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Are the dark clouds which have been impacting the property investing outlook and landlord...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is an iconic western film, which starred the veteran Hollywood...
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme ("TDS") was introduced on 6th April 2007. In essence, s213-215 of...
Most property investors start their investing career by operating in their own personal name....
Unfortunately, many of our investor clients continue to deal with tenants who seem to struggle...
Q. We rent a property to rent out to licensees and our license...
Q. I recently purchased a property with tenants in it. When I viewed...
In Edwards v Kumarasemy [2016] UKSC 40 the Supreme Court has ruled on the extent of an...
The start of a new year brings hope of new products, lenders and rates being cut. We already...
Well, it’s been a very busy few weeks for us since we published our previous edition and...
Now the election is over politicians and the media are keeping busy. There is talk of...
It was back in early 2003 when we first ran an article here on investing beyond the UK and we...
A really interesting piece of news came out recently, which I believe is great news for...
When drafting a lease it is often so easy to take a precedent out and get drafting without...
It seems the government has decided that landlords are profiteering greedy individuals that...
When a landlord is considering redeveloping a commercial property, it has to consider whether...
Thankfully, we aren't seeing the high level of retailer administrations that occurred during...
If you want to let out your residential property in England to tenants, the first thing to...
Q. I have an applicant to rent my property who only wants to stay...
Tenant experience software is designed to enable landlords to better understand the...
Q. Both my tenants and myself are unhappy with my managing agents....
The number of empty commercial premises is on the rise. You only need to walk down your local...
The long awaited Supreme Court decision in the Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd case...
The uniqueness of this case is that it was about indecision as to whether an appeal at the...
Unwitting second-time buyers have been one of the hardest hit by the additional 3% Stamp Duty...
The case of S Franses Ltd v Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd [2017] EWHC 1670 (QB) caused a stir...
In this month's edition we have some heavyweight analysis on page 16 from Carl Bayley, our...
We have two new lenders in the market in 2015 and the positive effects are already being seen...
The Deregulation Act 2015 ('the Act') was passed on 26 March 2015 and will be of interest both...
Standards of excellence within the Private Rented Sector were recently acknowledged at an...
The Supreme Court recently frustrated a landlord’s attempt to circumvent the...
Last year when the second part of the PRA changes came in, I predicted that these would not...
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 sets out the detailed restrictions and requirements which...
Brexit 'Breakthrough' is the headline news on my tablet as I write this December column with a...
Whilst the usual remedies remain for Landlords faced with commercial tenants who are in...
Tenants are being quizzed on the tax status of their landlords by HMRC. An HMRC fact finding...
This case involved a dispute between the tenant (in administration) (TCG) and the defendant...
Residential property investors are increasingly adding commercial properties to their...
In the 1970s and 1980s if you wanted new shoes you might have gone to Clarks in your local...
Back in January 2013 I systemised all of my property business documentation and customised my...
Skips once more line the streets as landlords seize on opportunities to redevelop their...
As we sign off this November edition the overnight news is that the UK economy experienced a...
Q. I read in the news that the government is updating the model...
The tenancy deposit scheme regime, compulsory since April 2007, requires all deposits paid...
When assessing the content of this edition the core theme is about adapting to change. Most of...
Q. I rent out the basement flat in the house where I live. My tenant is complaining that I...
Following a year of concerted lobbying and pressure by landlord representative bodies, the...
Important changes are coming for landlords with commercial properties - as of April 2018, it...
Just before Easter I attended The Property Investor Show at Excel London. It never ceases to...
Q. I am transferring my property portfolio to a limited company. Do...
Q. My tenant hasnt paid his rent this month. When can I issue proceedings for possession?
How does a landlord, with just one or two properties, ensure that they have everything they...
The case of Barclays Wealth Trustees (Jersey) Ltd v Erimus Housing Limited provides a useful...
Q. My tenant is unhappy about the lock on the door of his rented...
Q. My tenant broke his ankle when he fell after stepping on a...
Q. What is a Rent Repayment Order (RRO)?
Q. I have not protected my deposit and my tenant is threatening to take me to court for the...
A judge said to me recently "A bit of a minefield" to describe the rules on tenancy deposits...
February 2018 saw the Court of Appeal apply a common-sense approach to the often-subjective...
Q. My tenant left my property in a dreadful state and I need the...
The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England & Wales) Regulations and the Energy...
With the festive season rapidly approaching, many of you will be looking forward to some rest...
Q. My tenant is 10 months in arrears of rent and we have served an...
Rents are set to sky-rocket, and buying a house is getting further out of reach for many,...
So many landlords still insist on doing their own inventories or not having one at all, which...
Before I get onto the moans about the impending changes to business rates, let’s start...
Q. I have just purchased a property that has existing tenants. Is...
As a landlord and broker I've never known such frantic activity as has been seen in the first...
From the 1st April 2018, landlords of private rented commercial and residential premises will...
There have been some dark days on the high street. It’s not just the tenants who feel...
As Scotland’s short-term let licencing scheme has now come into force, landlords must...
Q. My tenant has refused to accept delivery of a notice sent by...
Q. I have read recently that a court case has found that the Right...
Q. I am trying to get a mortgage to buy a property that is already...
Just before Christmas, on 20 December 2018, the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill...
Robin, the obvious first question: what do Rentify do and what is the background of the...
The Court of Appeal has recently given judgment in an interesting decision on s13 rent...
In the current climate of redressing the perceived imbalance between landlords and tenants,...
New energy efficiency rules for properties in the private rented sector in England and Wales...
Over 600 private landlords came together in London on Thursday 9th June to learn how the legal...
Mr. Justice Morgan gave judgment on 16 May 2013 in the High Court in the case of Marks and...
Q. My tenants told me that they wanted to cancel their tenancy six...
Q. My tenants are using my property for business use. Presumably...
As the New Year commences we have recently experienced a period of heightened volatility in...
For better or worse, landlord licensing in its various forms seems a fairly straightforward...
The DWP announced on 16th May that the six demonstration projects, designed to assess the...
Removing tenants in default can be fraught with difficulties. Although the process can seem...
The problem with paperwork is that we never really look at it until it's needed, and then it's...
Q. I have a tenant in my house who is refusing to move out. I need...
This article may not appeal to the faint hearted. Through any economic growth cycle, or 'boom...
The proposed lengthening of leases to 990 years, as well as the removal of ground rent, is...
The Pre-Action Protocol for debt claims has been in force since 1 October 2017 and sets out...
My letting agency is my life, I would almost go so far as to say, its all I know. Having run a...
In the last month we have attended and exhibited at two major property events in London, both...
Q. We are a letting agency and have a tenant who has asked for...
The issue of who is responsible for which repairs at a property is often a fraught one. The...
As the readers will certainly know, it is election season in the UK. A few weeks of constant...
There is no doubt the impact of the coronavirus on the commercial property market is going to...
The Government has recently announced that it is planning to make the leasehold system fairer...
The Government has thrown its weight behind a Labour MP’s proposals to allow tenants to...
In December 2014, the government launched a pilot scheme in the Midlands and Birmingham areas...
The Court of Appeal has sided with private landlords in a case which threatened the way they...
Landlords in the UK are spending nearly £4.7bn a year on their rental properties, an...
A common property investment strategy is to buy a property and convert it into a HMO....
New House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing rules are expected to be introduced in spring...
In an earlier article, I talked about the options that are available to landlords of...
Property investors need to be aware that as early as October 2014, residential landlords will...
2023 is predicted to be a tough year for some commercial developers and landlords as EPC...
Q. I have served a notice of rent increase (under the statutory...
Q. I let a tenant in without getting her to sign a tenancy agreement first. She now says she...
It’s currently estimated that in the UK, there are 4.86m leasehold properties, of which,...
Q. I have served a section 21 notice on my tenants and want to bring...
Our front cover this month is perhaps a little dramatic but it's meant to underline what we...
Generation Z will account for 32% of the 7.7bn global population in 2019, nudging ahead of...
You are a landlord of commercial property and are owed money by your tenant. How do you...
For the first time since 1963 UK public debt exceeds 100% of GDP. At the same time, this...
Turnover rent agreements are not new. They have been used in the retail and leisure property...
As regulation tightens on the residential property industry, there is one requirement that...
Buying a holiday home should be a dream moment. But for people who bought chalets at the...
With an average rental return of 7.69% Ireland is once again top of the pile in Europe for...
Renting is on the rise in England and Wales. The dream of home ownership is out of reach for...
Jim Halliburton, based in the West Midlands, is a well known, highly experienced private...
Q. My tenant paid me a deposit when the property was let in March...
Marks Out of Tenancy is a new website that allows tenants to rate and review their landlord...
Q. We have had a nice, respectable looking couple apply for our...
There is no ignoring the effect of the flexible workspace revolution in the UK office market....
The latest set of changes, which come in to force on 6 April 2020, will impact on non-UK...
As a residential or commercial landlord, it’s almost inevitable that at some point...
The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) regulations have been in place since...
We commented in our July issue, immediately after the 'shock' announcements in the Budget from...
The recent surge in residential rental values, specifically in London, has renewed the focus...
In property there is a saying location, location, location. As a broker who has been involved...
The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 passed...
Landlords wanting to obtain possession of their residential property should consider serving...
Q. My tenants fixed term will come to an end in a couple of months...
When a landlord chooses to use a letting agent, from the outset, generally the only thing they...
Landlords across the country will be affected by new legislation which came into force in...
I recently saw an interview with property developer Martin Skinner discussing the proposed new...
In recent years, many of our coastal towns - particularly on the heavily-developed south coast...
In January 2013 the Office of National Statistics (ONS) announced that, contrary to media...
Q. live in Kent but rent out a small flat in Cardiff to tenants who...
The Government’s latest move in the property sphere is its 23 April announcement of...
As I started to write this article the doorbell rang, and I was greeted by another delivery...
The appeal of rooftop developments is not difficult to recognise and landlords and developers...
In the early days of lockdown 1.0, with businesses closing, staff being furloughed or made...
