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UK landlords concerned about rents not covering mortgages
Four out of ten landlords reckon they would not be able to cover the mortgage payments on their properties if interest rates increase by two per cent...
More tenants in need of homes than landlords have available say ARLA
The availability of rental properties is worsening, with not enough rental properties available from UK buy to let landlords according to research out today from the Association of Residential LettingAgents....
Crackdown on unlicensed HMO landlords
It is illegal for landlords of multiple occupation properties to operate without the correct documentation, and now SHEFFIELD Council has launched a crackdown on rogue landlords who have failed to register for a compulsory licence....
UK house prices may not increase for a decade!
Decades of stagnant or falling house prices have been predicted by one of the nation's leading accountancy firms, as estate agents and mortgage lenders also warn that the next year will see a marked weakening in the property market....
UK landlords register scrapped by new government
The well-meaning but flawed national register of UK landlords will not be brought forward by the current Government, it has been announced... ...UK landlord and letting agent regulation proposals have been ditched
The government announced yesterday that plans for increased regulation on letting agents and landlords will be scrapped. Grant Shapps, the Conservative housing minister, told Parliament that new rules will be drawn up......
UK buy to let is on the rise again!
The buy-to-let sector was emblematic of a British housing boom that saw property prices triple over a decade. It grew to represent 12 percent of new mortgages at its peak in 2007 as investors seeking higher returns poured money into real estate......
Worlwide property investment is on the rise again, with the US showing best returns
Global property fundamentals are still on average in the early stage of recovery but investment values have rebounded for the best properties with the US currently offering the most attractive returns, it is claimed....
UK landlords suffer twice the amount of rent arrears than 2 years ago
A total of 34% of private landlords have experienced arrears problems over the past 12 months, according to researchers BDRC Continental, compared with 16% in the third quarter of 2008.......
Capital Gains Tax rise will cripple UK buy to let market
The Coalition is considering increasing the level of CGT on the profit of the sale of non-business assets from the current 18 per cent to 40 or even 50 per cent, leaving buy-to-let investors facing the prospect of hugely inflated tax bills......
Landlord jailed after blaze left tenant with less than one percent chance of survival
A landlord has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after a fire in one of his properties left a teenage tenant so badly burnt she was given less than one per cent chance of survival. ...
Campaign group PricedOut has attacked tax-breaks for buy-to-let investors
Admission from the Treasury under Gordon Brown as chancellor runs counter to previous government rhetoric on the relationship between a rise in buy-to-let activity and a shortage of homes for first-time buyers, according to the PricedOut group......
Buy to let mortgage activity 19% higher in Q1 of 2010 than Q4 of 2009
The recovery of the housing market continued to pick up pace in March, with the number of valuations on compared to February, according to the latest research by Connells Survey and Valuation......
Rents rose 0.7% to £820pcm this month according to FindaPropertry.com
Rents rose 0.7% to £820pcm this month, the second consecutive month of rising asking rents, which are now £16pcm higher than in January. The annual rate of decline has also reduced......
Expats take control of their frozen UK pensions to release cash
Many expats with frozen UK pensions have been very pleasantly surprised by the options available since the legislation regarding pensions recently changed. Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pensions [QROPS] are the schemes that have been approved......
Government launches initiative to monitor landlords
The UK government has today launched a new initiative which will allow tenants to post feedback on their landlords on a new online forum......
Buy to let grows for second consecutive quarter
Buy to let lending grew for the second consecutive quarter during the final three months of 2009 as the market continued to show signs of improving, new figures show......
Buy to let doesn't need more regulation, just better credit flow
Yesterday, the CML reported that new buy-to-let lending increased for the second consecutive quarter in the final three months of 2009......
Expats, now is the time to take control of your frozen pensions
Attention is being brought to expat landlords of UK property. They are being urged to take control of their frozen UK pensions and release the significant funds held within them. Many previously unknown, rewarding opportunities await non resident UK landlords.... ...
House prices still on rise but more supply will flatten growth
UK residential property prices rose for a seventh consecutive month in January, increasing by 0.6% but the outlook for the year is flat, according to the latest index to be published......
98% of agents predict a buoyant lettings market
A majority (98%) of letting agents expect the lettings market to stay the same, grow or grow substantially in the next 12 months, according to the tenant referencing agency, HomeLet....
New range of buy to let mortgage products launched
The Mortgage Works has introduced a new range of Buy to Let Stepped Tracker mortgage products......
Nationwide forecasts 10-15% house price increases in 2010 but Halifax says no gains
Hot on the heels of the Nationwide Property survey which suggested a 10% to 15% increase in UK property prices in 2010, the Halifax survey is very different......
Landlord fined for failing to have boiler inspected
Carbon monoxide flooded the kitchen of a property after a landlord failed to have a boiler service, it has been reported......
