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Property Business Structures For Investing In 2023

2022 has been an incredibly turbulent year with Interest rates rising, the economy crashing and recession on the way.
Now is as important a time as any to make sure that your property business is structured properly for the times ahead.

Are you selling – or have you sold – your BTL?

The Telegraph’s personal finance reporter, Alexa Phillips, is looking to speak to landlords who are selling (or have recently sold) their buy-to-let properties.
This includes either people who are reducing the size of their property portfolio or …

Ignored form 4? Section 21 options?

Hello, I have an income support tenant (with considerable savings) who has been angling for a section 21 notice for the last few months. She is convinced that she can get a central London council house (unlikely).
I refused to give her sec 21 notice as…

Overgrown Magnolia tree results in loss of view!

Hello, I am told that in English law there is no such thing as a legal right to a view, (established in Aldred’s Case 1610). However, if a tree is allowed to grow uncontrolled and too large, resulting in the loss of a valued view

Rent increase for v longstanding hermit tenant?

Hello, I have a tenant who has been with me for 20 years or so (AST) in a 2 bed flat. He lives like a hermit and over the years the place has got v dirty and messy.
I’ve done what I can or need to;

Michael Gove hints at cash help for tenants to pay rent

Families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis could receive a cash boost so they can pay their rent, Michael Gove has hinted.
The Levelling Up secretary was speaking on the ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’ show when he revealed that ‘targeted suppor…

Sadiq Khan urges a rent freeze for London tenants

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called for an immediate rent freeze to deal with tenants struggling in the cost-of-living crisis and growing homelessness in the capital.
He says that the numbers sleeping rough have risen by 21% over the past year …

Meet Mark Smith (Barrister-At-Law) Landlord tax planning strategies – pin Reading

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers, will be presenting an overview of several landlord tax strategies at the pin Reading meeting Thursday 1st November.
The Reading meeting will be held at The Crowne Plaza Reading

Help! I didn’t protect the tenancy deposit

Hello, We let our property to a couple with a baby in 2019, with 90% of their rent paid by the council through a housing benefit.
They immediately fell into arrears, not paying the rent at all, so the council told me they would pay the 90% direct to me.

Guarantor Issue?

Hello, We agreed to be guarantor for our son’s ex-girlfriend as she was having his baby. Subsequently, it has turned out not to be his.
My question is, we are now getting to the end of the first year of tenancy and I contacted the agent to say to we wi…

House prices predicted to fall by 5% in 2023

The UK’s house prices are set to fall by 5% next year on the back of rising mortgage interest rates, says Zoopla.
The platform says the increase in mortgage rates represents the largest interest rate shock for new buyers since the late 1980s.

Would you like a Success Blueprint to follow?

Would you like your next property acquisition to be a high cash-generating HMO (House of Multiple Occupation), but don’t know how to do it?
You should be considering HMOs because they are a recession-proof strategy and also generate high cash flow

Would you like a Success Blueprint to follow?

Would you like your next property acquisition to be a high cash-generating HMO (House of Multiple Occupation), but don’t know how to do it?
You should be considering HMOs because they are a recession-proof strategy and also generate high cash flow

Michael Gove – A name to chill a landlord’s spine

Looks like Hallowe’en has come early for landlords with the announcement that Michael Gove has returned to the Government fold.
And, for me at least, that’s a huge shame.
Because while Gove has a strong reputation for getting things done – he is poised…

Short term lets are threatening the PRS

The number of short-term lets (STLs) has grown steadily in many areas of the UK over the past four years – and could threaten the PRS, a survey reveals.
The report from Propertymark highlights that the recent pandemic helped to fuel the rise in s…

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