Organising property repair work is a hugely misunderstood area of any lettings agency. There...
Some of you will have heard of Bitcoin and the general topic of cryptocurrencies. Let me offer...
Mortgage lenders in the Scottish buy-to-let sector will need to update their lending...
Residential service charges can be something of a minefield for investor landlords. The...
Nick Clegg warned in December last year that annual increases in the amount of local...
Property investing is about control. Control of an income producing asset so you gain the...
Q. I own a property which is rented out to six tenants – it is...
It's not very often these days that something stops me in my tracks, but something did this...
People considering a move overseas seldom consider how it might affect tax on their UK...
Not many landlords like to think about evictions. But the subject of eviction, and especially...
The effects of the pandemic have been there for all to see, so far. At the risk of being the...
The Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 ('the 1993 Act') enables tenants...
Yet again I have been shocked by a story told to me of appalling 'service' provided by an...
Beware landlords in the Birmingham, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley and Wolverhampton areas. From...
The latest (2014) Budget saw the announcement of a radical liberalisation of the entire...
One entrepreneurial property strategy that has emerged over the last few years is that of...
Fair wear and tear is the most misunderstood area of the whole renting process and agents and...
There has been a lot of attention on the use of CVAs in recent months. Many big-name brands...
Q. I rented a property to an elderly tenant who lived there on his...
Landlords of privately rented residential properties read on: the installation of fire safety...
Just a few weeks ago I was invited to participate on a panel debate at the Landlord Show at...
The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will come into force in May 2018. The...
Landlord compliance is an absolutely essential part of renting property no matter what your...
Will the pandemic and its economic impact mean that tenants want shorter terms and/or break...
On 2 December 2015, the Supreme Court handed down the much awaited decision in Marks and...
I read an article the other day saying social media doesn't work for letting agents and I...
Since 30th September 2003, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act ("CLRA") 2002 has given...
Rent guarantee insurance has always been one of those easy-to-put-off decisions for investors....
Analysis across ten major British cities has revealed that rising rents, increased living...
By the time you read this the recent announcements concerning increased stamp duty for Buy To...
The Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (as amended) ('the 1993 Act')...
CP11/16 - You are going to hear a lot about this directly or indirectly over the next few...
From the 30th September 2017, the mortgage lending criteria for landlords with four or more...
This autumn's Property Investor and Home Buyer Show at London's Excel Centre on October 7-8th...
The anticipated second part of the PRA (part of Bank of England) changes are now with us and...
I was talking to a landlord at a networking event last week and he was explaining that he has...
As another Rent to Rent practitioner disappears leaving hundreds of tenants and landlords...
Parts of Oxford Street were brought to a standstill on 19 January when a Thames Water burst...
From a private rented sector perspective, the Autumn budget was refreshingly dull and...
Q. My agents have contacted me regarding the new fixed term tenancy...
The recent legal judgment in 'Superstrike v Rodrigues' in respect of tenancy deposit...
Moneyfacts reported recently that mortgage lenders are slashing rates on products designed for...
We have known that this was coming for a few months now but it was only very recently, on 1...
For months now we have questioned the viability of having commercial property leases for...
Q. I am renting out a flat (which is currently empty) and a couple...
Q. Our tenants six months fixed term ended a few months back and has...
Many property investors are facing an increasingly challenging tax regime, following the...
Q. I have protected my tenants deposit but I forgot to give them the...
According to figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), 189,650...
The Lettings Industry Council (TLIC) released a new PRS report in June. TLIC was formed by...
We often hear news about one of the big four supermarkets, Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and...
There is still a constant misunderstanding on how deductions can or should be made from a...
In general, family property investment companies are bad news. The shares do not qualify for...
In October, the average rent on a newly let home in Great Britain rose to £1,204pm,...
Until 2007 the UK property market was pretty predictable, property prices doubled every 10...
Welfare Reform is one of the Coalition Government's flagship programmes in the current...
As many readers will be aware, the government announced, on the 11th of May, its long awaited...
After a bit of unfortunate yo-yoing, the Government has recently re-confirmed its intention to...
The latest - September 2023 - Hamptons Monthly Lettings Index has revealed that a rising...
Can a Rent Repayment Order only be made against an Immediate Landlord or can a Superior...
Q. I have a tenant on housing benefit - she is a good tenant and...
Just when you thought there was a let-up in the Government’s apparent war against...
Most investor-landlords would agree that HMOs can be a fantastic investment. If you choose the...
It's busy on the landlord meetings circuit in London at the moment and in the last few months...
Q. I rent out the ground floor of my house to tenants. My tenants...
After the events in the financial markets of 2008-9 which led to the Great Recession and where...
The failure of one of the UK's largest shopping centre owners, Intu, last summer heralded a...
Historically, landlords have felt confused as to which part of Section 21 should be applied...
I still find it difficult to believe that this actually happened to us as we went through a...
The rental market is changing again; we have record number of property investor millionaires -...
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) receipts shot up from £8,670m to £14,100m between 2020...
Q. I have been trying to get an electrical inspection done at my...
Well you can’t have missed the new world we have found ourselves in. The new way we are...
Q. My tenants, 'A' and 'B', a couple, have split up, but neither of...
The two terms ‘lease’ and ‘licence’ are bandied around and often used...
A pronouncement heard frequently at property meetings is 'I am full time in property'. My...
With the new Mortgage Interest Relief Restrictions (MIRR) starting from tax year 2018 (also...
Q. I have read that it is a good idea to take photographs at...
Well the Christmas decorations have been packed away and the cost of Christmas is now known....
Q. I have been told that I can only charge five weeks rent deposit...
On 25 March 2020 the Coronavirus Act 2020 (the Act) was passed into legislation, which...
Private landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants at short notice without good reason...
Get Living recently announced that it is to scrap security deposit requirements from the 14th...
Q. Someone told me that I now have to check prospective tenant's passports....
The title tackles the idea that people are bad at self-assessment if 93% believe they are...
As the UK's residential property investment community prepares for its traditional spring...
Paul Ribbons is a trader at heart and unlike many investors he does not want to take on huge...
More than 400,000 first time buyers have been able to get on the housing ladder using the...
Commercial leases is one of the topics I am most often asked about, and an understanding of...
NatWest Intermediary Solutions is introducing a loan-to-income cap of 4.99 times income for...
On top of having to save for a typical rental deposit of £840, plus stumping up the...
A recent case, Smith v Khan, where a landlord unlawfully evicted the wife of a tenant, serves...
Many landlords own their property portfolio personally, and operate a property management...
Q. I have been contacted by a utility company for a bill which was...
The permitted development (PD) rights, which enable a change of use from office use (B1a) to...
Although 2023 is likely to be a testing year for landlords, we need to approach it...
Q. We are a letting agency trading through a limited company. Our...
As a we went to press on this October edition, the government announced on 29th September that...
With the rise of the sharing economy and increasing worldwide tourism, people are using homes...
Build cost challenges have become the undeniable undertone of every land and development...
The latest Global Residential Cities Index Q2 2019 has just been released by Knight Frank. The...
I am quite sure that many of you will remember 2020 for the rest of your lives (hopefully long...
A new report was recently released on the BTL market looking at the overall impact of recent...
In the UK, the short- term letting business really came to the fore with the London Olympics...
Q. We purchased a property with sitting tenants three years ago. The...
The National Landlords Association (NLA) recently suggested that private landlords have lost...
After 18 months of changing advice, many Brits have adopted to working from home (WFH) as the...
As a 'good' letting agent that has been a member of ARLA since 1993, who trains and qualifies...
Q. I started a claim for possession based on rent arrears back in...
The shortage of skilled tradesman in the construction industry was well reported over two...
The European Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) needs to be fully implemented in just over one...
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak recently announced a stamp duty holiday until the end...
As with any new government scheme that promises to save landlords money, the devil is in the...
Q. I signed a six months tenancy agreement with three tenants in...
Q. I understand that the law changed on 1 October making more HMO...
Landlords are always looking for the best deal, whether it's BMV purchases, a keen mortgage...
Q. My property has an open fireplace in the sitting room which my...
The ironically named 2015 Deregulation Act brought us revisions to Section 8 and Section 21...
Some of you are probably still at that stage of rinsing out the sand from your beach sandals...
Q. We served a section 21 notice on our tenant two months ago. My...
I asked the editor what I should focus on for this article. The response was the USA real...
In May 2013, legislation was introduced in England to allow offices to be converted to...
What is your primary aim when assessing a potential deal: income or capital gain? In this...
To research this article I googled 'I hate letting agents' and was met with pages of reasons...
Most tenancies in the private rented sector can be brought to an end by a section 21 notice...
For those that do not know, I have a degree in computer science. After moving to California,...
Everyone involved in the planning system will be aware it can be a controversial and highly...
The housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, announced that private tenants will not be evicted from...
The spectre of hyperinflation left very deep scars amongst German citizens over many decades...
Evictions are getting harder, tightening up regulation and paperwork, the immigration act,...
The debate trundles on, as to whether the PRS needs to have standardised or longer term...
In times like these people will stop at nothing to make a fast buck from the misery of others...
I’ve been managing my HMO properties for over ten years now but this month during a...
As long-term subscribers to this magazine will be well aware - unlike some sections of the...
With one in five households in the UK currently living in private rented accommodation, the...
The UK’s population is ageing and is projected to continue to age, because of declining...
Since the early autumn period we have attended a number of property events including the...
Recently, I was watching the second movie spin-off from the TV series 'Sex and the City'. In...
Since the start of the pandemic, landlords have faced a number of obstacles put in place by...
There are various kinds of properties that may be suitable for sale at an auction. These...
A new report by the National Landlords Association (NLA) assesses the benefits of the private...
For many in property, and in particular those doing development projects to sell on to...
ARLA Propertymark recently issued its April Private Rented Sector (PRS) Report, which revealed...
Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector (PRS) have risen...
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has released a new 21-page report...
After a rocky start for our Euro PIN Fund (a fictional fund of 10 property-related listed...
Over the past year we have seen Mandatory HMO licensing increased in scope to include all...
