I am delighted to have industry specialist David Lawrenson as my Notable Property Person this week. Here is his story. 1. Please introduce yourself. Say a bit about yourself and your company I’m David Lawrenson, owner of property consultancy, landlord advice and buy to let information website, www.LettingFocus.com I’m author of the UK’s top selling…
Our Notable Property Person this week is software engineer and property investor John B Corey Jr, from ‘over the pond’. Anyone in property who is on twitter will know John, he is a prodigious twitterer with nearly 15,000 followers. He is also a sharp cookie – for example from his entries on the 4Walls property…
My Notable Property Person this week is Oliver Romain who is MD of the highly successful Landlord & Buy to Let Shows and editor of the associated Landlord & Buy to Let magazine. 1. Please introduce yourself. Say a bit about yourself and your company I edit Landlord & Buy to Let magazine and organise…
I am delighted to introduce this guest post from housing consultant and former TRO, Ben Reeve-Lewis. Mortgage advice for Buy to Let Landlords The recession has not appeared to have greatly dented the buy to let market but where does the novice landlord stand if the tenant doesn’t pay their rent and as a consequence,…
Kate Faulkner from Designs on Property My second ‘Notable Property Person‘ is Kate Faulkner, a well known property person, particularly for her books for the consumer organisation, Which and her association with Channel 4. Here are her answers to our questions: 1. Please introduce yourself. Say a bit about yourself and your company I live…
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. ***** 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…
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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…