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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 meeting Thursday 3rd November.
The Canary Wharf meeting will be held at The Hilton London Canary W…

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 meeting Thursday 3rd November.
The Canary Wharf meeting will be held at The Hilton London Canary W…

Hi All, I recently purchased my first property and decided to rent a few rooms out to help cover the cost of running the place. I’m a live-in landlord and registered to vote there, this is in the Portsmouth area.

A total of £214.7 million in bridging loans was transacted by contributors during the third quarter – the third consecutive quarterly increase and a 20% rise on Q2, research reveals.
The latest Bridging Trends figures show this is the highest con…

The Bank of England looks set to raise interest rates at its meeting tomorrow – and it could be the biggest rise in 33 years.
The market is pricing in a rise of 0.75% to 3% because the Bank is tightening monetary policy in a bid to tame inflation.

The lettings market appears to have cooled down with rents dipping in every region for the first time since June and most areas seeing an increase in voids, a rental index reveals.
The findings from Goodlord show that average rental costs in England dr…

Consumer demand for help and advice from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) rose by 15% in 2021 to 45,007 enquiries – and has risen by a staggering 48% since 2019.
The organisation says that the rise underlines the demand from consumers for justice and…

The nation’s rental market could be in for a boom as historic housing market trends show that a decline in property sales also leads to a boost in the private rental market stock.
That’s according to Alliance Fund

Hello, I have a six bed / three bathroom property near Wolverhampton which I am looking at turning into an HMO.
I am looking for a company to take on the management of this HMO with a guaranteed rent including covering for void periods
Does anyone have…

The student property market in Leeds is evolving at a quick pace, with landlords making significant changes to attract student tenants, says estate agent HOP.
Their research shows that Leeds now has more student properties than anywhere else in the UK …

The annual UK house price growth slowed to 7.2% in October, from 9.5% in September, Nationwide reports.
Its house price index reveals that prices fall 0.9% month-on-month – the first monthly decline since July 2021.
Robert Gardner

Just 11% of one-bedroom properties in England are now affordable to renters on Local Housing Allowance – that’s down from 17% in April, research reveals.
That’s when Crisis and Zoopla last conducted their analysis which also reveals t…

MPs say that the current system of exempt accommodation, a type of supported housing that is used to house a range of people with support needs, is a ‘complete mess’.
Not only is it failing too many residents and local communities but doing…

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 …

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…