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Where are the best and the worst BTL buys right now?

Buy-to-let: where's the best place to invest? Credit experts TotallyMoney revealed the best and worst UK postcodes for residential investment property this week. The most profitable areas are in Scotland (as we revealed in this blog last week ) and the North West. Th...

Read    18/10/2019

Better together - merger will give landlords a stronger voice

Great news for private landlords last week. The two largest landlord organisations in England and Wales, the National Landlords Association and the Residential Landlords Association, announced in the press on Friday that they plan to merge. The newly unified organisa...

Read    02/09/2019

Tenant demand - and rent - goes up as fees are dropped

According to the latest figures from Rightmove, demand from tenants looking for a new place increased 7% between May and June. This is an uplift seven times bigger than the previous four-year average of just 1% at this time of year. The online home finding specialist...

Read    30/08/2019

Do we need an energy theft amnesty?

Don't meddle with the meter. Here’s an idea to ponder. According to Ofgem, tampered energy meters add £20 to every household bill each year. They also pose a life-threatening danger to personal and public safety.The regulator is suggesting an energy theft amnesty. Th...

Read    27/08/2019

New advice on Right to Rent

After months of uncertainty for landlords, the Home Office has now released updated guidance on Right to Rent, to help anyone letting property in England ensure they are compliant with the law.The new guidance provides advice for landlords with tenants from Australia...

Read    19/08/2019

Is it time to ditch licensing schemes?

Passports are fashionable in the rental sector right now.Last month we had deposit passporting and now we have the concept of a so-called rental property passport. This is the suggestion of Theresa Wallace, head of lettings customer relations at Savills and current c...

Read    17/07/2019

Looking forward to the flat of the future

Ever wondered what the flat of the future will look like? Laura Geode from American Proptech company Homebase has some interesting ideas. Most of them revolve around IoT or the internet of things. This means greater connectivity between the devices and appliances in ...

Read    16/07/2019

Fire safety - do you know the drill?

A devastating fire wrecked a block of flats in Barking at the beginning of June. No one died but the fire spread so fast that it could easily have led to loss of life, particularly as the residents reported that no alarms had sounded.Fire safety systems should always...

Read    21/06/2019

Tenant fees ban - the unintended consequences

The Tenant Fees Act came into effect in England on Saturday and there are already big question marks hanging over the new legislation. Both the government and the lettings industry want to make renting fair for tenants, but agents are not convinced the new Act will w...

Read    05/06/2019

Tenant Fees Act now in force

The Tenant Fees Act came into force in England on 1 June. This is a very important change in the law for everyone living and working in the private rented sector. The key change is that landlords and letting agents can’t charge tenants a fee for anything that isn’t l...

Read    04/06/2019

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