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Tenancy agreement – how long?
Most landlords use an Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreement to let their property. So how long should I let a rental property for? Firstly, many landlords assume the minimum length of a tenancy under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy has to be 6 months. Not so. It is perfectly legal to let your property for less than […]
Landlord dates
Landlording is a for the most part a fairly free wheeling business. This suits me fine. I’m not the best at remembering dates. I’m now entering the final leg of my South East Asian odyssey. Having survived a brush with the ultimate humiliation in the Shwedogan Temple ( one of the Buddhists holiest sites ) […]
Postcard from a landlord
I was talking to my travelling buddy Colin this morning over breakfast on the roof terrace of the Elios Hotel Ho Chi Min City in Vietnam about my latest article. He suggested something inspired by my latest global wanderings. I don’t know whether you have ever been to South East Asia. It includes the varied […]
Tax Deadline Looms
Time is running out for landlords who need to get their Self Assessment Form back. Failure to get it back by the 31st January deadline will result in an automatic £100 fine. Get tax guides prepared by experts To submit their tax return a landlord firstly needs to register with HMRC. Then they can enter […]
Overpaying on your mortgage
As landlords move into the New Year with interest rates at historic low levels; many of us are worrying how long rates at these levels can last. Latest reports from ‘This is money’ indicate that rates are likely to stay low for some time. However the Jury is still out. Some commentators are even hinting […]
Landlords Looking Forward
In many ways this last year of property investing has been a case of ‘back to the future.’ What do I mean? Well we have seen stability return to house prices and less of the economic shockwaves that rocked our entire financial system in 2008/2009. Whilst things continue to look bleak in terms of the […]
Low Cost BTL Finance
One of the good things about the improving buy-to-let finance market is the return of some low cost or no cost buy-to-let mortgages. A feature of BTL finance in the recent years has been the arrival of ridiculously high set up and application fees. These have been advantageous to lenders both to tie borrowers in […]
Managing tenancies online
I’ve been looking at some recent enquiries from landlords who use our Property Management software to keep track of their residential portfolio. You may well have already received an automated reminder email this week setting out the current position relating to you property portfolio. To change the way this works including the dates you receive […]
Landlord Data Protection Obligations
Many landlords, particularly larger portfolio landlords will build up considerable amounts of data about their tenants over a period of a tenancy. Out of curiosity I thought I’d have a look into how landlords stand in respect of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the information that they collect or their letting agent holds about […]
Avoid Tax Return Errors
A million taxpayers are fined £100 every year for sending their tax returns in late – but millions more have their returns rejected because they make mistakes that have nothing to do with the figures. It’s not surprising most taxpayers hate filling in their tax returns and rush the job without reading the form properly. […]
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