The title refers to a USA soap opera that ran for a very long time. I sort of remember it...
New data released by travel money specialists No 1 Currency has revealed the full extent of...
Q. Someone told me that tenancies for more than three years need to...
Where do I begin when offering opinions here to new or early stage investors in this current...
With the end of 2023 approaching fast and with many preparing to enjoy a well-earned rest, or...
The recent TDS Guidance Notes on Disputes states that good detailed evidence at the start of a...
In the previous (October) edition we made reference to the ongoing demand from overseas...
It's now fourteen years since I went along in 2001 to the Home Buyer Show at London's Excel...
With the bank base rate at its highest level for 15 years, we have all likely heard of some...
There is enough money out there plus willing banks happy to lend, but deals are in short...
The Immigration Act 2014 introduced provisions for all new tenancies in England from February...
From 1st June 2019, the Tenant Fees Act comes into force, in England. The Act controls what...
Fifty-four years to the day after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Chancellor...
This article is the second part of an in-depth look at student accommodation. At the time of...
According to the latest quarterly survey conducted by the broker Mortgages for Business, 60%...
'Fail to Plan' : 'Plan to Fail' is a well known quotation attributed to Benjamin Franklin...
Savills has revealed in its Spring 2014 survey, conducted by YouGov and entitled 'What Do...
A pullback in the buy-to-let (BTL) market is threatening to reduce prices further in London...
In 2015, the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property in England and Wales) Regulations 2015...
Q. I have been told that I have to carry out right to rent checks on...
On the 06 April 2007 holding deposits for landlords and agents changed quite considerably. The...
The average age for a first time property buyer across the whole of the UK is now 36 and it...
Some three months after Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s calamitous early autumn mini...
Q. I served a section 8 notice on my tenants on 7 April, but they...
By the time you read my words below, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, will have...
On 1 October 2013 the Government introduced a new scheme of relief against payment of business...
Amid all the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal, which...
Local knowledge and time-proven contacts are why many long-term landlords and property...
Many landlords have seen a steady decline in their net rental profits in recent years....
The prestigious Property Investors Awards ceremony, which had sold-out four months ago, was...
Come on. Be honest. Let’s face it. You’ve asked yourself that question,...
Q. My tenant asked if she could sublet a room to a lodger and I told...
Q. I signed up with a letting agency five months ago for their full...
Crowdfunding has now been around for several years now but is still experiencing very rapid...
As the days get shorter and the UK's July heatwave fades away into hazy memories, the...
Q. Our tenant is disputing our claim under the deposit for cleaning...
This is a much debated question for which there are many answers. Well, this week we...
Our lead article on page 16 this month: ‘Is now a good time to buy at auction?’ is...
Our involvement in selling our clients properties at auctions gives us quite a good overview...
Q.I rent a property to a married couple with a young baby and have...
I've been investing in property since 2001 and on a full time basis since 2003. Since then I...
Q. I live in Nottingham but own and rent out a flat in Cardiff. My...
Q. I am buying a property but when I went to visit it recently there was...
The abolition of no fault eviction is back on the agenda. According to a recent BBC Panaroma...
Earlier this month I was a presenter and co-host at an educational day event with the focus on...
The residential rental market has been tumultuous over the course of the pandemic, with...
Housing Minister Chris Pincher has said that the eviction ban is formally over but the...
Generally, I like to keep things simple. Find a property and make an offer, either Below...
Landlords’ confidence for their own business showed only 29% of landlords had positive...
There is much talk around Brexit and the effects on the housing market, the Private Rented...
Sorry to bring doom and gloom, but my prediction that once established in Newham, selective...
My wife and I are visiting family in the USA. While there, I have been taking the last two...
This is the fourth part of my series of articles on creative contracts. If you haven’t...
New energy-efficiency requirements for rented accommodation in the UK have now come into force...
Q. I was talking to an insurance salesman at a business exhibition...
As many long term readers will know well we always try to balance our reporting in PIN with a...
How many times have we as landlords received an application from the perfect tenant, good...
Are you an investor who is focused on running a successful business or are you focused on a...
After Rishi Sunak’s recent Budget on March 3rd, we thankfully have some certainty in...
House sharing is becoming an increasingly popular way for people to move wherever their next...
The latest twist in the seemingly endless Brexit saga will result in Parliament reconvening...
I was recently sitting in an airport departure lounge, and struck up a conversation with a guy...
The vast majority of long residential leases contain a raft of obligations regulating the use...
Q: Someone has suggested that when checking tenants, I should do searches on social...
Q. Our property was spotless when we let it but was in a very dirty...
I’m aware that many readers of this column are already sophisticated commercial...
Q. I contacted my tenant (a single mother with a young son) a...
In recent months we have looked at some specific residential investment income related...
Knight Frank recently released the Q4 2015 figures for the 55 property markets included in its...
There is a lot of bad press out there regarding tenants who are on benefits, and many...
“Uncertainty is a constant” - the closing sentence in Manish Kataria’s...
For many years prior to the current tax year commencing on 6th April 2013, landlords with...
The bad news (for our Euro Fund at least) is that Sterling continued to strengthen against the...
With me today is Motiul Islam of Sotherby’s Asset Management. He is also the host of the...
I started this article originally as an auction update. It has been an interesting couple of...
Q. I am renting out my own home to tenants while I work abroad for...
The reform of the leasehold sector has been high on the Government’s agenda since the...
As we approach half way through 2018, borrowing for HMO properties is still popular with...
Over the last 10-15 years, the private rental and HMO (houses in multiple occupation) sectors...
Once more into the inflation breach, intrepid readers…thanks for indulging me. Unless...
Being a landlord can be stressful enough, worrying about property prices, mortgage rates and...
As this month’s cover indicates this is our 200th edition, after 18 years of publishing...
Whether acquiring 100 acres, or prime central London space, developers will want to develop...
For many years, landlords have looked at ways of mitigating their exposure to business rates...
Q. My property only has four tenants, but I have been told I need a...
The HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) and many a property investor are having a love affair...
There is a line from the first Star Wars film where a pilot is told to "stay on target". They...
Today London is widely regarded as the centre of the UK economy, but go back 250 years and...
Real estate has long held the status of being one of the safest investments to make. ...
Paragon Mortgages' Private Rented Sector (PRS) Trends report in early-May, based on interviews...
The Renters (Reform) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 17 May 2023, delivering the...
Q. My tenant has not paid any rent for over six months now. I...
As most landlord investors will know, new and more rigorous landlord-related regulations have...
Q. One of my tenants has a bond from the Local Authority. How do I...
Back in late 2009 I did a seminar presentation to an investor networking group near...
In April 2019 the government announced that it wants to “introduce a generational change...
We only need to read the financial pages to see various economists predicting their version of...
The current avalanche of relatively positive market news, economic and housing market data...
One of the useful things about the benchmark exhibitions - in all business sectors, not just...
On a regular basis we hear about dodgy deals, failed structures and individuals who break the...
The High Court in London has overturned Enfield Council's plans for additional and selective...
Once one of the largest providers of some of the world’s most valuable fossil fuels, the...
On April 6th 2012, the Localism Act 2011 commences. The Act is designed to address various...
Against fierce competition I have just exchanged on a one bed flat in Olympia with a five day...
Q. My tenant, who is in arrears of rent, has told me I can’t...
Monday 29th April was a red letter day in Ashton-Under-Lyne's, Job Centre Plus office, as it...
As we go to print on this December edition the Conservative Party, led by Boris Johnson, has...
This month I have been busy working on a development site whilst the HMO portfolio ticks over....
Q. I manage a rented property in Wales. I have heard that deposits...
As the UK enters uncharted territory, there will be many changes to ‘business as...
Investing in property destined for the rental market carries with it many administrative...
When we first started this fictional fund five years ago, the intention was to create a fund...
For many investors the following quote are just words: “Hard work beats talent every...
Q. I am getting very worried about the Renters Reform Bill. Can...
The government indicated its strong commitment to tackling aggressive bailiffs without...
Real estate (property) has no purpose unless there is a way to extract value. As investors, we...
And they're off! A 10% increase in residential asking prices from now to February 2014. Well...
There has already been a lot of press comment about the Help to Buy (HTB) scheme. In this...
Tenant quality has always been a concern for prudent landlords. But it is perhaps especially...
Arlington Investors recently announced the acquisition of two student accommodation assets for...
I'm sure you're already aware that the Local Finance Act November 2012 makes provision for the...
To say that technology has changed the way we work is an understatement. In the 20-or-so years...
Q. I am preparing a new property to let and I understand that I need...
Q. I served a possession notice on my tenants the other day and they...
With a bank holiday weekend and a birthday week away I can’t pretend it’s been a...
The government is proposing quite a few changes to the housing sector at the moment and is...
On 16th March 2016, Chancellor George Osborne presented his eighth Budget. In a speech lasting...
The last five years have witnessed dramatic changes to the property investment landscape....
The title for this article is a rather old saying that is a common belief in the computer...
If I were to give you a pound for every new developer who’s told me they’re...
2020 was a year nobody expected. Around this time last year, Covid was preparing to unleash...
Over the past week a number of reports have been released regarding landlords and their...
One of the perks of my job is that I get to travel around the country meeting lots of new...
When I opened my first letting agency, a franchise, I spent what to me at the time was a...
Normally, in the property business, a deal is a deal. If you bid for a property at auction you...
The average advertised rent for new properties coming onto on the rental market hit another...
I was in New York for the UK general election and had the luxury of watching the results at...
Ever heard it said that the auctions are six months ahead of the rest of the market? Or that...
The property industry has seen a boom in technological innovation over the past few years with...
Global stock markets fell during the fourth quarter of 2018 and the UK did not buck the trend,...
Demographics is a hot topic at the moment. Already this year, we have heard that the Chinese...
Despite the poll tax being publicly rejected nearly 30 years ago, the Valuation Office Agency...
Research by independent letting and sales agent Benham and Reeves has looked at the...
Almost a quarter (22%) of private landlords, with properties in England, lost rental...
