Landlord magazine
ApartHotels – JAS
Published on: 7th November 2006
It’s been chaos the last few weeks, what with work and trying to organise a little trip to cheer on the boys in Australia this winter. I must admit I’m not too optimistic given their recent form against Pakistan, but hope springs eternal. In amongst all this I have spotted a new type of investment […]
What to / not to buy November 06
Published on: 2nd November 2006
Welcome to the second edition of What to / Not to Buy in which we look at what has been hot in the UK investment market over the last few weeks and months and look at emerging trends, as well as giving tips on what to buy and what to avoid. This October was the […]
Borrowers need to act fast!
Published on: 30th October 2006
Those borrowers who are still considering fixing their mortgage should act fast as many of the leading mortgage providers pull their best rates prior to an expected rate rise in November. Several leading lenders pulled their cheap fixes last week, in anticipation of a November rate rise, and more deals are expected to go. Halifax […]
Watch out theres a thief about!
Published on: 20th October 2006
This is just a warning to all those landlords out there that don’t back up their information. One of the Property Hawks’ offices is in a nice part of town; not the type of area you would immediately worry about a ‘break in’. Despite this last week the unthinkable happened and some light fingered individual […]
Old is the new new -Hawkeye
Published on: 9th October 2006
Apparently there are three words that are guaranteed to attract an audience on the Internet – SEX, FREE and NEW. The first I was struggling to work into a story about buy-to-let. I toyed with referring to invented research that being a landlord / landlady makes you irresistible to the opposite sex. Then thought wiser […]
Property Hawk FOCUS!
Published on: 6th October 2006
Welcome to all the new readers to Property Hawk magazine and website. We have been up and running for just under a month, so I thought as editor it was time to introduce myself and explain what we are all about. FOCUS! It’s a small word but it means a lot. Here at Property Hawk […]
Hot tip on saving tax
Published on: 26th September 2006
Tax can be a bit of a dry subject at the best of times. So here at Property Hawk we like to inject a bit of humour, which reminds me. I was going out yesterday evening and just as I was leaving I shouted up to the wife “ get your coat on love, I’m […]
Absolute Beginners – Issue 1
Published on: 25th September 2006
Every body knows if they have kids it’s back to school or university, now buy-to-let students it’s your turn. First of all well done, you’ve successfully made it to the first class. I hope you are sitting comfortably – we shall begin. This course is aimed at buy-to-let novices. People who it is assumed have […]
Deposit insurance
Published on: 19th September 2006
Exchange Insurance Company, a specialist European insurer regulated by the FSA has come up with a new product that could benefit many buy-to-let investors. Their product is called Exchange Bond and it provides, through an insurance scheme an alternative to the deposit required by the seller when contracts are exchanged. What the Bond does is […]
Tax Alert! No need to panic
Published on: 18th September 2006
For anybody with residential investment property it’s rapidly approaching that time of year – it’s time to do your tax return. How I envy those people on PAYE, all they have to do is pick up their little slip at the end of the month and Payroll has done all the tax calculations for them. […]







