Writing in Conservativehome a former Conservative parish councillor, Sam Clark, argues for a more interventionist approach to the housing crisis by restricting BTL rather than encouraging large scale new developments.
His fear is that Tory voters will …
The final Nationwide House Price Index of the year has ended on a high with the average price of a home now standing at £254,822 an increase of nearly £24,000 over 2021.
Annual house price growth increased to 10.4%
The post 2021 the strongest calendar …
2021 has been a crazy time for UK Property Prices, but what is in store for 2022. Join me and special guest Simon Zutshi, as we debate our predictions for the Property Prices and recommend our preferred property investment strategies over the next year…
The Guardian is at it again!
They’re suggesting Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on your own home, that’s what Andrew Roberts and I will be looking at in this episode of Property Breaking News.
Please click on the video below:
The post Capital Gains…
Maidstone Borough Council has put out an urgent call looking for landlords with self-contained one bedroomed flats or studios to house residents in need across the borough.
The council’s Housing First scheme provides full-dedicated support for la…
Hi all, Do you remember offset mortgages and in particular if they are still available on Buy to Let property?
Has anyone taken one out recently, and how does it work for them? Was it worth the potential increased cost for a specialist product?
The pos…
Is Your Buy to Let (BTL) Property Business ready for 2022?
In this video, I’m joined by leading property tax expert Mark Alexander from Property 118, to share crucial property tax advice for the new year to help ease the pain of section 24.
The p…
Being a newbie to the rental business, I employed an agent to find me a tenant plus full management of the property. The tenant has now done a ‘flit’ leaving behind all his furniture and unpaid utility bills.
Having done some research on hi…
Hello everyone, My question is If you pay/select full management for a letting agency for a year’s tenancy, but subsequently the tenant wants to stay on for a FURTHER year and do a new tenancy/renewal with the landlord rather than agency managing…
I suspect the reasons you first got into property investment were the same reasons as mine. One of the first property goals I set for myself back in 1989 was to borrow £1,000,000 to buy rental properties. When I achieved that I went on to repeat the pr…
Hi everyone, I’m new to the forum. I renovated my daughter’s house (Scotland ) which was uninhabited for some time and in poor repair. I footed the bill myself as she was unable to, and I didn’t want her mortgage free asset to deterio…
I have just had an EPC done which refers to the single glazing as ‘very poor’ leading to a D rating overall despite the rest of the report showing Good or Very good in all the other areas.
Planning requirements state I cannot change the win…
Hello, My wife and I hold a rental property with 50:50 share, due to changes in our employment situation I want to transfer 90% of the income from the property to my wife. I understand I could achieve this by submitting a Form 17 and deed – which might…
I have received a Solicitor’s Letter (No Claim No Fee Solicitors) sent on behalf of my ex-tenants claiming £4,000 in compensation, although the letter doesn’t say what the compensation is for. Although over the last year of the tenancy they…
Taylor Wimpey has voluntarily given formal commitments to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to remove terms from leasehold contracts that cause ground rents to double in price. The effect of these increases, which kick in every 10 years, is t…
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