Government considers tax cuts for buy to let investors
In an attempt to revitalise the property market and prompt more property developments, the government is considering granting institutional investors a stamp duty concession in order to encourage them into becoming professional landlords....
Tenant evictions decline by 11%
Tenant evictions in England and Wales have fallen by 11%, according to easyroommate.co.uk...
BPF: Landlords are the only way to fill housing gap
Landlords and the private rental industry have been the "white knight" of the UK's housing market in recent years......
subletting a real danger to landlords, warns expert
Over the past 12 months Landlord Action, a specialist in tenant eviction, has seen a 15 per cent increase in the number of overcrowding tenancy cases, partly due to the recession....
Hometrack: House prices rise in Jan for sixth month in row
U.K. house prices rose for a sixth month in January as a shortage of homes for sale supported property values, Hometrack Ltd. said. ...
Gordon Brown announces plan to restrict shared rental property
A plan announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government to restrict the development of new shared rental properties in the UK may result in more hassle for residential landlords and fewer affordable accommodation......
Student buy to let excels in rental market
The UK’s student buy-to-let sector remains buoyant while average private sector rents across the UK may have fallen or remained stable over the past year....
Legal & Law: PAT testing for landlords
Each year over 30 people are killed due to faulty electrics in the UK. These deaths in most part are avoidable and landlords are been urged to carry out regular PAT test on all portable appliances in rented properties and accommodation to make sure the appliances are safe for tenants to use and meet legal requirements....
Buy-to-let mortgage specialist Paragon reports arrears improvement
The lender saw the proportion of its borrowers behind on their mortgage repayments by three months or more fall from 1.54% to 1.50% in the fourth quarter of 2009....
Tenancy deposit schemes: Rate hikes and the low down
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme's recent rate hike has forced agents to review their options. Here, we bring you an exclusive Q&A on all you need to know about transferring tenancies to Mydeposits, one of the two alternative deposit schemes....
Increasing number of tenants establishes renting trend in UK
It will be a good year for landlords and letting agents as more tenants are coming into the market. ...
Investors: Buy property now
Investors are increasingly backing the housing market. Have they already gone too far? ...
Rightmove: Brits confident of house price increases this year
U.K. house prices will extend gains over the next 12 months as supplies remain constrained and the economy improves, Rightmove Plc said, citing a survey of consumers....
Claiming rent arrears from bad debting tenants: Law change helps landlords
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has halved the amount of time a residential landlord has to wait before claiming arrears from tenants. ...
Huge rise in property valuations signals recovery
Valuation activity in the residential housing market more than doubled last month compared with the previous year, according to the latest data from Connells Survey & Valuation...
Latest research shows 2009 was better than 2008 for landlords
Buy-to-let investors enjoyed a 7.6 per cent annual return on their investments last year, compared to a loss of 8.8 per cent in 2008, according to new research....
Rival mortgage lenders slash rates
Renewed competition in the mortgage market has prompted the UK's biggest lenders to cut the cost of new home loans and ease lending criteria. ...
Buy to let investors return at first time buyers expense
Buy-to-let investors are back in favour with mortgage lenders for the first time in two years, raising renewed concerns that first-time buyers could once more be squeezed out of the market for one and two-bedroom properties by landlords....
Landlord murdered and butchered by tenants
Two lovers murdered their landlord and scattered his body parts across the countryside in a plot to steal his identity, a court heard today....
UK landlords could face prosecution for not complying with The Regulatory Reform Order
Three years after changes to fire safety law, London Fire Brigade is warning that many businesses still don’t have enough understanding of how the law affects their business or premises......
UK property prices likely to flatline rather than increase or crash
The latest press release from one of the cheerleaders of Britain's still-bloated property market, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors(Rics), is today headlined "House prices continue to rise, albeit at a slower pace"......
Confidence returns amongst professional landlords
CHL Mortgages has today (7 January) released the results of its first quarterly survey of landlord customers to reveal a growing confidence in the buy-to-let sector - and a return to professionalism......
December 09 shows another rise in UK house prices
House prices increased for the sixth consecutive month in December and have now shot up by 9.4% since reaching a low in April 2009. The latest figures from Halifax show that prices are now 1.1% higher on an annual basis... ...
A reduction of 1 % will hit UK house prices 2010
Property values will drop 1 percent after stagnating in 2009 Hometrack said in a statement today. Prices increased 0.1 percent in December from the previous month to an average £156,900......UK buy to let market confidence improves says Young Index
Results of the Young Index, published last week suggest that consumer confidence in the UK property market continues to improve......RICS says that house prices will rise in 2010
The forecast by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggested the value of a typical British home would end the 2010 “one or two per cent higher” than their current level......