Recent YouGov Reports survey data suggests that mortgaged buy-to-let landlords are fairly well...
I’ve been struggling to come up with a title for this article and wanted to make it...
No, I am not referring to sitting down with a packet of Rizla and putting on a Bob Marley...
The chance of a landlord being able to make a low-yielding property 'wash its face' without...
Sitting in Cannes recently on a warm St. Patrick's Day morning I found myself listening to the...
There's been a lot of buzz around buy-to-let recently. Whether it's talk of the sector's...
Be thankful that the pandemic has not been worse. While there have been many missteps, it...
As with any major purchase, the devil is in the detail when it comes to investing in...
On balance, one would have to describe this Budget as a bit of a 'nightmare' for most...
Alas, this will be my final article and I have to say how much I have enjoyed over the years...
On 2 February 2022 the government unveiled its long-anticipated Levelling Up White Paper, an...
The latest Hamptons Monthly Lettings Index (September 2022) has revealed that September saw...
Traditionally, residential landlords would claim the ‘wear and tear allowance’...
The UK PIN Fund (our fictional Fund consisting of property-related companies that are listed...
Most property investors use mortgages and other finance types to fund their property rental...
The government has issued a consultation called ‘Overcoming the Barriers to Longer...
The ever-popular Property Investor and Homebuyer Show attracted some of the leading names in...
Annie Duke's book, Thinking in Bets, frames the world as a poker game. The subtitle, "Making...
A legendary Chinese curse is ‘May you live in interesting times’. In the guise of...
A busy month with plenty of highs and lows and the key lesson this month has been to keep my...
Friends of Property Investor News will know that the editor Richard Bowser met legendary...
Energy Performance Certificates (EPC’s) have already been a part of property...
Alongside some others in the industry including Richard Bowser, the editor of Property...
Despite the Renters Reform Bill introducing a landlord portal and the suggestion that there...
The Tenant Fees Act came into force on Saturday 1 June 2019. The Ministry of Housing,...
Another quarter (rent) day has passed for commercial property landlords and reports have...
The private rented sector (PRS) up until the early 1990s had been legislated almost to...
They say time slows down during an accident or a ‘frightening event.’ It has come...
If the career of a private landlord were compared to a boxing match then most of you will...
Supply and demand: Focus on this and provide a product which meets the needs of your...
Ever since the announcement that Section 21 will be scrapped, most landlords have accepted...
Ask any young professional working in London what concerns they have for the future and the...
In any business, plans are laid down which could be anything from diarizing the calendar for...
Our lead generation over the past few months seems to have hit a vein of first-time or...
The word 'let' means 'easy' in Danish but anyone who has dabbled in the private property...
John Rayes interest in property investment stemmed from his experiences in the construction...
At the end of January, the Bank of England (BoE) held interest rates at 0.75% amid early signs...
Chancellor George Osborne sent shockwaves through the private residential sector in July when...
It has been a whirlwind of change and regulation and legislation in the last six years or so...
‘Build it and they will come’ - is an old adage which many an overly optimistic...
The London based property developer Dandi recently opened its flagship co-living scheme in...
A Selective Licensing scheme that charges Nottingham landlords up to £890 a year for...
London boroughs are warning of housing pressures in the capital reaching ‘new...
The practice of Rent 2 Rent and other similar catchy titles were recently highlighted in The...
The news concerning the troubles being experienced by the likes of Debenhams and Monsoon...
The latest (Q1 2021) Central London Office Market Snapshot from commercial property...
"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit and wisdom is not putting one in a fruit salad" -...
Last year, the government announced that Section 82 of the Coronavirus Act 2020, which...
Of all the many and varied issues which can beset a building project, perhaps the most serious...
The government has announced that it will deliver ‘the biggest change to rental law in a...
Terry Vaughan, founder of CREonline, invented The 60-Second Real Estate Course a long time...
Every three months, the LendInvest BTL Index surveys all postcode areas in England and Wales...
The British Property Federation (BPF) reported in October that in the past year the amount of...
For the most part, property investing is a mid-to-long term play. Stuff which happens in the...
MPs have called for the security deposit cap proposed in the Draft Tenant Fees Bill to be...
If you’ve applied for a BTL mortgage this year, then you would have seen some changes...
The Chancellor George Osborne announced in his recent Autumn Review that he will increase...
What could renting look like in a decade’s time? Shifts in attitude from government and...
Well, I’m still not entirely clear on how we arrived again at THAT time of year....
A consultation on a new licensing scheme for landlords renting out shared houses in Nottingham...
So as the shutters came down on the property investment sector's first major exhibition of...
Busy investors have enough on their plates without worrying about what will happen to their...
We live in politically turbulent times. Ignoring shifts in the geopolitical landscape, the...
I will have covered my Top 10, 'Buying At Auction' Tips in the preceding series of articles...
The latest (March 2022) UK Residential Market Survey by RICS has revealed that housing market...
It is likely that some or even many of you will have seen or heard me speak at a live property...
Liverpool City Council introduced a flagship landlord licensing scheme in April 2015 by...
So, they said. But they were wrong, at times like this, weren’t they? Mortgages coming...
As each month goes by, the supply crisis affecting the Private Rental Sector (PRS) increases,...
In October last year, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government extended HMO...
House prices continued to rise across the UK in June, according to the latest (June 2022) RICS...
The vote count is final. We have a decision. On the topic of, 'can you predict the future',...
In recent months there has been an increasing awareness that the UK economy is now firmly in...
As a general rule I try to bring you insight that is focused on the fundamentals combined with...
With the share of households living in rented accommodation increasing from 11% in 2004 to 21%...
Warren Buffett has said that derivatives are the toxic waste of the financial community. Are...
COVID-19 - What does the name mean? First, it is an abbreviation, so it is easier to say it....
By the time you read this edition, the first in a series of stages of the Great Unlocking will...
The government’s flagship, multi-billion pound scheme for helping people to buy a home...
In the October 2014 issue of Property Investor News we looked at investing in the shares of UK...
On 10 May, Prince Charles outlined the government’s priorities for the year ahead when...
Attention grabbing headlines like 'Avalanche of office to home conversions imminent' were...
With almost 50,000 full-time students, Sheffield City Council recently approved a Student...
A major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...
Compared to previous years, one month in 2020 is the equivalent to one year during the...
"We've had people in our recent auction rooms paying at least 10-15% more than I would have...
The Levelling Up White Paper published last month acknowledged that reform of the planning...
This month our lead article on page 16 looks at the concept of co-living and it’s not...
First off a strong statement from an investor who not only has a buy to let portfolio but...
A major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...
Most landlords start their portfolio in their own personal name, perhaps along with a spouse...
Global stock markets all performed well in Q1 2019. Even the FTSE 100, which has had to...
What is the point of Build to Rent (BtR)? On the surface, the idea is to develop a site where...
There are things you control and there are the macro events that happen to you. Even great...
As a trainee fund manager studying for my CFA, I found myself on a steep learning curve....
I should probably sneak in a disclaimer right at the start by saying that these aren’t...
The latest research from new homes provider, Stone Real Estate, has looked at where is...
Autumn is approaching, the kids are back at school, the roads are once again jammed at rush...
The panel included Stephen Johnson, MD of Commercial Mortgages at Shawbrook, alongside Karen...
Good news appears to be contagious at the moment, particularly with regards to the UK...
The events that followed the EU referendum in June 2016 may once again prove to be relevant to...
Following our report on the city living apartment market in the key north and Midlands cities...
As of October 1st, the government concession on SDLT rates brought in last year to stimulate...
Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget statement, David Smith, policy director at the...
This is the fourth and final article in this mini-series - if you haven’t read the rest...
The latest research from Warwick Estates has revealed that while the majority of homebuyers...
According to many scribes, the ability to hold up a looking glass up an industry and deliver a...
Seventy-three per cent of all landlord sales in 2022 were landlords retiring from the sector,...
The Building Societies Association (BSA) has just reported that lending for 2012 was up 30% on...
So - have you heard? The pandemic is over. There’s a number of reasons to qualify that...
On the 20th of October the Home Office confirmed the rollout date of the 'Right to Rent'...
This month’s article will focus on one of my major areas of research in 2023 - just how...
Some of you will no doubt have received marketing emails, from property educators of late,...
For landlords in the UK, it is fair to say that “it never rains but it pours.” In...
Without doubt one of the main buzz words in the residential property investment market within...
As I mentioned last month, I am spending some time in the USA for the balance of 2019. A few...
The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 was a Government Bill introduced in the House of...
Punitive, unfair on all landlords wanting to buy in or sell out of the market and...
Almost 9 in 10 (88%) new build homeowners and three-quarters (76%) of UK adults want...
Last month we sold a property for a client who was over the moon with the result. However,...
News in January that the start of building work on a major £90m shopping development in...
A new research report by LonRes and Hamptons International called London Moves, looks at the...
Rumours that the Renters Reform Bill might not survive the parliamentary session due to...
Landlords with furnished properties can claim a 'wear and tear' allowance for their...
New analysis of LOREMA and Land Registry data by London Central Portfolio (LCP) has revealed a...
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has recently released details of a...
Zoopla’s UK Cities House Price Index for July 2019 revealed that weak house price growth...
It's probably true to say that, over the last few years, portfolio expansion has been the name...
The annual turnover of the UK's hotel sector increased by 11%, from £16.5bn in 2014/15...
By the time this article is in your hands, the General Election in the UK will be over. The...
When letting out a residential property, landlords take a keen interest in the financial...
Thousands of new homes are at risk following cuts to social rent, warned planning specialists...
After numerous delays, the Environment Bill has now entered the Statute Book, bringing...
It is not entirely beyond the realms of possibility that by next summer we will be able to...
The Labour Party Conference was in full swing in Brighton. Should the policies it was...
It was recently reported that ex-Manchester United players Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville have...
So here we are again - one of the strangest years so far, certainly from my perspective, is...
While the FTSE 100 had a fantastic fourth quarter, rising by 10.1%, our PIN Fund (a fictional...
Working with round numbers, where would you invest £100m if you wanted to buy up to...
