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CEO of Landlord Sales Agency explains why there’s just three months left to sell your property portfolios and HMOs at record high prices before Christmas

Over the last few months, landlords across the country have been contacting us at The Landlord Sales Agency to sell their HMO’s and portfolios, and there’s good reason. This last two years since the lockdown, house prices shot up to market highs that h…

Annual house price growth remains in double figures

The Nationwide House Price Index for September shows annual house price growth has eased back to 10.0%, from 11.0% in August with prices little changed month-on-month, after taking account of seasonal factors.
Wales and Northern Ireland were the strong…

What is the best way to gift properties to family?

Hi, I would like to gift one property to each of my two adult daughters from my portfolio. Neither property has any mortgage against it.
One property is a purpose-built flat with a long lease remaining, and the other is a freehold shop with a flat abov…

That Cockroach time of year!

Heating ducts and pipes can be prime spots for cockroaches as the heating goes on in the autumn the British Pest Control Association (BPCA) has warned and issued a guide with advice on preventing the warmth-loving insects getting into premises to help …

Setting up a Mixed Partnership Structure?

My wife and I are both higher rate taxpayers and currently hold a portfolio of 9 BTL properties in joint names. We are familiar with the four structures that we could use to hold & manage the portfolio:
1.
The post Setting up a Mixed Partnership St…

Complimentary entry – The Property Investor Show 15 & 16 October at ExCeL London

The Property Investor Show is the largest, longest-running and most respected property investment expo presented in the UK and after a Covid-enforced absence is delighted to return to ExCeL London on 15 & 16 October.
For over 20 years
The post Comp…

Landlord Action reports eviction instructions up 43% versus pre-pandemic

Landlord Action, one of the UK’s best-known eviction and housing law specialists, has seen a 43% rise in instructions from landlords and letting agents between 1 June 2021, when the eviction ban ended, and 1 September 2021, versus the same period…

Purchase of second home in Family Trust for son?

Hi All, My wife and I have a small property portfolio held in an LLP. We are in the process of purchasing a property for our 37-year-old son using the equity from our main home.
As he’s autistic and unable to handle his finances prudently
The post Purc…

Labour will fix the housing crisis?

In her Labour Party Conference Speech, Lucy Powell, Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, said that she sees housing as very much a public health issue.
Lucy wants to tackle what she perceives as issues of quality, affordability and security in privat…

Pay Less Property Tax presentation by Mark Smith (Barrister-At-Law) – Titans event 14th October

Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers will be presenting, ‘Are you paying too much tax on your property rental business? Business structures for Landlords’ at the next TITANS meeting (re-branded J6 event) r…

Boris U-TURN – New Planning Reforms ditched!

New planning reforms set in motion by Robert Jenrick, Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings are to be scrapped.
Boris Johnson draws property industry’s ire over watered-down planning reforms. Plans aimed to curb councils’ power to oppose developments and …

BTL product choice is still increasing

There are now more Buy-to-let (BTL) products available today than on offer in March 2020, before the impact of the pandemic was felt across the sector, according to the latest data from Moneyfacts.co.uk.
– September started with 2,968 products on…

The Possession Proceedings Training Day on 28th September 2021

Bringing court proceedings to evict a tenant is generally the very last thing a landlord wants to do. The aim of most landlords is to have long term tenants living in the property for many years.  However, sometimes the grim necessity to evict a tenant…

HMO licence tenants say they are related – Cousins?

I have a three-bedroom flat and the single room does not meet the council’s new imposed minimum room size of 7.1 square meters and so does not meet the licensing criteria.
I have 3 students from China who want to rent the flat who say they are re…

Labour the party of home ownership?

Before the Labour Party conference, Lucy Powell, Shadow housing secretary said: “Labour is the party of homeownership, the Tories are the party of speculators and developers. They treat housing as a commodity, not the bedrock of stable lives and life c…

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