Property investment hotspots outlined to UK landlords
Landlords may be interested in investing in one of the "numerous property hotspots" created as a result of the international recession, according to Property Frontiers......Buy to let investors regain confidence in UK rental market
Landlords can look forward to annual returns averaging £16,000 next year as the housing market continues to stabilise, according to LSL Property Services, the UK's biggest lettings agent group......
UK landlords set to have a good year in the 2010 buy to let market
2009 saw buy-to-let re-emerge as an attractive investment and 2010 is set to be a strong year for landlords, according to LSL Property Services......
Buy to let investors are being offered great rates when accepted
Something extraordinary has happened to buy-to-let mortgages in the past two months. If you do qualify for a buy to let mortgage, you're likely to be offered a cracking rate of interest......
Houses for sale in less prosperous areas will suffer from stamp duty increase
Tens of thousands of sales could fall through when the tax reverts from a concessionary £175,000 to its old level of £125,000 on January 01, it is claimed... ...
UK buy to let market will struggle in 2010 says ARLA
While 2009 was a difficult year for the entire property market, 2010 looks likely to present an even greater challenge for the private rented sector (PRS), according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)......
UK landlords will benefit from stamp duty holiday ending
Lettingsearch.co.uk believes the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s decision not to extend the stamp duty holiday due to end on 31st December, is good news for landlords......
The UK landlords image has been improved by the recession
Landlord Assist, the nationwide tenant eviction firm, is convinced that the traditional image of the buy-to-let landlord has improved as a result of the recession....
Property club failure scares UK buy to let investors
Nearly 300 angry investors are at risk of losing of hundreds of thousands of pounds following the liquidation of a Sussex-based buy-to-let club......
Will UK house prices continue to rise next year?
For close observers of the UK's property market, 2009 was a big surprise. Contrary to almost everyone's expectations, prices started rising in the spring and have kept on going pretty much every month since then......
UK overseas property investors could be the current big winners
New research claims that Britons who bought overseas properties four years ago in investment hotspots (but without a foreign mortgage) could cash in on significant gains, despite the recent volatility in global property prices......UK house prices rise for the 7th month in a row
U.K. house prices rose for a seventh month as the labor market showed signs of improvement and the recession eased, Nationwide Building Society said......
A two year low for buy to let remortgaging says Paragon
The proportion of landlords remortgaging their investment properties has fallen to its lowest level for two years, according to research by Paragon Mortgages......Wealthy UK property investors to up their spending!
With the average high net worth investor already holding 28% of investments in various types of property, the long-term advantages of this investment type may make wealthy investors reach for another helping of property investments......
Regulations governing buy to let will help say Assetz
Proposals for the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to regulate buy-to-let lending have been welcomed by Assetz, which has declared the UK is entering a new phase for buy-to-let investment......
UK landlords urged to ensure electrical equipment is safe
Each year over 30 people are killed due to faulty electrics in the UK, and according to government figures almost 20% of all fires in UK homes are also caused by electrical faults......
Buy to let mortgage borrowing will be regulated
In new measurers aimed at protecting UK mortgage borrowers, the Treasury has set out its intention to regulate the buy-to-let lending market......
Buy to let lending is on the up if Paragon's success is a guide
Paragon Group the UK largest buy-to-let lender’s profits were up 1.1 per cent on 2008’s £53.7m. The group attributes its resilience to carefully mortgage book management....
A call to UK landlords has been made to allow pets
The devastating floods in Cumbria have indirectly highlighted one of the problems that is putting strain on UK rescue centres; the strict ‘no pet’ policies held by some landlords of rentable properties....
Buy to let is enticing professionals back into the market
Professionals are also increasingly active in London’s property market, according to Cluttons, the estate agents, either acquiring rental flats or homes for their grown-up children. ...
UK landlords adding to their portfolios more than ever before
Research from Paragon Mortgages has revealed that the proportion of landlords obtaining buy-to-let mortgages for portfolio extension purposes has hit its highest level for the best part of a decade......UK Housing Market May Take Until 2014 To Return to 2007 Peak
U.K. house priceswill probably fall next year, and it may take until 2014 to return to the levels at the 2007 peak of the country’s biggest housing boom, according to a Bloomberg survey....
UK landlords will be governed by new laws in April 2010
New laws aimed at providing better services for council tenants will be launched in April 2010, the Government has announced....
CML reports 10% growth in buy to let sector
The buy-to-let mortgage market was given a timely tonic last week as it was revealed that gross lending in the sector grew by 10% in Q3, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML)......
Stamp duty holiday ends on 31st Dec.
First-time home buyers have just weeks to complete their deals before the government's temporary stamp duty exemption expires. Househunters seeking properties worth between £125,000 and £175,00...
Average rents ‘surprisingly resilient'
Average UK rents have experienced a very modest fall of 0.3% during the last 12 months, despite the bleak economic backdrop......
