Smart technology is a relatively new innovation that makes people’s lives easier through advanced processes. And through the years, it’s been growing in popularity. The global market for smart home technology is expected to reach £114 billion by 2024, according to UK Tech News. That’s a huge leap from a […]
The private rental sector is like any other business sector, in that it is dictated by supply and demand. Some areas are more popular than others, with current stats suggesting Manchester is the number one city for landlords, closely followed by Cambridge and London. At first glance, new landlords probably […]
When selling a property, homeowners have several choices. The most popular of these is putting the house on the market and waiting until someone comes along to buy it, hopefully at market value or above. However, this can be a slow and tedious process, one that may leave a seller […]
In the last three months alone, search demand for ‘holiday homes for sale’ have grown by 73% year-on-year. Exploring into the recent surge in the demand for holiday homes, Matt Stevenson, Senior Commercial Banker at Private and Commercial Bank, Arbuthnot Latham discusses whether this surge is just a short-term situation […]
After months of strict lockdown measures and the success of the UK’s vaccine rollout to date, society as a whole is beginning to open up once again. Many industries are reporting a notable rise in activity as a result, with the property sector particularly buoyant. House prices are rising sharply […]
With the financial uncertainties brought by COVID-19 on top of the loss of tax relief on mortgage interest for landlords, planning is needed to maximise buy-to-let profits more than ever in 2021. House price growth in 2020 to 2025 will be lower than it was in the proceeding five year […]
With the property market continuing to remain buoyant through the Covid-19 pandemic thanks in part to the extension of the stamp duty break, many people are thinking about either moving home or considering their position on the property market. Despite this, the last 12 months have also seen a huge […]
If you’ve been itching to get on the property ladder now for what seems like an incredibly long time, 2021 has some great news in store for you. Since the not-so-great year that 2020 brought us 2021 is certainly looking up and with ever more ways to get on the […]
Since 1st April this year, all tenancies in England have been covered by the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020. As the name suggests, the regulations set out electrical safety requirements for private sector landlords. The regulations apply to all standard tenancies Schedule 1 of […]
