Property Services News & Updates
- 31st March 2015
Most people seek regular income from their investments and landlords are no exception; the promise of monthly rental income on top of increasing property values is what attracts people to the sector.
- 11th February 2015
Not content with annoying the business community, Labour have also announced rent control policies which will inevitably impact the UK’s private landlords.
- 27th January 2015
Accidental landlords, people who find they need to let their home out for work or personal reasons, make up around 30% of all private landlords according to figures from Rightmove.
- 22nd December 2014
Landlords who rent out older properties may be forced to improve their energy efficiency under proposals currently being considered by Government.
- 24th November 2014
An opportunity has arisen for buy-to-let landlords to indirectly hold their properties within their pension schemes, and effectively make them free from capital gains tax (CGT), by investing in property investments.
- 22nd October 2014
Letting agents and landlords are absorbing Labour’s latest policy on the private rental sector - to give councils the power to ban buy-to-let investors from buying new-build property in designated “housing growth areas”.
- 28th September 2014
Only a week ago the papers were reporting how “Buy-to-let investors have had a bumper year” with data showing the average annual return for landlords was 12.7% before tax, mortgage repayments and maintenance costs were taken into account. There were even some new discounted mortgages aimed at buy-to-let landlords – 3.09% fixed for 2 years for example. All good it seems.
- 22nd July 2014
Is now a good time to invest in property, or are we in a property bubble that’s ready to pop? And are there better ways to invest anyway, with fewer headaches?
- 12th June 2014
Arranging a tenancy takes time and time, as we all know, inevitably equals money. You have to expect to be hit with some fees when you take up a tenancy on a property, but any respectable letting agent will provide you with clear information about its charges before you sign anything.
- 16th May 2014
If you’re a landlord then squeezing the maximum income from your rented property is of course important; you may be a professional/buy-to-let landlord who’s making a living from property, or maybe you’re just renting your home while you need to live elsewhere, and the rental income is helping to cover your costs there.