London, formerly unrivalled in the UK housing market, has seen house prices plummet in recent years. With house prices continuing to decline, experts say that the London property market is struggling to compete with smaller cities in the north. The once booming market has seen house prices more recently fall […]
The UK property market can seem a contradictory place. On the one hand, there’s clearly a shortage of residential property and that definitely includes rental property. On the other hand, even in the most buoyant markets, landlords are still in competition with each other for the best tenants. With that […]
With the clock ticking and headlines full of rifts between the UK and the EU, the prospect of a “no-deal Brexit” now has to be seriously considered. Here, we look at what a “no-deal Brexit” could mean for the property market. There is no such thing as the UK property […]
General Data Protection Regulations (or GDPR) remain confusing to many despite being in action for over three months now. Landlords especially remain in the dark when it comes to the data they can and cannot share with other institutions regarding their tenants. This guide explains what the new GDPR means […]
In this series of posts (read part one here and part two here), I’ve been considering how to find great deals through estate agents and in the last post, we looked at how coming across with a clear plan is the best way to show that you’re a serious investor […]
Landlords with tenancies pre-dating October 2015 have been warned of changes to section 21 eviction rules which take effect from October 1st 2018. A Section 21 notice gives a landlord the legal right to ask a tenant on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) or periodic tenancy, to leave their property. It […]
In my last blog post I started to think about finding deals through estate agents (read here); however, there can be some challenges with this. Quite often, if you walk into an agent’s office and state that you’re an investor, you’re likely to be faced with indifference or irritation because […]
This is the last in the series of the different property strategies that we can use in today’s market, and so this time we are going to think about how we can ‘up our game’ and make our investing far more sophisticated with “Developments”. Possibly the most exciting strategy out […]
For tax years before 2017/18, obtaining tax relief for interest and financing costs was relatively straightforward – landlords simply deducted them in calculating their rental profits. The beauty of this system was that the landlord received the tax relief at his or her marginal rate of tax. For example, if […]
It’s time to give some thought as to how to find the right property deals; but before we do this, it’s important to give some consideration as to what it is that you are really trying to achieve. The reason for this is that when you know what you are […]