House prices predicted to yo-yo
Over the course of 2010 Savills forecasts for both the prime and mainstream markets indicates that as cash buyers are satisfied and shortages decline there could be a brief period of headline grabbing price falls of up to......
Recession has created a more "conscious" landlord
The good news for tenants is that the downturn has unearthed a new type of landlord — the socially aware. After falls of as much as 30 per cent in the price of some residential property, many of the highly leveraged......
1.2% rise in UK house prices in October say Halifax
UK house prices rose by another 1.2% in October, according to the Halifax, which the bank says is the fourth monthly increase in a row....
As UK house prices start climbing again, housebuilders report an encouraging quarter
Home sales in the financial year to date have been remarkably stable with net private reservations averaging 45 homes per week......
New LIVE FAQ service launched by The Landlord Association
The landlord Association has launched a new state of the art website with a unique new service which answers landlords questions in a LIVE format......
Landlords are being "too optimistic"
Landlords are being wildly optimistic about the potential of the buy-to-let market. Stop kidding yourselves - you're still in for a rough time, says Christina Jordan...
NEW CALL TO SCRAP STAMP DUTY
A property sector coalition is urging the Government to abolish the “anachronistic” Stamp Duty Land Tax, which it views as “a tax on aspiration”......
Landlords could face tough times ahead
With the UK still in recession property landlords will continue to face tough times in terms of collecting rents but a plan by opposition politians to re-introduced payments direct to property owners could ease the situation, it is claimed....
Drop in number of ‘reluctant landlords'
The number of reluctant landlords has fallen for the third quarter in a row....
Buy to let is being tipped as a growth sector
The overriding feeling among brokers and lenders at the Mortgage Intelligence annual conference last week was cautious optimism on the outlook for the mortgage sector into 2010. A number of economic factors suggest things can only get better and more dynamic and proactive brokers are well positioned to take advantage of any upturn...
Landlord fined for failing to protect tenant
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning landlords to be extra vigilant in ensuring the properties they own contain safe gas appliances that are correctly checked and certified....
Buy to let investors snapping up bargains and reviving the market
Buy-to-let investors are back, according to the latest figures, which show that estate agents have reported an increase in landlords buying property in the past three months. Figures compiled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) showed......ARLA confirms private rented sector is continuing to grow
It is important that both landlords and tenants are protected as the private rented sector continues to grow, according to a property industry representative......
FSA reforms could spell the end of buy to let, warns expert
That is the warning from Fixed Rent founder Tom Nicolson......
London house prices return to 2007 peaks
Prominent property website Rightmove has today confirmed that London property prices, at least in some areas, have returned to the peaks of 2007 despite the fact that the UK economy is still under pressure......
Low property prices increasing investor activity
More than half of residential properties in the UK are selling at up to 10% below the asking price with just 13% at the actual asking price, according to a new survey published today......
Another landlord found guilty of endangering lives of his tenants
The court ordered Mr. Bartholomew Akuwudike, a UK landlord, to pay more than 6,000 pounds in charges as he was found guilty in endangering the lives of the tenants. The prosecution was carried out by the Newham Council... ...
Cambridgeshire landlord jailed for 16 months for breaking gas safety laws
A Cambridgeshire landlord has been jailed for 16 months after he admitted perverting the course of justice and four separate charges of breaking gas safety law......
Tenant evictions increase in wake of credit crunch
More people are being evicted for rent arrears than having their homes repossessed, with a sharp jump over the past couple of years in the number of tenants being ejected by both private and social landlords......
Rental property demand rising giving further evidence to buy to let stability
There is a growing level of stability in Britain’s residential buy-to-let sector, thanks to the fact that demand for rental properties is once again on the rise... ...
Buy to let mortgage market must be regulated, says BPF
Buy-to-let mortgages must be regulated by the financial watchdog to prevent the reckless lending seen in the housing boom being repeated... ...
The Landlord Association voices concern over new opportunistic NLA scheme
The NLA have today announced the launch of a new database claimed to help tenants check to see if their landlord is reputable...
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Dean Evans
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29/07/2010 12:16:33
Dear member - please call Landlord Assist who are one of our trusted partners on 08707 66 22 88. They will be able to give ...
Wayne Robinson
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27/07/2010 09:32:55
Phone the lha Dep't to get rent paid directly to your self.you might have to get tenants permission for this to happen.Serve them with a ...
Wayne Robinson
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15/07/2010 14:05:38
Did the agent ask for aguarantor signature?
if the did you can go to them for the money/sue them
Frank Johnson
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15/07/2010 11:01:36
It is a legal requirement to do this.
Frank Johnson
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15/07/2010 11:00:48
'....any late rental payments at X% above....etc. What should X be?
Its up to you and your tenant to agree - 3% is not unreasonable.
'....Tenant is ...
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