Landlord magazine
Letting agents – for and against
Published on: 6th June 2013
Should I use a letting agent? The perennial debate amongst landlords is should I use a letting agent? I thought I’d re-enter the debate by putting forward some of the pros and cons of using a letting agent in your rental business. Landlords and letting agents, feel free to agree or disagree and post your […]
Investing in new build student lets
Published on: 31st May 2013
Landlords who may be thinking about buying into purpose built student accommodation should stop and think. I noticed other landlord websites are awash with adverts / advertorials promoting purpose built specialist landlord accommodation offering ‘bite size’ buy-to-let that promise near or double digit guaranteed yields. I can only guess that the hefty commissions offered by […]
Digital signing of documents
Published on: 23rd May 2013
Landlords are increasingly often under a time pressure. With the burgeoning regulatory requirements of the letting process has lead to more forms and paper work for both landlords and tenants. The standardised way of recognising an agreement between two parties is for them to sign and date an agreement. When it comes to a tenancy […]
Property prices about to boom?
Published on: 16th May 2013
Most of us ‘hard bitten’ landlords get fed up with the endless splurge of meaningless headlines thrown out by PR companies on behalf of estate agents or scurrilous BMV property companies. They hail an unquestioning sound bite claiming that house prices are about to boom! Despite my ‘deep seated’ scepticism, there are definite signs emerging […]
Are rents about to fall?
Published on: 9th May 2013
Are rents about to fall? Landlords have been insulated from many of the harsh economic winds since the economic fall out. Many of us have benefited from the ‘double whammy’ of ‘beautiful’ base rate linked mortgages and rising rents. Music to my ears! I’ve just completed my belated tax return for 2011-2012 and it shows […]
Tenancy Deposit Masterclass
Published on: 2nd May 2013
Tenancy Deposits – ESSENTIALS I’ve recently had a scare over one of my tenants deposits. No longer are tenancy deposits something that you can play around with. Since the TDS changes came in just over a year ago on the 6th April 2012, landlords have just 30 days to protect their tenants’ deposit. Failure to […]
Margaret Thatcher Loved Landlords
Published on: 18th April 2013
The queen is dead! Yes off course I’m referring to Margaret Thatcher. Now she never said it, but I suspect that Margaret Thatcher loved landlords. Why do I say this? Well, it was no coincidence that both significant pieces of legislation that saved; YES saved the private rental sector from obliteration were enacted during her […]
Landlord Insurance Options
Published on: 11th April 2013
Landlord Insurance Minefield My landlord insurance falls due this month. As usual I leave it to the last minute. Next year I will get organised and spend a little bit of time trawling the Internet and getting quotes. One thing I would say is that the young lady at Alan Boswell’s who took my payment […]
Landlord Licence Fails
Published on: 4th April 2013
We have frequently expressed opposition to a blanket landlord registration scheme – the ‘so called’ landlord licence. So far English, Welsh and Northern Irish landlords have managed to evade the pressure from Labour politicians who seem determined to add another pointless bit of form filling and documentation to the rafts of pointless regulation. There drive […]
Emergency Works on Rental Property
Published on: 29th March 2013
We’ve all had it – the phone goes, it’s one of your tenants’. Do you: 1. Ignore it…if it’s important they will surely leave a message. 2. Answer the call and be put on the spot. 3. Let it ring out and then phone them back. It was 8.45 in the morning and I’ll be […]
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