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As university students prepare to return to their studies and A-level students find out if they got into their uni of choice, new research reveals landlords willing to rent to students are reaping the rewards – with above market average rental yields. In a new league table published today, Simple Landlords Insurance rate universities by […]
Summer has truly been in full swing this year, with record-breaking weather and a heatwave to rival 1976. With such extreme temperatures seen this year so far (who remembers the Beast from the East?), seasonal maintenance is essential for landlords. During this rather parched summer, Just Landlords has highlighted the seasonal maintenance tasks that all […]
Let’s make no bones about it. When the Tenant Fee Ban comes into force you WILL: See a DROP in your income and profits Achieve LOWER service levels LOSE more landlords So what are your options for overcoming the challenges faced by letting agents? Options Pros Cons Sell up Quick cash injection Your business ceases […]
After attending a recent ARLA meeting where their solicitor spoke about the impending fee ban and if/when it was due to happen I left with a rather large sense of foreboding. His best guess was that the ban would hit in April 2019, just 9 months away. He went further and said he had seldom seen a piece […]
The AIIC (Association of Independent Inventory Clerks) is working towards making inventories mandatory in residential lettings. This has caused a storm not just against inventories being made mandatory, but against having inventories at all. Surely, the need for professional, independent inventories is clearly accepted by now. Or not? Mandatory or not, we’re convinced of the […]
If you work in lettings, the last thing you want to do is rile both tenants and landlords, but it appears a leading online estate agency has done just that. How? It has taken its property management service in-house. Until May 2018, Purplebricks outsourced its property management to High Street agents under a white label […]
Whether you’re a seasoned investor or a first-time landlord, increasing the value of your buy-to-let will no doubt be a priority. When it comes to achieving a better rental rate, read on for the essential steps that will keep your property competitive. Pay attention to the market There’s little point styling your flat to suit […]
The government is proposing an increase to the length of minimum lettings agreements. If the change in regulation comes into effect, tenants will be able to secure a minimum 3-year tenancy term, with a 6-month break clause for tenants and landlords. The change has been proposed by the Secretary of State for Communities, Rt Hon […]
In an agency sector where it’s increasingly hard to maintain an income and create new revenue streams, property management presents a way to keep money flowing into a lettings business. Whether you’re expanding your team or would like to offer property management for the first time, you’ll quickly discover that finding the right management candidate […]
Nick Lyon talks at the ARLA 2018 Conference on the 3 things where Letting Agents go wrong on Inventory’s and what they can do to ensure they get it correct
Storm damage, burst pipes and damage from break-ins were the top reasons that buy-to-let property investors made an insurance claim, new figures released today by
Morning everyone, hope everyone is well today. Just had my Nespresso for the morning (aren’t those coffee pod machines ace! – gold star for the
A few months ago a lovely chap called David rang me, out of the blue. ‘Chris, I follow your blog and I like what you
As we continue our Women in Property series, Kelly Fox discusses leasehold trends in 2015 and beyond.
Chancellor George Osborne announced in December last year that he would close a tax loophole that allowed non-residents to escape paying a levy on the
