Recent Articles

Latest English housing policy announcements and what they mean for you (in: Problems and Complaints Checklists)
Oct 16, 2017

The coughing and gate-crashing may have dominated the headlines about Theresa May’s address to the Conservative Party conference, but the Prime Minister had plenty to say about housing, too, promising a “new generation of council houses” to help fix the “broken housing market”.

Are MPs more to blame for the housing crisis than landlords or developers? (in: Tenant and Landlord Property Checklists)
Oct 12, 2017

I’ve always had huge respect for the Financial Times but a recent article really surprised me, partly because the FT actually thought it worth publishing, despite its obvious flaws.

Kate on BBC Breakfast - Tory housing policies (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
Oct 11, 2017

Following the Conservative Party Conference, I was invited onto BBC Breakfast to give my thoughts about the Prime Minister’s plans to repair ‘the broken housing market’...

What did a letting agent ever do for you? (in: Tenant and Landlord Property Checklists)
Oct 9, 2017

There’s so much more to being a letting agent than simply advertising properties to let and finding tenants; the role is wide and varied, and provides a vital link between a landlord and tenant.

How selling a house landed us in court (in: Problems and Complaints Checklists)
Sep 29, 2017

Lisa Orme, a landlord in the Midlands, explains how she and her husband found themselves in court over a boiler in a house they sold.