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How many BTL properties is enough?

Why is it that so many landlords judge themselves and their peers by how many Buy-To-Let properties they own?
Given a choice between owning 1,000 flats in Northern England or Scotland, which are let to benefits tenants, or the alternative of owning the…

Elizabeth line rental yields

New research by Revolution Brokers has revealed which Crossrail stations currently make the best investment for buy-to-let landlords based on the average rental yield available in each station postcode. This analysed current rental and housing market d…

TONIGHT: How to buy in a Booming Market

This is just a quick reminder about the live training tonight at 8pm, all about how you can compete in today’s booming market and still purchase using very little of your own money.
Generally, sellers expect to get paid top price for their property and…

Renting Homes Wales Act delayed until 1st December 2022

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change, has announced that the Welsh Government is to delay the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 from July 15th to the 1st of December 2022.
Julie James’s statement said: “I have over…

Help! Conservatory on Grade 2 listed building without consent – what are my options?

What are your options if work was done on a grade 2 listed building without planning permission?
Is deemed consent assumed after 10 years?
Permitted development rights do not apply to Grade 2 Listed buildings. So what are your options if work was done …

Irrelevant deposit question – Completing N5B form?

Hi, I am trying to complete an N5B form and struggling to answer a question. At the beginning of the tenancy, I never took a deposit from the tenant so there is nothing to return and no scheme requirement.

Telegraph article highlighting our own Mick Roberts

Melissa Lawford, property correspondent at The Telegraph, has written an article about Mick Robert’s offer to gift his tenant’s the deposit to purchase their homes from him: Click here to read the article.
Mick also told the Telegraph that …

Using financial profiling to understand the impact of inflation on your property portfolio

Barely a day goes by without some new statistic about inflation being plastered across the mainstream media.
The current rate of inflation – at the time of writing – is 9% – a 40 year high, but this is set to increase further due to t…

Can I include management and ground rent costs in a new AST?

My tenant’s 12-month fixed term AST ends on the 1st of November 2022. However, instead of letting it roll onto a periodic tenancy can I start a completely new AST to increase the currently low rent to include:
1/ management service charge.

Forgetting the PRS here too!

Hi everyone, An interesting article here from Inside Housing “Going bust: how contractor insolvencies are affecting development and repairs.”
The effects are felt all over though in the wider housing industry.
As a landlord

Section 21 misconceptions

In the recent Queen’s Speech, the government reiterated its commitment to scrapping Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices during the next Parliamentary session.
Paul Shamplina, star of Channel 5’s Evicted! Nightmare Tenants, founder of Landlord Action…

There’s nothing that will stop Landlord Sales Agency from getting your property portfolios sold in just 19 days

Last year, because interest rates were so low and many landlords were incorporating, landlords weren’t thinking of selling. This year however tells a completely different story. Mortgages have shot up following high interest rates, leaving an innumerab…

Running one more time on Tuesday 31st May at 8pm

Thursday night Simon Zutshi delivered massive value, as expected, on his brand new live training all about “How to use Creative Finance to grow your property portfolio”.
We have had a number of people contact us, to see if they can gain access to a rec…

Student Lodgers or HMO?

Hi everyone. I am lending my daughter the money to purchase a 3-bed house while she’s away studying at university.
She will/intends to rent 2 of the rooms and 1 rented in a self-contained annexe.
The question is does this make it a lodgers agreem…

Transfer part of ownership of BTL flat to spouse without having to pay SDLT?

I am going to sell a BTL flat with is under my sole name. For tax efficiency, I would like to transfer part of ownership to my husband (I am a high rate taxpayer) before selling.
The Mortgage provider has no issue to add his name.

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