Some interesting stats today about the truth of the debate – do buy-to-let landlords compete with an unfair advantage and are they pricing first-time buyers out of the market? Figures show that last year first-time buyers (FTB’s) accounted for £46.7 bn of mortgages for purchases, while only £15.6bn of purchase funds were used for buy-to-let… Continue reading First-time buyers outnumber buy-to-let buyers three to one
Month: February 2016
Positivity – an essential landlord trait
Went to a seminar this week on sourcing homes for investors to buy who are keen to jump in before the Stamp Duty changes come into effect at the end of the first quarter. There was a good deal of positive sentiment amongst the audience for Bitex Home, and the owner, Hemi Tanna, did a… Continue reading Positivity – an essential landlord trait
Landlords and Tenants Unite!
An impassioned and powerful letter and post on the Property 118 website, from Rachel Hodge, a landlord with a typical small portfolio of two properties, who spells out in terrific detail the impacts of clause 24 not only on her … but of course on her two families of tenants too. http://www.property118.com/clause-24-open-letter-grant-schapps/83823/ I recommend following… Continue reading Landlords and Tenants Unite!
Right to Rent – Important Landlord advice
From today, 1st February 2016, the new rules relating to operating a Right to Rent Check come into force, and the government, in its wisdom, is making failure to adhere to the regime an offence punishable by a stiff fine (there is talk of it being criminalised). Whether landlords think this is reasonable, to have… Continue reading Right to Rent – Important Landlord advice
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