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TDS simplifies busiest day of the year...

With the annual busiest day for end of tenancies approaching, the country’s leading deposit protection provider TDS has launched a new guide to make the process of concluding a lease easier for tenants,

7% of landlords report using Airbnb or similar short term lets...

A survey of 1,500 landlords across the UK conducted by the RLA showed that 7% are now using Airbnb or similar sites to offer their properties as short term of holiday lets. The RLA concluded from these...

Buy to Let Equity release from Retirement Advantage launched...

Retirement Advantage have launched their first Equity release products for landlords to gain access to their capital tied up in rental property for their retirement. Retirement Advantage head of marketing,

9:18 AM, 23rd August 2017, About 7 years ago | 1

Buy to Let News Latest Articles

Tougher BTL lending criteria begins to bite...

Landlords are being urged to re-mortgage before tougher buy-to-let lending criteria, due to be introduced in September, make it more difficult to obtain finance. The call comes as the proportion of buy-to-let...

Guardian Money Editor Roasted On Twitter...

Feathers have certainly been flying on Twitter following our article yesterday featuring an Appalled Landlords rebuttal of claims of 1,400% BTL returns suggested by Patrick Collinson “Guardian of...

“Those drawing on wealth or income from additional properties...

The Resolution Foundation, a Tory think tank with former cabinet minister and Conservative lord David Willetts as executive chair, has published an article concluding that “those drawing on wealth...

HMRC refunds £127m on Stamp Duty surcharge...

HMRC has refunded £127m in Stamp Duty for second home owners since the 3% surcharge was introduced in April last year. The average refund over 10,700 property purchases was roughly £11,869. Currently...

RLA call for credit referencing agencies to include rental payments...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) have today called for credit referencing agencies, such as Experian and Equifax, to include rental payment history when calculating the credit rating of tenants.

Airbnb – Overnight success or a bad night’s sleep?

Airbnb is fast becoming the preferred method of accommodation amongst leisure and business travellers. For Airbnb hosts it can be an easy way of making some extra cash. However, recently there have been...

Trail of destruction by tenant from hell in Liverpool Echo...

The Liverpool Echo have shown the flip side of the landlord story with a shocking tail of wilful destruction by a tenant from hell. Click here to see the full article and terrible photos. The Landlord...

2.75% increase in the average rent price shown by Belvoir Q2...

Property franchise Belvoir, which has over 300 offices, has published its Q2 rental index, indicating a year on year increase in average rents of just over 2.75%, from £730 in Q2 2016 to £751 in Q2 2017.

Send in tax returns even if you don’t make a profit –...

Unfortunately, we still speak with amateur landlords who may have owned a rental property for years, often by accident, who have not submitted any tax returns. This is most commonly, because they think...

Tenants face dwindling supply of housing...

Private sector tenants face a perfect storm with the supply of homes to rent set to fall as demand increases. According to a survey of almost 3,000 landlords published today, 22 per cent plan to sell...

Sale and Rent Back Court Case Wreaks Havoc...

A couple who purchased their neighbour’s house to help him out of financial difficulty have been ordered by a judge to give him a 90 year lease at a fixed rent for the whole term. David and Sheila...

Generation Rent are more reliant than ever on the PRS...

A survey carried out by LetBritain of 2000 UK adults shows that 39% are financial unable to purchase the home they would like and are reliant on the Private Rental Sector (PRS) to meet their needs. In...

Derelict pub converted into a flat, modern HMO and commercial...

In this case study, learn how long term Shawbrook Bank customer HMO Property Investments Ltd used finance to transform a derelict pub into a thriving new mixed use property in Lincoln, with Shawbrook Broker...

11:50 AM, 9th August 2017, About 7 years ago | 4

Commercial Finance Latest Articles

LSE call on Chancellor to reform Stamp duty...

The London School of Economics and the VATT Institute for Economic have produced a research paper predicting the level of home moving would increase by 27% if the Stamp duty levy was completely abolished.

PRA and Section 24 changes and what they mean for property investors...

How will lenders, brokers and investors alike be affected now and in the future by ongoing tax changes with Section 24 mortgage interest relief restrictions now being phased in and the PRA’s final wave...

11:43 AM, 8th August 2017, About 7 years ago | 0

Commercial Finance Latest Articles

Important PRA changes to BTL lending from 30th September...

The following is another 90 second video produced by our friends at Shawbrook Bank to explain how BTL mortgage underwriting will change from September this year. Is it a good thing that mortgage lenders...

14:39 PM, 7th August 2017, About 7 years ago | 15

Landlord News Latest Articles Mortgage News

Landlords losing confidence in rental profits...

Landlords are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from the National Landlords Association (NLA). The figures show that the proportion of landlords...

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