There were many talking points after the Summer Budget. Let's hear the opinions of those in...
A new comprehensive poll into public attitudes towards development in Greater London has...
Important and encouraging news has emerged in relation to numerous claims being brought by UK...
While selective licensing has been around for over a decade its use seems to be spreading...
All over Europe the housing markets in cities and regional locations are showing impressive...
I was utterly shocked when George Osborne announced that landlords would no longer be able to...
New data from Rightmove has revealed the effect the staycation boom is having on the rental...
It is quite likely that most readers will more than once have heard the marketing adage to new...
Local councils in Scotland are to be given new powers to control Airbnb-style short-term lets,...
It's the 4th of June and I've only completed two deals this year with a combined potential...
New short-term lets will require planning permission under plans designed to prevent the...
The single biggest tax issue facing many landlords who own mortgaged residential rental...
The UK faces a “dramatic and catastrophic winter for customers” as energy prices...
The Levelling Up Bill is now back on the political agenda, albeit not without controversy. One...
Many times I get asked, how can I tell if a letting agent is good or bad? And this is a very...
All five of the housebuilders in our Fund returned double digits in Q3 2019 (up to 22nd of...
For those old enough to have grown up before smartphones, the morning ritual would include...
After the pitiful returns our PIN Fund achieved in Q3 of just 3.3%, (thanks to the collapse in...
Following months of uncertainty in both political and economic markets, we hope for calmer...
My comments here last month that market conditions were looking very positive for the year...
Welcome to Q4 of one of the more challenging years of recent times. For finding deals? No, not...
OK, it sounds dramatic and, under normal market conditions, a 0.25% cut in the Bank of England...
New rules to be implemented by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which will restrict the...
David Kirwan, from Kirwans law firm, has warned that heavy-handed councils are driving private...
Japanese knotweed is certainly a hot topic in the property world at the moment - its presence...
The latest Hometrack UK House Price Index for September has revealed that while the average...
The FTSE 100 surged by 8% in the first quarter of this year and, including dividends so did...
This month the new financial year kicked off. All of my companies and my personal portfolio...
Rental unaffordability for single earners has hit the highest level for over a decade,...
As the worst of the pandemic is hopefully over, I’ve been reflecting on what we as...
The decision to expand our fictional PIN fund, which is focused on housebuilders and other...
News that a coalition of retailers, landlords, councils and pubs have joined together to call...
Staycations seem like the practical solution this summer. Explore your own country and avoid...
Despite the fact that inflation in the UK, and throughout most of the Western World for that...
The European Central Bank (ECB) lowered its benchmark interest rate from 0.05% to 0% on the...
The UK housing market is unlikely to see much change in 2019 with a continuation of weakening...
All measures of sales market activity continue to improve as pent-up demand returns to...
StuRents, the UK’s largest student accommodation portal and data provider, has launched...
Many property investors are considering the option of incorporating their BTL portfolio to...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported in mid-February that the average UK house...
The overall demographics for Portugal are not good. The country has a total population of just...
Its June, the sun is shining and I'm looking forward to summer. Just the chance of some...
Long awaited reforms to social housing recently became law on the 20th of July as the...
Q. I have some tenants who have been in the property five years and...
Chester, Wrexham and the Deeside area are not only separate settlements but also straddle the...
What conversations are you holding back from? Ever caught yourself dodging those conversations...
In a key development for property investors, the Government has published a Bill establishing...
Whilst developers are busy getting their sites back up and running in the wake of coronavirus...
We are not ones for sensationalist headlines, but we do feel the current state of the rental...
Chinese president Xi Jinping's recent visit to the UK may have garnered many of the national...
The Eurozone economy represents a strong opportunity for investors in 2016, with Germany the...
Located in the Thames Valley, on the M4 Tech Corridor, only twenty two miles from Central...
Research released in March showed that landlords with bigger portfolios have swung...
It was announced last week that Blackstone has purchased a majority stake in The Office Group...
The number of occupied shops grew in January as openings rose faster than closures fell,...
Housing will be one of the biggest issues facing the country at the General Election in May....
One of the biggest advantages of investing in commercial property is that you can undertake...
It is over two years since the government completed its consultation on improving energy...
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his fifth Budget on 19th March 2014. Carl Bayley, author...
Q. My tenants' fixed term assured shorthold tenancy is coming to an...
A new runway at Heathrow will put even more pressure on a declining construction workforce, a...
RICS reported in its Q2 2014 Construction Market Survey that the skills shortage in the...
The Property Investor News (PIN) Fund, a fictional fund of 10 property-related shares created...
Is it just five years since Lehman Brother went bust? Well judging by current residential...
With the exception of Rightmove, the other nine companies in our Fund either started paying a...
Homes England, Savills and master developer Urban&Civic brought a group of SME housebuilders...
Property development has got to be one of the world’s most highly leveraged business...
Coronavirus is having an impact on the property industry, to say nothing of daily life that...
As the UK lifts the last of its lock-down restrictions on the 19 July, businesses around the...
When it comes to self-managing rental properties, some landlords are happy to do it, some...
The divide in the commercial property market between retail property and the industrial sector...
Many property investors want to leverage not only their money, but also their time, and...
Q. Can I serve a section 21 notice by email?
The news that Westminster council has sought permission from the Treasury to accept cash...
If you find the April 2020 edition of PIN, there is an article looking at what impact the...
As far as property fraud or deceitful tactics go it is not quite one of the oldest tricks in...
It’s not an uncommon event in the age of austerity, cuts in local government spending,...
Q. I rent out a flat to tenants under an assured shorthold tenancy....
Almost every landlord at some time will have a situation where the tenant falls into arrears...
Turn the clock back to early 2012 and if you asked anyone in property circles about 'crowd...
While there has been a severe housing shortage across most of the country for many years, the...
Q. I need to put the rent up but the tenants are not willing to pay...
In these uncertain times and with little clarity and applicable historical data points, how...
British shopping centre owner Intu Properties has collapsed into administration after failing...
Midlands by name - and Midlands by nature - might be an apt description of the market in the...
Some believe good luck happens to certain people while they admit bad lucks follows them...
As we come to the end of a turbulent year economically and politically, it is a time when many...
The City of Liverpool has a population around 470,000, with 1.4m overall in the wider...
Back when people could fly any time they felt like it, you would occasionally hear a warning....
Disputes in the construction industry are common. Parties often fall out about the standard of...
Q. I took a guarantee for my tenant last year. The tenant has now...
This time last year there were some concerns about the student accommodation market because of...
On 8th March 2017, chancellor Philip Hammond presented his first budget and the first since...
In this report we talked to Gareth Bertram, director at The Landlord’s Pension, which...
Speaking in Nottingham on 28th of August, the new governor of the Bank of England (BoE), Mark...
Small-scale property development has become one of the most popular property strategies for...
Small-scale property development has become one of the most popular property strategies for...
Shop closures and social distancing measures have driven more shoppers online. According to a...
A mantra by which this investor has run his property business and portfolio is; "If you keep...
I’m sad to announce that, after two years, this edition heralds my last article (for...
The student accommodation trade sector has been dominated by one story recently and that is...
You have a dream, you're focused and ready, nothing can stop you. You are going to change the...
The July 2015 Budget changes to mortgage interest relief will, for some landlords, create...
Q. My tenants paid one months rent at the time they moved in three...
Beyond the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors, many firms urgently need Government...
Property firm JLL released the prediction in September this year with the headline 'London...
You’ve got to love a good old-fashioned sweeping statement. Back in the day, my old boss...
EIG Property auctions. In this article we will summarise the findings, share case studies and...
It's been seven years now since the Tories brought in their draconian tax changes and what a...
One of the nice things about demographics is many of the key factors are well known. If you...
Make no mistake about it, running a property portfolio is an expense and can have its...
Q. My tenant has vacated my property leaving items behind. I know that they...
During the recent lockdown period, I enjoyed a few online debates with Andrew Roberts who runs...
Q. My tenants have now vacated but they did not pay the final rent...
The Financial Times lexicon defines a Black Swan as follows: “An event or occurrence...
Q. I am pretty sure that one of my tenants has been tampering with...
Long-term voids can consume spare cash and in the worst cases can even cause a landlord's...
Responding to the above headline you will probably look in the local paper, look at an agents...
Yet again our annual analysis of the historic ratios of the five major asset prices (FTSE 100,...
For more than half a century the US Dollar has been the global currency that oil, gold and...
I have a property related newspaper headline framed in my office entitled 'Buy Buy!' It's...
The dictionary says that extrapolating means to extend by inferring unknown values from trends...
Firstly Lee can you tell me a bit about yourself and your experience in property...
Q. Our tenant has left leaving some bulky possessions behind. How...
In mid-November, Hamptons revealed that landlords were on target to have bought the fewest...
When considering what property to buy to rent out for investment there are a few golden rules...
Until recently, most people would have started their property investing careers as sole...
The stamp duty holiday deadline for properties valued at £500,000 or below has now...
2024 feels quite different to 2023, to the serious observer. Trends are changing, and rates...
The Mortgage Works (TMW) have tightened their criteria for accepting first time landlords i.e....
Our last article on UK REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) was at the end of 2022, and the...
Q. I have just done an inspection at my rented property and I found...
This summer, the first warning came in June from the National Landlords Association (NLA),...
As we move into the spring season of 2023, Q1 is drawing to a close already. It is true what...
2020 will certainly go down in history as a unique year. That much we can say for sure! Since...
Now, as far as I'm aware, there aren't any auctions selling 'income'. That is literally a pot...
According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, GDP in China expanded 7.3% in the...
Landlords and lenders marked the 25th anniversary of the Buy to Let (BTL) loan on 24 September...
The latest (2021) English Private Landlord Survey (EPLS) was released on 26 May. The EPLS,...
As I travel the country explaining to landlords and letting agents the likely impact of...
Q. My tenant has told me that she will not be able to afford to pay...
On the 29th September 2016, the biggest game changer in buy-to-let finance was published by...
Autumn has seen the usual round of political party conferences and the launch of the...
