Deposit protection is one of those double-edged swords in the property rental business. For the tenant, it represents a significant upfront cost in addition to paying rent, typically a month in advance, they usually pay a deposit of typically four-eight weeks rent. Thus, a payment equivalent of up … [Read more...]
New Private Rented Sector Code Released
Some decent cross-industry, stakeholder engagement for once, as 17 different groups and bodies engaged within the Private Rental Sector (PRS) have come up with a Code of Practice and that has to be welcomed. See a download link … [Read more...]
EU making it harder to get a BTL mortgage in the UK
This has crept back onto the agenda after we thought it was seen off last time around. Regulation of the buy-to-let (BTL) sector in the UK is what I am talking about here. The UK resisted and subsequently avoided this when the EU tried to impose tighter control of all mortgage lending, by … [Read more...]
Pre-election Manifesto from the Council of Mortgage Lenders
Nice idea this...a pre-election 'manifesto' from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), an industry body, clearly intended to influence political party policies in their respective election manifestos. Housing, I am sure is going to be a key aspect of debate at the next election. The link to the … [Read more...]
BTL investments requiring no work are better investments…or are they?
Aha! We have the answer to the question, which is the better property investment – the classic ‘doer-upper’ or the perfect ‘ready-to-rent’ property? It is the one with the best gross yield right? Well, no not necessarily… Gross yield is the total annual rent divided by the total purchase price, or … [Read more...]
Furnished properties earn up to 35% more rent
I have heard it said that the best marketing means being the market leader, so going for the masses and volume, or instead focusing on a niche successfully and therefore commanding a price premium but in a smaller market. I would imagine the idea of mass-market property rentals is not going to … [Read more...]
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