Landlord magazine
Mortgage interest tax bombshell
Published on: 19th April 2012
The biggest tax deduction for landlords against their buy-to-let rental income is undoubtedly the mortgage interest paid by most landlords with a buy-to-let mortgage. Landlords should be aware that they can only claim tax relief against the interest and not any capital repayments made against their buy-to-let mortgage. Currently this tax relief is unlimited so […]
Tenancy deposit changes
Published on: 5th April 2012
Landlords need to be aware of the changes to tenancy deposit regulation that are happening from TODAY! Landlords should all be aware of the basic requirements of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) which requires a tenants deposit to be protected in one of the three government approved schemes. Up until today, April the 6th 2012, […]
Ten tips for BTL property
Published on: 29th March 2012
The buy to let market continues to grow with a constant flow of newbie landlords considering investing for the first time and with interest rates so low many existing landlords are considering buying additional buy-to-lets to add to their property portfolios. So what would are my top tips for investing in a buy-to-let. 1. Research, […]
Rent Arrears and Possession
Published on: 22nd March 2012
Getting possession of a rental property when your tenant falls into rent arrears The Section 8 Notice is used by landlords to secure ‘fault based’ possession. This includes where a tenant is in rent arrears. Rebecca Brough from solicitors Fidler and Pepper looks at what landlords need to do if they are faced with rent […]
Buying property at auction
Published on: 15th March 2012
A good way of picking up a property bargain is for landlords to buy at auction. The sun has come out this week and with rental demand booming many landlords thoughts are turning to plans of expansion. The figures out this week suggest that property prices may have at last stabilised and could even be […]
Tenants on benefit
Published on: 8th March 2012
I read recently on a landlord forum a suggestion from one disgruntled tenant that landlords should be forced to accept housing benefit tenants and tenants on Local Housing Allowance (LHA). The premise of their argument was that private landlords shouldn’t be able to discriminate against housing benefit tenants, turning them away purely on the basis […]
Free insulation on rental property
Published on: 1st March 2012
My latest round of tenant gripes has hit me after a relatively quiet period. I suppose it was inevitable, and very much a case of when not if. Tenants gripe – "I need to keep the heating on" One of the tenants is complaining in a very nice and apologetic kind of way ( he […]
New site look
Published on: 23rd February 2012
After launching the new version of the property management software we felt the actual site pages looked rather dated and unfashionable in comparison, so we’ve spent the last few weeks trying to sort them out. So here they are! We’re not the most fashionable bunch (are any landlords?) but hopefully the pages look a little […]
Rent controls on the agenda
Published on: 9th February 2012
Any landlord who follows London politics will not have escaped the fact that the private rented sector has been propelled centre stage as never before. The preliminary polls for the London Mayoral Election show that the main candidates are neck & neck as they slug it out for every last vote. In the red corner […]
Abandonment – beware!
Published on: 2nd February 2012
I was chatting this week to my joiner Steve. He was having a nightmare! Steve had done most of the work on my new cookery school in Bakewell,so I’d seen alot of him over the past nine months. What I hadn’t realised was that he managed a number of BTL properties on behalf of his […]
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