December 21, 2009 on 1:43 pm | In News | No Comments
BUILDING REINSTATEMENT VALUATIONS (BRV’s) are often overlooked by property owners, who may wrongly assume that building costs rise or fall in line with inflation. This is not so and a more accurate method of establishing the true cost of rebuilding is to have the property reassessed periodically. Haydon Murton, Stiles Harold Williams, NewsontheBlock.com – 21 [...]
December 18, 2009 on 2:54 pm | In News, Press Releases | No Comments
The Residential Landlords Association has pledged support and practical legal assistance for a north west MP’s Private Members Bill to protect tenants from losing their homes if the landlord defaults on a mortgage. The first reading of the bill yesterday (16 December) was an initial step to becoming law and, the RLA maintains: “it’s important [...]
December 17, 2009 on 12:46 pm | In News | No Comments
Property remains one of the best long-term investments and now is a rare chance to invest at or near to the bottom of the market. Additionally, investing in UK bank repossessed property at anything up to 40% below today’s prices enables investors to lock-in substantial equity right at the start. Distressed Assets, a Liverpool based [...]
December 17, 2009 on 12:41 pm | In News | 1 Comment
The National Landlords Association (NLA), the leading representative body for private-residential landlords in the UK, has welcomed today’s (16 Dec 09) announcement that the Government will explore the reinstatement of tenants’ right to choose if their rent can be paid directly to their landlord. ‘Supporting people into work: the next stage of Housing Benefit reform’, [...]
December 17, 2009 on 12:20 pm | In News, Newsletters | 3 Comments
Damp, Condensation and Mould – How to Deal with it! Download the Full Newsletter December 2009 As we near the year-end and enter the quiet season for landlords, it’s perhaps time to reflect on what’s happened over the last 12 months. Despite going through the worst recession since the 1930s the lettings market has held [...]
December 16, 2009 on 6:26 pm | In News | 1 Comment
TWD Accountants is one of the UK’s leading low-cost, fixed fee tax and accountancy services. We provide advice and guidelines on running your business, we help you understand how income tax works and what it could be costing you. In conjunction with LandlordZone, TWD Accountants has put together a quick overview of how the Pre-Budget [...]
December 16, 2009 on 2:51 pm | In News | No Comments
The property market was unexpectedly resilient in 2009, probably because of low turnover and rock-bottom interest rates. But what does next year hold? We asked the experts for their predictions. Richard Evans, The Telegraph – 15 Dec 2009 Ed Stansfield of Capital Economics We expect house prices to fall back by about 10pc next year. [...]
December 15, 2009 on 4:27 pm | In News, Press Releases | 3 Comments
Plans for the biggest ever overhaul of the UK’s privately rented housing sector will soon be launched … not by the government … not by legislators … but by landlords themselves. The single most far-reaching move towards self-regulation comes from the Residential Landlords Association whose members own over 100,000 private rented properties throughout the UK. [...]
December 15, 2009 on 3:14 pm | In News, Press Releases | No Comments
What impact is the property market having on the rental sector? I am in complete agreement with the FSA’s plans to introduce mortgage affordability testing. Loan to values will be lowered, and we will see an end to self-certification, which is no bad thing. The FSA’s new approach will mean borrowers can really afford to [...]
December 15, 2009 on 1:14 pm | In News, Press Releases | No Comments
Upad’s Rental Confidence Index reveals an overall optimism in the buy-to-let market- Over half (58 percent) of the UK’s landlords are feeling more confident about the buy-to-let market in December 2009, than they did last month, according to the latest poll[1] from Upad.co.uk. Comments made by those respondents feeling more confident included: • The market [...]
