accept potential tenants who own...
View ArticleBritain’s biggest buy-to-let investors have sold nearly half their £250m...
The Wilsons are an extraordinary couple. Fergus and Judith were both previously maths teachers. But starting in the mid-1990s they built up a buy-to-let property empire that eventually led to them...
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