As tax pressures on landlords continue to increase many are looking for ways to reduce their liability. We are not accountants so we urge all landlords (or prospective landlords), whatever their situation to talk to their accountant – this article offers general information only. Section 24 Firstly, a reminder that the biggest tax pressures on… Read more »
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Cost and Location drive tenant choice
Cost and Location are top of tenants requirements No surprise but cost and location are the two key factors that influence property choices for more than four out of five tenants when choosing a rental property according to a survey undertaken by Cover4LetProperty. The survey, which is undertaken twice a year by the company, revealed that… Read more »
Economies of scale in property investment
Economies of scale In this blog we explain how we help individual investors and portfolio landlords benefit from economies of scale with their property investments and how our nationwide letting service provides investors with their own portfolio manager as one point of contact. We have helped many investors leverage portfolios to get better deals, reduce… Read more »
Increase in Rents
There are different drivers causing an increase in rents. Increased tax liabilities on landlords are causing many to put in place an increase in rents. A study by an insurance company has found that 32.5% of landlords are planning to increase their rent in the next 12 months to keep up with increased tax liabilities… Read more »
Property remains a viable investment
Despite the doom and gloom amongst some landlords about whether property remains a viable investment there remain several reasons why landlords can continue to generate wealth through property. Here are some of the main reasons why property remains a viable investment. Rents are predicted to continue to rise There are many variable predictions about the future… Read more »
Investing retirement cash funds
For those many people who have been lucky enough to have either retired or will soon be retiring with a good value pension there is a dilemma about investing retirement cash funds. Typically, up to a quarter of the overall pension entitlement can be commuted for a tax-free cash sum. For some this will be used to pay off outstanding… Read more »
Generation Rent
Once upon a time the archetypical image of a tenant was a twenty something sharing a flat with his/her friends but it appears that Generation Rent now includes a significantly older profile. The recently published English Housing Survey has found that out of a total rental population of 4.53million households there are now 1.038million in… Read more »
Which way for rents?
As many landlords and tenants ponder which way for rents, up down or unchanged, we look back at what happened last year and forward to what might happen this. Rents for residential properties – what happened in 2016 and what are the prospects for 2017? Rents in 2016 Based on the latest rental price… Read more »
Harder Buy to let lending rules
New buy to let lending restrictions The government this week handed new powers to the Bank of England to regulate mortgage lending in the buy to let sector effectively ensuring harder buy to let lending rules. Because of the new powers the Bank’s financial policy committee, the guardians of financial stability, will now be able… Read more »
Landlords Investing in Travel
Why for Landlords Investing in travel makes sense. There is strong evidence that landlords investing in travel routes are seeing higher than average growth in both rental income and capital growth. The Crossrail experience bears this out with property prices booming along the route and tenants already queuing to get on board even though services… Read more »
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