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From all the media stories, no-one is quite sure whether the property market is booming or not! The simple answer is that the buy-to-let sector is doing very well but it would be doing even better if there were more new properties to buy. There’s an increasing market in the […]

It’s always a situation you hope, as a landlord, you don’t have to deal with – when a tenant leaves early. Not only do you have the issues of finding another tenant you also have the potential legal issues to deal with surrounding the tenant’s leaving. First things first: you […]

The issue of tax avoidance has been in the news a great deal in recent days, as comedian Jimmy Carr can testify. But it is not just celebrities and the super-rich that need to be concerned, landlords are also facing a crackdown on unpaid taxes. While the vast majority of […]

As strong tenant demand continues to keep rental returns high, it seems a growing number of landlords could be seeking buy-to-let lending in order to invest in more properties. This is reflected in the latest figures from the building society Nationwide, which found that almost two-thirds of brokers (64 per […]

Much has been made of the importance of green improvements in the UK’s rental housing market and the government is taking active steps to make sure that all rented accommodation meets certain energy efficiency standards. So it may sound surprising that a third of landlords still do not know the […]