Most property investors operate their property business either as a 'private landlord', or as...
2015 was not a good year for residential landlords. Although prices and rental yields appear...
Automation. What is it? The Wikipedia entry tells us: “Automation can be defined...
Some forecasters are expecting commercial capital values in the UK to fall sharply in 2017,...
In our recent Property Auction Hunters YouTube video, we covered a property which was well...
Firstly, a happy, healthy & prosperous 2021 to you! As in 2020, I hope to continue sharing...
In an ideal world, home ownership would be the accepted way for everyone to live, with people...
The High Court's decision in the case of Ramsay v Love may have made certain property...
Barclays has loosened its buy-to-let lending criteria by allowing applicants to use their own...
I must admit I am a bit of a figures person and I know my numbers, in fact I seem to pre-empt...
The Mortgage Works (TMW) announced on the 4th of April that it is to remove upper age limits...
Although it's little over a month since the population voted to sever the ties between the UK...
Recently the Upper Tribunal's Land Chamber ruled that a leasehold flat owner was essentially...
Well George Osborne really pulled one out of the bag in his July Budget with the changes in...
Over the last 10 years the emergence of the property networking scene constantly encouraged...
Have you paid an Auction Ignorance Tax? I bet you have! That was the most arrogant way I could...
With issues such as independence, Brexit and the growing influence of the SNP Scotland has...
It can be all too easy to reduce a rental advert to just the number of bedrooms available, but...
This article looks at what exit strategies are available to property investors - both...
When lockdown was announced three months ago, auctioneers had to adapt extremely quickly to...
Q. My tenants have told me that they will not be paying rent as the...
It is always a cathartic process writing an article for Property investor News because it...
In a climate where the underlying economic market forces are not driving up the value of your...
The turnaround in construction last year was down to a revival in house-building, driven by...
Home-owners borrowed £13.8bn for house purchase in March this year, up 59%...
The March 2018 London Tenant Barometer report by Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has revealed...
For many types of minor development, the owner of the property will not require planning...
They say that a week is a long time in politics, but for Liz Truss a month seemed far too...
Things have gone from bad to worse for UK REITs this year. According to analysts at MSCI,...
Leasehold reform has been on the cards for some time now. Landlords, tenants and their...
This month's issue has an article focusing on the USA and on some high and low yield locations...
All too often, landlords get something of a bad reputation. Often, we are chastised by those...
Jonathan Clarke manages almost fifty residential rental properties which he owns with his...
From early 2017, the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) will be granted new...
Wikipedia definition: 'Peer-to-peer lending (also known as person-to-personlending,...
May you live in interesting times - which according to Wikipedia “is an English...
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham recently marked 100 years of the Becontree Estate...
The auction market of late has been vibrant to say the least. The last 18 months have been a...
As we have reported several times before here in PIN, the 2020s will likely be a great decade...
Never sell - just buy property and hold it for the long-term and let inflation work its magic...
Landlords are being warned that more and more families will be looking for cheap rental homes...
Over the last few years, on the face of it at least, property auctions have been enjoying...
Whenever I’m asked why I became an investor, the answer is always the same. I became an...
On 24 May 2014, deep within the walls of a 16th-century fort in Florence, something equally...
Over the last couple of years, the Government has made several changes to how income and...
Ever since Xi Jinping became the Chinese Communist Party's general secretary at the end of...
Two landlords are leading a legal challenge to a section of the Finance Act 2015 which has led...
In the second of a series of articles on investing strategies that are applicable in the...
Average UK rents were up 4.6% on the year at the end of September, after climbing by 3% in Q3...
Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited...
The latest insight on the UK Rental Market from Zoopla’s Rental Index has revealed that...
Five years ago I stood outside a small ramshackle ‘hotel’, which comprised of a...
In early-June this year regeneration specialist Sigma Capital Group announced the expansion of...
Another month, another amendment to the permitted development rights in England, which further...
According to the most recent (Q2) RICS UK Commercial Market Survey, London and the South are...
At the moment it seems like everyone and his dog has a view on the Private Rented Sector (PRS)...
In recent years we have seen a marked shift in investor sentiment towards commercial property....
The Government has published guidance intended to ensure that landlords, whether in the social...
The world is in the grip of a housing crisis and its impact is being felt in every corner of...
Heralded as an opportunity to give pension holders both the responsibility and flexibility to...
The latest (Q1 2023) Homemover Report by TwentiCi provides a comparison between Q1 2023 and Q1...
Hands up, who’s old enough to remember the Sinclair C5? The brainchild of serial...
Despite the ending of many Covid-19 financial support systems, assistance with residential and...
The latest reports from the UK Build to Rent (BtR) sector, released in January/February this...
The amount of money pumped into building student housing by institutions soared to an all-...
The latest research by Hamptons shows that rental growth outside London hit the highest figure...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) issued guidance recently regarding a scheme used by individual...
The area of serviced accommodation has been an attractive and innovative area for developers...
Government has launched a consultation into making three-year tenancies the mandatory minimum...
In this article we’re going to explore a case study that has amplified the returns our...
A cocktail of tax reform and tighter regulation for landlords is slowing the growth of the...
The Government’s proposed ban on letting agent fees will cost tenants who stay in...
The Q3 2019 rental index from Belvoir has revealed new rental trends, confirming a cultural...
The government's Help to Buy schemes have been welcomed by many first time buyers who had been...
The latest (August 2023) Hamptons Monthly Lettings Index has revealed that the average rate of...
These are the opening words from BE’s director, Simon Chatfield when I met him at their...
Ashley Richmond, director at Modo Property, has a number of apartments in Central Manchester...
With over 130,000 unlicensed rental properties in London, safeagent, which runs an...
Last month I discussed OPM (other people's money) and Financial Promotions. Little did I...
On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, home buyers borrowed £9.6bn in April this year, down...
Everyone wants to live in a village it seems. Preferably one with a village green, traditional...
Recent news reports have highlighted the fact that many homeowners have overpaid their stamp...
London’s tech hubs are leading the capital’s rental growth, according to a...
Introduced in May 2023, the Renters Reform Bill represents a potentially transformative change...
The Chancellor George Osborne announced in his Autumn Review this week that he will increase...
Will people have jobs in the future? Is AI going to eliminate paid work for the masses? Will...
Britain faces a housing crisis, with the rental sector in particular, in need of ...
Property investors will already be aware of the immediate impact of the pandemic on their...
This month Tariq speaks to Richard Little of Your Land Partner, a family business of house...
Is there such a thing as a bad time to sell at auction? Well, yes, and historically there...
The Government’s plans to extend the evictions ban could leave private landlords without...
The level of institutional investment going into purpose built student housing is at a level...
The Chancellor is making landlords the scapegoats for the COVID rent debt crisis as he turns...
Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends Tracker has revealed that asking rents in Great...
Not a sound can be heard in the town. Nothing but the slow, warm breeze stirring up the dust....
Landlords are being reminded that the law affecting houses of multiple of occupation (HMO)...
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published a landmark report setting out how the private...
The latest (May 2022) UK Residential Market Survey from RICS has revealed that there was a...
A 1.0% interest rate rise would add £10bn to the UK’s mortgage bill, ultimately...
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging the Government to back longer tenancies...
Whatever type of property you base your strategy on, sooner or later you will need to do some...
If we look back, misty eyed, to the pre-Covid times of 2019, little did we know that our work...
Let me start with a golden rule: location, location, location. When it comes to property they...
When UK economic activity fell sharply over 100 days ago many residential landlords would have...
The government has revealed to landlords how health and safety rules for a House in Multiple...
In last month's election, employment was one of the key themes adopted by several of the...
As the government’s stamp duty holiday is tapered out, property agents report another...
First, I tried coffee. Of course! Surely, I’m just tired. ‘I’ll have a large...
The number of new buyer enquiries slowed in July as the government’s stamp duty holiday...
Our annual assessment of the historic ratios between the price of oil, gold, London property,...
I’ve often said that getting a property to qualify as a furnished holiday let...
Against the backdrop of a cost-of-living crisis, the private-rented sector (PRS) is...
When considering property investment opportunities in the northwest, Manchester often captures...
It may surprise you to learn that you become liable for all risks associated with owning a...
An August 2023 Market Update by Hilltop Credit Partners (HCP) has revealed that the...
Our monthly auction corner column consists of two separate sections: A specific case study...
Dissatisfied homeowners and tenants will have simple and quick access to help when things go...
London Property Licensing has discovered proposals for new HMO planning restrictions in the...
Some landlords operate their rental business within a limited company - so, they own the...
The Deutsche Bank (DB) real estate team has just released a 76-page report on the London real...
The July 2017 rental growth and rental affordability report by Hometrack has revealed that the...
The government has now introduced its draft Tenant Fees Bill in parliament, which reveals the...
It is common knowledge that London has remained a strong residential property market...
Cycles? As if there is some rhythm or natural law which requires things to go around in...
The lockdown period in the UK obviously affected business trading activity and disrupted many...
It all comes down to winning votes. While the Conservative Party managed to scrape through the...
Global property technology company, Equiem, has published the results of its most...
New analysis by London Councils shows a significant reduction in the number of homes...
The November 2022 RICS UK Residential Survey results have revealed that overall activity...
As we approach the end of 2016, it has been another interesting and challenging year. UK...
This article marks my 12th issue of writing for Property Investor News, and it’s been a...
The Real Estate and Property sectors have come top in recently revealed research from credit...
The latest announcement from RICS that the UK needs 1.8m more properties to rent by 2025 is...
As you read this, my husband Andy and I are probably just getting off the plane returning from...
On 23 May 2018 the Mayor of London’s press office issued a news release entitled...
London is full of unused spaces that could be given over to temporary housing, workspaces,...
Some 40 years ago, the US-based author Robert G. Allen wrote a book: ‘Nothing Down: How...
One of the market shifts that occurred during the COVID period was online shopping. Rather...
PropTech has become the industry buzzword of the last decade as real estate investors grapple...
Each month in this magazine we bring you an eclectic mix of articles, all of which are...
