December 8, 2009

• Buy-To-Let Rents Set To Start Rising

  » Read the complete articleSurveyors expect to see rent rises in the New Year as the number of buy-to-let properties coming onto the market fell for the first time since January 2008. (…)

December 7, 2009

• Regulation Of Buy To Let Predicted To Boost Business

  » Click here for the original articleThe likely regulation of the buy-to-let sector by the Financial Services Authority will boost business and help the sector to flourish, according to one property expert. (…)

December 4, 2009

• Private Rental Sector Needs Government Help, Says Landlord Reps

  » Click here for the original articleThe rental sector is increasingly seen as key to future housing strategy as production of new homes is out of line with consumer demand and as such it needs more help from the Government, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents. (…)

November 16, 2009

• Make Sure You Make A Buy-To-Let Profit

  » Click here for the original articleA quarter of buy-to-let landlords are just breaking even or worse at the moment – be one of those that make a profit by making sure you have the best possible buy-to-let mortgage. (…)

November 10, 2009

• Housing Association Tenants Say No To Rent Cuts

  » Read the complete articleAlmost 70% of England’s five million housing association tenants do not want a rent cut next year, according to a new poll. (…)

October 23, 2009

• Get Landlord Protection And Avoid Arrears Heartache

  » Read the complete articleSome tenants are still facing financial pressures in this recession, which are leading to increased rental arrears – the only way to be sure that you are not affected is by taking out the right insurance. (…)

August 19, 2009

• Buy To Let Mortgage Arrears Fall

  » Click here for the original articleThe buy-to-let market showed the first signs of stabilising in the last three months as arrears improved significantly, according to UK mortgage lenders. (…)

July 27, 2009

• Buy to Let Loans Improve With Rising Rents

  » Read the complete articleAverage UK rents rose for a second consecutive month in June according to Your Move, giving landlords some more hope as they look to manage their buy to let loans in this downturn. (…)

July 8, 2009

• Tenants Checked And Checked Again

  » Click here for the original articleMore landlords are becoming increasingly rigorous when it comes to assessing the financial status of their potential tenants before handing over any keys. (…)

July 6, 2009

• House Price Woe Easing?

  » Read the complete articleWhile it hasn't bounced back, the latest figures from Land Registry are showing that the housing market drop over the last three months is beginning to slow. (…)

July 2, 2009

• Half A Million Tenants In Arrears

  » Read the complete articleAs many as 560,000 tenants are currently in arrears, which is equivalent to more than 10% of all rent due to landlords in the UK. (…)

June 26, 2009

• More Tax For Your Tenant?

  » Click here for the original articleLandlords could face grappling with VAT rules and regulations following European Court ruling for taxes applied to domestic services such as cleaning. (…)

June 25, 2009

• Tenant Unemployment Warning

  » Read the complete articleLandlords should exercise caution as more and more tenants become unemployed and more and more tenants come to landlords as unemployed – landlords must protect themselves from any rentals shortfalls before it's too late. (…)

June 22, 2009

• Yields Up As Much As 10%

  » Read the complete articleThe UK residential property market now offers high rental yields of up to 10% a year according to investment specialists Managing Partners Limited. (…)

• Accidental Landlords May Recieve Tax Windfall

  » Read the full storyThanks to a loop hole in capital gains tax, those people who have been forced to rent out their property may find that they are in line for a tax windfall when it comes to selling up. (…)

June 18, 2009

• Consumer Buy to Let Confidence Drops

  » Click here for the original articleConsumers have begun to lose faith in buy-to-let as Unbiased.co.uk finds that nearly a third of Brits believe rental property investments are going to make a loss in the current climate. (…)

June 16, 2009

• Lack Of Housing Suplly To Benefits Landlords

  » Read the complete articleThe UK is not building enough houses, meaning the demand for property is getting greater – a tough situation, but one all good landlords could take advantage of. (…)

June 11, 2009

• Warning Against Dodgy Letting Agents

  » Read the complete articleA tenant eviction agency has revealed that it has had to turn its hand to debt collection on behalf of landlords who have fallen fowl of rogue lettings agents. (…)

June 10, 2009

• Cover Against Tenant Troubles

  » Click here for the original articleYou have to be sure you are covered against tenant troubles by taking out landlord insurance – spending a little now could save you a whole lot more in the future. (…)

June 9, 2009

• Landlords Hit Out At Proposed Government Register

  » Read the full storyLandlords have branded the Government's proposals for a landlord register as unworkable and have called for a scrapping of the plan that they say hasn't worked in Scotland, where it has been enforced for three years. (…)