Landlord magazine
Letting Agents – 5 Questions
Published on: 17th February 2010
In light of last weeks the decision by Foxtons not to pursue an appeal against the High Court ruling made against their terms and conditions, and their charging of tenancy renewal fees. We thought it timely to remind landlords of the five critical questions a landlord should ask before employing a letting agent. The Foxtons […]
Property Manager Upgrades
Published on: 11th February 2010
It’s a new year and ‘the Stig’ has been busily coding away on the latest upgrades to our Free landlord software the Property Manager 2.0. Firstly, finishing the improvements to the tax system, that we hope helped landlords get on top of their tax return. From these developments we noticed that a steady stream of […]
Government Proposals Examined
Published on: 4th February 2010
Last weeks Government bombshell about their latest plans to introduce even more regulation for landlords has been widely condemned from all areas of the landlord community. Property Hawk is incredulous that a Government which professed to be in favour of light touch regulation could in the last throws of their ‘reign’ decide to give landlords […]
Insurance 5 Ways to Save
Published on: 27th January 2010
The process of buying landlord insurance can often be overwhelming. This is not because landlord insurance products are difficult to understand. No, the confusion often arises because of the huge range of choice that confronts landlords when they try to choose a landlord insurance policy that is good value and also delivers. In essence when […]
Buy-to-let funds
Published on: 21st January 2010
As we all know buying and managing property is a time consuming exercise starting with sourcing the buy-to-let property married to the continual demands of property management. There are less intensive alternatives of investment such as Private Leasing Schemes, but their availability is patchy. In a housing market where short term recovery is far from […]
Property Investing in 2010
Published on: 22nd December 2009
Mirror mirror on the wall are house prices going to fall…… Read on to discover our fool proof method for predicting the level of house prices over the coming 12 months…. The year so far This year has not seen the carnage in house prices that many were predicting. Looks like old Gordon’s emergency measures […]
Landlord Christmas List
Published on: 16th December 2009
Bah humbug! I love Christmas. Too much food. Too much drink. Too many of those same old Christmas songs. God bless Noddy Holder; I baby sat for him once and he was a nice guy ( a true story ); but if I hear him exclaim “so here it is Merry Xmas” one more time…….! […]
Landlords Water Boarded
Published on: 10th December 2009
Landlord & Tenant Responsibility For Water Bill Who is responsible for paying the water bill? It is not always clear during or after a tenancy whether it is the landlord’s or tenant’s respobsibility. I was contacted several years ago by one of Property Hawk’s longest standing users concerned that she was being made the scapegoat […]
Buying a barn at auction
Published on: 4th December 2009
I’ve been a bit distracted this week. I fell in love with a barn. Not just any barn though. This one’s a real cutey. All of us property people know that buildings primarily about bricks and mortar, but sometimes it’s more…….some buildings have a beating heart, a personality a character all of their own. We’ve […]
Tenant Stops Paying PT 2
Published on: 25th November 2009
Many of you have read my last article about what happens when the tenant stops paying. This is an update on what’s going on with my little tenant spat and what I’m doing to make sure I get my money. After the initial flurry of action; the tenant and I have entered a cat and […]
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