Landlord magazine

Landlords get that sinking feeling.

Published on: 14th September 2006

What is it about this Government and their attitude to landlords? Do they think that we are all fabulously rich having nothing better to do but drive around in the back of stretch ‘limos’ sipping champagne all day. I don’t know any landlords like this do you? It is true that some of us have […]

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What to Buy/Not to Buy?

Published on: 13th September 2006

Welcome to the first ever edition of ‘WHAT TO BUY….’ Property Hawks monthly round up of what is happening in the residential investment market. Too busy to keep up with the latest trends and developments? Worry no more, just read ‘WHAT TO BUY’ and stay ahead of the herd! WHAT TO BUY? National House prices […]

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PH setting landlords FREE

Published on: 11th September 2006

Now you don’t have to be tied to your desk or your computer to carry out your landlord duties. Here at Property Hawk we have always seen the future for landlords as being mobile. This is the advantage of our PROPERTY MANAGER web application, which is Internet based rather than being stuck on a PC. […]

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Offence vs defence.

Anybody that has been investing in buy-to-let (BTL) over the last few years couldn’t fail to recognise that we have done pretty well out of it. The latest research from Landlord Mortgages has revealed that it has the best returns of any asset class. Investors who purchased a BTL property with a deposit of £25,000 […]

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Hassle free buy-to-let?

Published on: 7th September 2006

Ever thought of being able to invest in residential property and receive a yield of 5-6% with no voids or letting costs for 3-5 years. Sounds too good to be true? Apparently not, all thanks to a new concept called private sector leasing (PSL) where private sector landlords lease properties through a management company to […]

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Ringing in the returns

Published on: 5th September 2006

There is an old motto in investment. “Never put all your eggs in one basket”. Many buy-to-let investors are taking this advice on board and have turned their attention to investing in commercial property. One of the more unusual types of commercial investments are the mobile phone masts used by network operators such as Orange. […]

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One lump or two? – HAWKEYE

Published on: 3rd September 2006

Can you imagine going into the pub and asking for 3 spoons of beer? Or visiting the builders merchant and asking for 5 piles of bricks. People would think you were one sandwich short of a picnic! However, in the UK nobody bats an eyelid when you ask for a 2 bed apartment. Why is […]

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SALE -30% off property? – Hawk Eye

Published on: 11th August 2006

When is a sale not a sale…?It was last Saturday that I strode purposefully down the aisles of shirts, jackets, slacks (or if you are young and trendy trousers). Desperately searching for a shirt for a party that night. Almost instinctively I was drawn to the big red signs saying 10% off, or 20%, or […]

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90% Loan to Value!

Published on: 21st July 2006

Buy to Let mortgage market heads for 90% LTV. Mortgages for Business, the specialist Buy to Let mortgage brokerage, are reporting early indications of a dynamic shift in the Buy to Let mortgage market. The established limit for investor borrowing has been at 85% loan to property value for some years, meaning the borrower has […]

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Long term investment returns?

Published on: 13th June 2006

HOW DO I CALCULATE MY LONG-TERM INVESTMENT RETURNS? Predicting investment returns is a bit like trying to forecast the weather. A few sunny days doesn’t necessarily make a great summer. Residential investment is much the same. What you really need to be able to do is predict what your investment returns will be over the […]

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