Landlord magazine
LHA under threat again
Published on: 9th January 2014
It looks like ‘Austerity’ …..‘Prudence’s’ long lost sister is on the march again. George Osborne sporting his new ‘young mans’ hairstyle is after saving more money by squeezing a reported 25 billion out of the benefit system. Two billion of this could come from restricting Local Housing Allowance (LHA) to tenants under 25 year old. […]
Section 21 Notices get easier
Published on: 20th December 2013
The Section 21 Notice has not been the easiest of things for landlords to get right. Using the right one and then getting the dates right have caused numerous issues. There have been many cases where a landlord’s attempt to regainpossession of a rental property has been thrown out of court because it is incorrectly […]
Researching BTL property online
Published on: 5th December 2013
In the week that the Land Registry released historic data going back 18 years, I thought I would share some of the best bits of property information available online. Who lives in an area I have always placed great store by an areas inhabitants. Beautiful old buildings are nice, but they don’t necessarily equate to […]
Landlords and the Immigration Bill
Published on: 21st November 2013
Rebecca Brough solicitor at Fidler and Pepper highlights the potential dangers and consequences of the new Immigration Bill 2013 for unwary landlords. The background There is much debate at the moment about the Immigration Bill 2013. Last month it had its’ second reading in the House of Parliament and will now move to the Committee […]
Landlords fight against licence fees
Published on: 14th November 2013
It appears that landlords are starting to fight back over unfair licensing charges by some local authorities for Houses in Multiple Occupation. I’ve highlighted before the unwarranted level of some of these HMO licensing charges and the total lack of redress available to landlords over these costs. Recent cases reign in Councils It appears that […]
BTL Portfolio Builder
Published on: 8th November 2013
Access to finance is key When I started as a landlord the key for me was access to finance. The main problem, was not access to a mortgage, but raising the capital to finance the next deposit. I used all methods of scraping together enough cash for my next deposit (apart from robbing a bank) […]
Tenant’s Charter
Published on: 3rd October 2013
Longer tenancies? Sounds like bliss to most landlords. Most of use love the thought of long-term tenants, and no void – don’t we? This is except when we have no choice in the matter. This is what a lot of landlords are getting their ‘knickers in a twist’ about, after Eric Pickles, the Minister for […]
Section 21 Warning Shot
Published on: 26th September 2013
The section 21 notice is a powerful tool. It is the one document that gives a landlord the certainty of possession. Why? Because the law says so. The wording of the Housing Act is that providing the section 21 notice has been correctly served the judge must grant the landlord a possession order at the […]
Leasehold extensions
Published on: 19th September 2013
When is a landlord not a landlord? Well the obvious answer is when they are a leaseholder. There are over 2 million leasehold properties in the UK and the majority are found within the private rental sector. If you are buying a property in London or in a city centre across the UK invariably you […]
Creeping landlord licensing
Published on: 12th September 2013
Creeping landlord licensing is on its’ way affecting many landlords. A perfect example is the proposed landlord licensing system in Nottingham. Property Hawk has been a varacious campaigner against a mandatory landlord licence. Thankfully this scheme was dropped when the coalition got to power. However, we are now faced with the creep of licensing applied […]
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