I am delighted to be able to bring you this guest post from James Davis, of the well know letting portal Upad. Note that all opinions expressed are those of the author.
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I was talking to one of our newest landlords recently; he’d just got his first buy-to-let property and he was excited to get it [...]
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Property rental adverts – a guest post from UPAD
Government Wants FSA To Rule BTL Sector – guest blog by Roberta Ward of My Property Mentor
I am pleased to introduce another guest post from fellow property blogger Roberta Ward of My Property Mentor. I am sure her comments will strike a chord with many landlords …
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As if it’s not bad enough trying to keep up with the BTL regulation tinkering from the current government, it’s set to get a whole [...]
Twist Stick or Bust? How Landlords should to deal in the Rented Property Market Summer 2009 – by guest author Paul Hajek
Much has been written about the state of the Housing Market in England and Wales during 2009.
Over the last few weeks data that has been released has edged towards the positive. Although some opinion is predicting that further falls are inevitable, more commentators such as the Nationwide Building Society and the RICS are predicting an [...]
Good news for tenants – receivers of rent now eight times more likley
A report on the BBC site today regarding problems experienced by buy to let landlords indicates that mortgage companies now seem to be more willing to appoint a ‘receiver of rent’, as opposed to evicting the tenant so they can sell as mortgagee in possession. This is good for tenants, as it means that [...]
Tenants – the forgotten victims of repossession
I was delighted to read a report that a campaign is being launched to help tenants who get evicted through no fault of their own, because their buy-to-let landlords have not kept up their mortgage payments. You can read more about it on the Citizens Advice Bureau site here.
Long term LandlordLaw Blog readers [...]
Inside track bubble bursts
I was amused to read that Inside Track, the company that charged thousands of pounds for courses promising to teach people how to be property millionaires, has now itself gone into administration.
I am not a property investor myself, neither am I a millionaire (I wish!) but I would have thought that if people want to [...]
The Landlord Law Blog from Tessa Shepperson
Will the next 10 years be the decade of the rental?
Is the coming decade going to be the one where Britain becomes more like countries in Europe where renting is the norm? Several interesting reports online today consider this.
An article in the FT quotes the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Survey of English Housing, which shows that the proportion of owner-occupied homes in [...]
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