There are not many people regularly attending property networking events in the UK who will...
A typical property investor will show positive portfolio cashflow from day one yet have income...
I have seen many a comment of late in social media forums expressing frustrations as to how...
City of London police have recently successfully uncovered sophisticated boiler room...
Auction House London raised more than £15m at its most recent auction, where it saw the...
The Autumn Statement in December and the recent Budget in March both saw some important...
The Euro has been suffering lately. Compared to a year ago it is 13% weaker against Sterling....
In the last 15 years we have experienced the financial crash, Brexit and most recently the...
With the ending of Covid protections for tenants and the introduction of a new regime to...
This month’s article focuses on commercial property, and whether it is a worthwhile...
We have been running our fictional property fund for three years now, since the end of Q3...
The latest August 2019: UK Residential Market Survey from RICS points to a renewed...
Some 373,000 property transactions, with a total value of £82bn, are on hold after the...
In my previous articles in Property Investor News in 2022 the focus was around macro...
The Property Investor News Fund, consisting of 10 listed property-related companies, had a...
The east of England has proved to be something of a property hotspot over the last few years,...
Since the credit crunch, there has been increasing noise about crowdfunding, or peer-to-peer...
Grant Thornton's survey published earlier this year noted the increase in income from overseas...
It's always essential to maximise your rental when you own investment properties but with...
When buying property, the old adage is location, location, location. But can a postcode really...
Thanks largely to the very swift success of Airbnb, which has over 60m users and provides a...
A new report by Fitch Ratings has looked at the impact that rent controls have had on property...
A new report on the future of the office by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and The...
The UK has witnessed a surge in student housing investment activity over the past few years...
The housing market suffered from a third consecutive fall in the number of new properties...
Welcome to the New Year. What’s shaping up for 2023 looks fairly challenging wherever...
While there are many factors that influence property prices, few investors will sleep more...
Speak to any agent or developer, and land supply for the majority is slim pickings at the...
There is a lot of interest in buying at auction amongst landlords, developers and some brave...
Investors from countries with strong currencies continue to pile into UK property and it is...
After returning 12.7% in the last quarter of 2017, it was always unlikely that the first three...
PIN subscribers with good short-term memories will understand the irony of the headline and...
Most houses are owned by the person living in the house. They buy it as a place to live and...
The Communities and Local Government department has launched a new consultation, to review the...
The UK government has announced a review into the effect of short-term holiday lettings sector...
Some fifteen years ago anyone attending any of the annual major property exhibitions at...
Most property investors use mortgage finance to buy their properties, and so have to pay a...
At least 1.1m new households will be formed between 2015 and 2020, according to Paul...
Commercial landlords and small business tenants in the UK are facing a climate crunch with...
Research studies have shown consistent health risks linking indoor mould and damp to...
Heavy losses on the last day of June sent the FTSE 100 to its widest monthly loss since...
There are two categories for HMOs; the licensed HMO and the unlicensed HMO, well start with...
Many property investors need help with managing their business, and involving their children...
The strong performance of the London property market over the last few years, but especially...
This month we will look at the property investment market and the potential opportunities...
With large-scale vaccinations to prevent Covid-19 now underway at last in the UK, the news...
As I get older, someone seems to be squishing all the Christmases closer together (I suspect...
As someone who grew up on the outskirts of London (in Zone 4), my annoyance towards very...
Demographics? The dictionary tells us that as a noun the word means statistical data relating...
The software industry has a well-earned reputation for a failure to manage complexity. The...
Many of us aspire to buy more properties and expand our business. But a potential consequence...
Several years ago my business partner of 24 years and fellow SSAS Trustee, Nigel Greene...
Gavin makes an interesting comment for an investor who has built up a portfolio over the past...
For many property investors HMOs are the 'buzz' word and are seen as a cash cow. For Nicole...
SDL Auctions has been regularly holding property auctions in cities like Leicester, Nottingham...
In a low interest rate environment such as we have collectively experienced since 2009 here in...
It could be agued that despite a positive start 2015 has not been the best of years for the...
Data from the Office for National statistics (ONS) shows that over the past five years around...
You could say, chatting in 20c sunshine in January with a retired 40-year-old Swiss gentleman,...
Sellers are looking for Motivated Buyers. Buyers who will make an offer, exchange contracts...
A recent report from Sheffield Hallam University revealed the scale of soaring profits at the...
Last month we could see a slight but noticeable change of mood in auctions. Properties no...
In the UK we have flats and they are commonly sold on a leasehold basis. Someone or some...
Given the task of creating a fund that consists of property-related companies listed in the...
As a professional investor, I’m often asked about where to invest. I enjoy having these...
If my career in the property business has been a journey, then I would say its been bit like...
There was a clear divide in our UK PIN Fund in Q2, with housebuilders, which account for 50%...
I started The Good Property Company three and a half years ago. In that time we have agreed...
Following our report on HS2 in the London area last month, in this issue we will look at the...
When reviewing the quarterly performance of the PIN Property Fund (a fictional fund consisting...
I met up with Harley Wilson on the upper floor of a mid-terrace commercial property situated...
A well-known expression is 'No man (or woman) is an island', which many property...
Andy Babbayan is an ex-Royal Engineers Officer who over the last eight years has established a...
Asking 'when will our politicians stop fiddling about with the tax system' is a bit like...
For residential property investors, two key requisites when doing analysis on a potential deal...
One strategy that investors and landlords might consider, rather than trying to cover the full...
The oxygen of real estate investing is finance. Master the financing and you can become...
A few years ago, I was asked to speak at a particular networking event that had been...
On Wednesday 6 January 2021, England’s third national lockdown came into force. The new...
With restrictions on interest relief for individual landlords about to start phasing in from...
The gold/house price ratio can be a useful measure for evaluating the relative values between...
On 27 January, England returned to its ‘Plan A’ Covid-19 measures, with rules on...
So, it isn’t even prediction time, but it seems I have been nominated to put my head on...
The UK has been hit by horrendous flooding in recent weeks that has left people displaced and...
Welcome to June, and whilst the market as a whole isn’t feeling particularly summary or...
The late Jimmy Greaves famously described football as a ‘funny old game’, and as...
There are landlords in the UK that have never borrowed money when the Bank of England (BoE)...
The Government has been continuing its consultation on changes proposed to the short term lets...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be felt across the economy. Over the last few...
This month we will continue with our three-part report on the West Midlands by taking a closer...
At a recent London Property Connection meeting, which is a monthly event that I co-host...
If you live in the UK, inflation is up, and it’s impacting your life - you just might...
There’s a small sliver of a chance of ‘egg on face’ here. We may not be...
It may seem obvious, but letting a commercial property is one of the primary ways you can add...
A recent 'Westminster Social Policy Forum' brought together some amazing industry experts and...
On 22 February, the Government announced that in person learning can resume for students on...
In February this year the Institute for Fiscal Studies published new research showing that the...
Anyone worth their salt in the residential property sector knows that every buy-to-let...
Worthy of a mention, as it technically falls outside of the six-month date range, are the...
With the recent surge in popularity in rent to rent and lease options it seems that more...
In the last month or so, as we all know, many property businesses have seen a sharp...
Few economists would accuse the Bank of England (BoE) of being slow to react to the global...
As property investors, we often face making a choice between obtaining a good yield or the...
After a terrible second quarter, then a rebound in the third quarter, the best was saved...
This years Budget included some major changes to the Income Tax system. These changes will...
In the last year or so we have featured a number of property entrepreneurs in this magazine...
On a recent investor workshop we had a long discussion around the topic of passive investing...
When Warren Buffett talks, many investors hold their breath and listen carefully. Well, at the...
The UK PIN Fund fell by 15.8% in Q1 2022, reducing the value of the Fund from £250,000...
The number of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs) registered across the UK, the vast majority...
Each week property auctions are taking place around the country, albeit currently with the...
It’s always a pleasure to be asked to write for Property Investor News - at our Partners...
The UK PIN Fund (our fictional Fund consisting of property-related companies that are listed...
Without wishing to alienate a part of the audience that I’ve been reliably informed...
Essex is a diverse county, stretching as it does from London out to the east coast,...
To reiterate from last month's article about my Top 10 Tips, I will have covered these Top 10,...
If you read the popular press at the moment it seems that there is an alien invader running...
For one reason or another, such as the pre-election launch of the Northern Powerhouse or the...
Looking at the share prices of the 10 companies listed in our fictional Fund of...
People quite like pubs and with very good reason. I don’t mind sharing that I’ve...
After a terrible second quarter, when the five housebuilders in our UK PIN Fund (a...
Just prior to writing this article, GVA released its Student Housing Review, which revealed...
In this interview we talk to Gareth Bertram about how pension funds can be unlocked and used...
There has been much written recently in the national media about the potential impact of the...
Analysing deals can be a little daunting for new developers, mainly because getting something...
General elections are, or at least are supposed to be, a barometer of sentiment in the nation...
It has been nearly 30 years since the Housing Act 1988 deregulated rents in the UK and spurred...
Some property investors are now buying units in college towns in the US that offer low voids...
This month we will continue our two part report on the Birmingham market with a more detailed...
A new buy-to-let property investor seeking to build up a portfolio of residential letting...
Scout Law could easily be applied to property investors given that the 1st Law says, A Scout...
Bank of England data showed that total net lending to individuals rose by £900m in March...
Let’s ignore what the driverless cars are capable of. That is a technology debate and...
We have a saying: “Lots of people make lots of money in the good times and fewer people...
Universities closed their doors in mid-March and many transitioned over to virtual teaching...
Bridging is one of those subjects that still generates a sharp intake of breath from most...
It’s pretty much a given that short term lettings will offer a much higher overall...
In the January 2014 edition I looked at Lot Analysis and the sources of Due Diligence without...
For this investor, property was initially a hobby that turned into her route out of poverty,...
Buying at auction can be difficult in any market but it’s even more difficult in the...
West Yorkshire comprises an almost continuous urban and suburban area divided into four...
Thirty or so years ago, some regional city centres in the UK were not very attractive places...
