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Maximising your income
Some landlords seem to think that the key to maximising income from a buy to let business is simply to increase the rent. The level at which you pitch your rent, of course, has an important part to play but …
Leasehold reforms, mortgage affordability rules, UK property market continues apace, and how to attract higher rents
Two major reforms make the UK property news headlines as changes to the law on leaseholds come into force and the Bank of England relaxes the rules on stress testing the affordability of mortgages. This is against the background of …
What does vacant property insurance cover?
A property can become unoccupied or empty for several valid reasons: you are taking an extended holiday; as the landlord of let property, you may face a void between former tenants moving out and new ones being found; your job …
What can I cover with landlord insurance?
Landlord insurance provides important safeguards for the owner of buy to let property. How does this protection work and what exactly are you buying with landlord insurance? The building first and foremost, the most critical protection is provided for the …
What your tenants want
Running a successful buy to let business almost certainly relies on the same basic guiding principle that determines the success of practically any other enterprise – delivering what the customer wants. In the case of a landlord, of course, the …
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 …
