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New Right to Buy scheme, the housing market is cooling, coastal hotspots, and landlords to tenants’ rescue
As the property market begins to cool in the face of rising inflation the government releases new plans for extending the Right to Buy. Other UK property news reveals the latest coastal hotspots for affordable – and dry – places …
Insurance for landlords
With buy to let mortgage repayments to meet, maintaining your property in a good state of repair, and not to mention the search for dependable tenants who are going to pay their rent on time, you’re may not put insurance …
Working with letting agencies
The role of a buy to let landlord is becoming ever more difficult and financial success is by no means assured. Working with a letting agent might ease some of the many – and increasing – responsibilities you have to …
Tips landlords can give their tenants on preventing household problems
A healthy landlord-tenant relationship is one based on mutual respect and trust. Your tenants expect you to maintain the property, keeping it safe and free from health hazards. You can expect your tenants to treat the place with the care …
House prices slow, Right to Buy revival, beach hut owners under fire, and hefty deposits for first-time buyers
After many months of runaway increases in the price of the average home, the leading headlines making present property news all point to a marked slowing down of a market impacted by the rising cost of living. Other UK property …
House prices, how landlords can help with energy bills, mortgage affordability tests, and buyers fight to buy in Solihull
Recent property news in the UK continues to focus on the runaway increase in prices post-pandemic. But there are also warnings on the horizon about the rising cost of living and the difficulties faced by many tenants in meeting their …
Why compare landlords’ insurance?
As a landlord, you will be keen to protect the investment you have made in your buy to let property. Buy to let insurance (or landlords’ insurance as it is also known) will help you do just that. Choosing the …
Making the most of your finances
A Parliamentary report on the 29th of March 2022 acknowledged that the cost of living in the UK has followed a steep upward curve since the beginning of 2021 and inflation – at 6.2% over the past 12 months – …
Landlords need to be aware of changes to HMO legislation
Are you the landlord of a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)? Essentially, that will be a let property accommodating three or more tenants who comprise more than one separate household and share such basic facilities as a bathroom and toilet …