The UK housing market is in crisis. Anyone can see that. According to the UK...
How much do investors and developers really understand about each other?
Each...
It's probably fair to say that the Chancellor has thrown the property investor quite a few...
The UK is officially experiencing 'deflation. On the 19th of May the Office for National...
This month I wanted to spend some time focusing on the current market and whether you - yes...
As anyone who has run a family business will testify, working closely with your husband/wife...
Many in the landlord community viewed Ed Miliband's proposals for the private rented sector...
A chronic shortage of high quality retirement housing is reaching crisis point in the UK,...
Investing in the residential care home sector is something that has been increasingly promoted...
Assuming that the UK does eventually leave the European Union, Ireland will become the largest...
As a property developer, you invariably experience a few highs and lows on every project. One...
This is the third article in a series of four - if you haven’t read the others, by way...
LendInvest, the peer-to-peer platform for real estate finance/mortgages is expanding rapidly....
Locations along the motorways which radiate from London have always tended to have more...
Crossrail has been a long time in the planning. The idea was first suggested in the 1940s and...
Centre for Cities recently released an 80-page report entitled: Cities Outlook 2018, which...
As we take our annual look at what has happened to the five major asset prices (the FTSE 100,...
I was presented with a challenge. To write an article on KPI (Key Performance Indicators). As...
One of the mistakes made by the man often referred to as 'Mr Dreams' is that he didn't buy...
To most people regeneration in Newcastle brings to mind the 1990s/2000s regeneration of the...
First of all, when looking at how transportation or infrastructure can affect property values,...
Some of you may remember an article I wrote in our January issue looking at the historic...
Build to rent (BTR) has been attracting a lot of attention for many years in the UK. Tipped by...
I first met up with Niraj Shah at a London property event, just under three years ago. At that...
After seven years of stagnation, it might be considered somewhat daring to predict a base rate...
Few can fail to be saddened by the demise of what has long been one of the great cornerstones...
At the end of November this year Mill Group Residential launched the first 'mainstream...
I cut my teeth in the world of residential buy-to-let in 1990. But it wasn't until 2003 when I...
Pre-credit crunch many portfolios were built by taking out further advances or re-mortgaging...
Over the last year or two some reports have suggested the city living apartment market could...
The opening response to my first question to property developer Dorian Payne underlined that...
There’s a danger with a subject matter like this that it can be very dry, technical and...
In this month’s article, we look at a recent approval in which we obtained Class MA...
My mother surprised me when I spoke to her recently. As a 70-year old that has been retired...
Lockdowns around the world have forced people to work from home, which has accelerated the...
Many property investors are, perhaps, guilty of thinking of insurance as a ‘one size...
In the first week of September the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, made no less than five housing...
Fintech companies are fundamentally changing how the financial services ecosystem operates,...
As we take our annual look at what has happened to the five major asset prices (the FTSE 100,...
While Croydon and the Gatwick area don’t comprise a single region as such they are a...
Bradford often fails to get the exposure a district with a half-a-million-plus population...
HMOs have garnered huge popularity of late, added to which there are lots of people going...
Just over a year ago we commented here about the likely uptake for university places last...
Commonhold was first proposed by an independent working group in 1987. However, it took...
In common with some other post-war new towns, Harlow has, perhaps unfairly, not always been...
For many property entrepreneurs who enter their projects into the annual Property Investors...
While Liverpool has undergone extensive regeneration in recent decades, nearby Birkenhead has...
The flexible workspace sector continues to grow rapidly and it is now a phenomenon, according...
There is a reason that HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation) have grown in popularity with...
Parkinson’s Law is the observation, first published in 1955 by the naval historian, C....
Late-paying customers are forcing thousands of construction firms into bankruptcy every year...
The problem of housing undersupply periodically made the news prior to the election this year....
Mention the term HMO to some people of a certain political disposition and you might observe a...
Covid-19 has affected landlords in several ways this year. My most striking memory is of the...
When Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coastline in 2017, displaced residents flocked...
For this investor life is good. At the age of 28 he’s built up a portfolio of rent to...
This month we will appraise the market in Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, before...
I recently listened to a talk by Andrew Binstock, who co-founded Auction House London in 2011....
For many investors the government is changing the goal posts, which is forcing investors like...
Even when we were finalising the March issue of PIN, while there was a general opinion that...
A lack of an investment strategy is probably the single biggest reason why property investors...
As a brief reminder, I am principally a buy, refurbish and hold/refinance investor, buying...
My first visit to Wembley stadium was to watch the FA Amateur Cup Final in the early...
Imagine the scene: you’ve decided to take the leap and invest in your very first HMO....
I spoke with Richard Bowser about this month’s issue of PIN - the one in your hands now....
Short-lease property is a rather relative term and it refers to flats or houses that are...
It was back in 1990 when Andy Evans first realised that he could enhance his income by...
Finding decent opportunities in the market is for many property investors and developers a...
In our quarterly (Q2) update for our fictional housebuilder fund that was first created back...
Much of the retail sector is under pressure and occupier demand is expected to fall further,...
The concept of ‘levelling up’ the economies of the UK regions was one of the key...
As an experienced property investor/landlord Mike Frisby specialises in the HMO sector, with a...
During the first quarter (1 February to 30 April) our Euro PIN Fund, a fictional fund...
This month we will turn our attention to the investment market in Cardiff and the wider South...
Amongst all of the ‘doom and gloom’ regarding the UK’s economic performance,...
Avison Young recently released a 2020 Forecast report, listing what it...
Thousands of high street jobs have been lost during the coronavirus pandemic, as retail chains...
Most of us by now have read an article, or seen a YouTube video, warning us that artificial...
So here we are – 2021. A year that we all hope will see an end to lockdowns, tier...
The Euro PIN Fund, our fictional fund that consists of 10 property-related companies based in...
The Euro PIN Fund, our fictional fund that consists of 10 property-related companies based in...
This month and next we have two articles about the need for a 'Power Team', which is an...
The UK is in lockdown and many businesses have ground to a halt. How is this affecting...
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, launched the much...
Some 22 years ago, I recall going into an estate agency in north London to enquire about a...
It is two years since we first highlighted Thor Portess who explained in an extensive and...
Over the past twenty years this investor has bought and sold hundreds of properties. As a...
In this month’s report, rather than looking at the residential market across Greater...
As I am always open to hearing how people in my property network are getting on with their...
These wise words from Warren Buffet are a simple ‘recipe’ for being a contrarian...
Just a few weeks ago I saw Max Scott receive the prestigious accolade of Property Investor of...
Andy Babbayan is an ex-Royal Engineers Officer who has established a full-time career as a...
Long-term readers may recall an interview here some years ago with the West Midlands based...
When they first appeared at property shows in the UK six or seven years ago, the sales pitch...
Go back a few decades and Liverpool was something of a shining example of regeneration and...
When I called to arrange the logistics for my interview with Cyril I was left rather...
Turn the clock back some ten years and the term 'HMO' was rarely featured at property events,...
It is no secret that over the past few years young workers have been arriving in the UK from...
Demand for heat pumps has spiked by 20% since the start of the year as consumers race to get...
Early on in this month's investor interview the following comments were made: "Why won't it...
For an estate agent there are few easier sells than a property with a view over water, no...
It's not often you meet an investor who has the cash to buy property, but instead puts it to...
While Help to Buy is boosting the confidence of developers, it is the lack of development...
I first wrote in PIN about investing in overseas property markets (South Africa) through an...
Our last article on serviced accommodation (SA) was at the end of 2019. At that time the major...
Recent press reports and the pronouncements of some politicians over the last few months...
The UK saw new residential rental property listings increase by 6.8% in November - the second...
Having done hundreds of seminar talks at property events over many years I often tell people...
With Brexit dangling over him like the sword of Damocles, Chancellor Philip Hammond presented...
A few years ago, in 2009 to be precise, my project management business was on the brink of...
Back in the mid-90s the advent of buy-to-let mortgages began and despite ongoing criticism by...
Both Labour and Conservative MPs expressed their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty...
While Humberside is sometimes considered to be something of a backwater, it has a strong...
As many will know, Oxford and Cambridge have proved to be two of the country’s...
High demand and a low supply of property is making property markets in German cities more...
The latest figures provided by the British Property Federation (BPF) have revealed that the...
Over the years I've been inside many a HMO property, both before and after a refurbishment has...
This is the last article on the 'How To' of buying at property auctions. In the next...
Prime properties in Dubai are forecast to see the largest price growth in 2014,...
How would you describe yourself: landlord, developer or property investor? Well, the response...
Not every property development project goes exactly to plan and the more complex and larger...
Those of us with young children or grandchildren will be well aware that it is those who pay...
The process of reducing the size of products while leaving their price unchanged has affected...
Directly elected city mayors have been around for a few years now, both in London and a few...
While the economy in London and the south east seems to have left recession long behind and...
It is impossible to write about the short-term accommodation (SA) market in the UK without...
The search for community combined with the increasing costs of buying property in London and...
The “Land for the Many” is a recently published report commissioned by the Labour...
A ‘seismic shift’ in how and where we work will take place by 2030, while new...
Richard Blanco grew up in Newark, Nottinghamshire and his career path developed from a...
Over the past few years I have been in the (questionably) fortunate position of having lots of...
In the last 18 months or so we’ve seen a sea change in market sentiment in some areas,...
Last summer, the deputy PM of Greece, Evangelos Venizelos, said London has replaced...
We are experiencing the greatest social change and the deepest recession in history.
In...
In recent years, many residential portfolio landlords in higher value locations experienced a...
I have lost count of late of the number of sensationalist headlines in national newspapers and...
Of all the niche strategies to choose within property investment and residential development,...
This month we will conclude our three part report on the West Midlands by reporting on the...
As the economy in the regions seems to have started on an upswing over the last couple of...
As we enter another (hopefully) short lockdown period in much of the UK, the ongoing...
Capital values in some parts of London seem to have softened somewhat over the last year. With...
Background and economy: Exeter has a population around 129,000, although the official...
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