Buy-to-let Property News
Scots Government publishes housing vision
‘Tackling high rents in the private sector’, is one of the key priorities of a 20-year housing strategy set out by the Scottish Government in…
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Buy-to-let Property News
Rents are rising In rural areas
Rents for new lets increased in the year to October, but only in rural locations, Hamptons International has reported. Its November Monthly Lettings Index put…
Buy-to-let Property News
Landlords should Prepare for Fall in Rental Income
Promoting a rental portal with a suggestion that the Coronavirus crisis will see rents fall and landlord income slashed might not seem like the best…
Buy-to-let Property News
Pressure on SE Rents, but Capital Growth is the Best
Rents in London and the South East fell in the year to May 2020, but rose in other parts of Great Britain. The finding comes…
Landlord Articles
Article in the Guardian 10th September 2018
We all live busy lives, so I hope you will forgive my reporting on an article in The Guardian from 10th September this year. I…
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The End of the Cash Deposit
Long experience of working with the vulnerable has proved that providing a cash deposit is often a major headache for prospective tenants. It is easy…
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‘Generation Rent’ Has No Age Limit
A lot has been written and said about ‘Generation Rent’ as it applies to young people, unable to gain a foothold on the property ladder…
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Fewer Properties To Rent
A recent copy of the Metro gave as a headline ‘Fewer Homes up for rent after duty rise’. This is hardly a surprise to anyone…
Landlord Articles
Generation Rent and the Private Sector
There has been a lot written and said about ‘Generation Rent’, the young workers who, until perhaps 10 years ago, would have automatically assumed that…
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New section 8 and section 21 notices
‘If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it’ is a frequently used expression when there seems a degree of unnecessary interference and changes – and that…
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Buy to let rents continue to rise
For investors in the rental market in the UK, one of the country’s hottest asset classes, the delicate balance between spending big in London for…
