Recent Articles in Student property checklists

Home ownership decline is arrested!
Feb 18, 2016

The latest data from the English Housing Survey for 2014/15 is one of the most interesting and useful reports on our housing stock that exists, this is just a bit of a ‘quick snapshot’ from the research, more will come and I’ll do a more detailed analysis when the full report comes out in the summer, but, you know me, latest stats on property like this, is one of the highlights of my year! Read more to find out the 'big news' and why the government can start to relax.

Are rents really ‘extortionate’ as Labour claim?
Oct 4, 2015

Here's my quarterly comprehensive rental update, in it we look at the key agent indices which tend to show similar trends from one month to the next, unlike house price indices.

Kate Faulkner's London borough price analysis - data from Land Registry
Sep 1, 2015

Each month we track the performance of each of the 32 London boroughs to establish:-

• How are they performing this year versus last?
• Is the growth/decline more or less than the long term average?
• What and when was the highest house price growth ever?
• How much did prices fall during the last recession?
• Are current property values more or less than the 2007/08 peak?

Out of the 32 London boroughs, these tend to fall into five brackets ranging from properties between £250k-£300K to those above £1,000,000 (although this only includes Kensington and Chelsea).

Student Safety Campaign Supports Registered Electricians
Aug 20, 2015

With appearances on BBC Breakfast and items in most of the national press and radio, Electrical Safety First’s new campaign, which highlights the perils of student rental accommodation, has hit the headlines – along with the need for landlords and lettings agents to ensure properly registered electricians are used to check rentals’ electrical safety.

The importance of property inventories
Aug 12, 2015

A wiser man than you and I once said something to the effect of, “If a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing well”. As any industrious landlord will tell you, this is the philosophy that should be applied to managing properties, presuming you want to do so successfully. And one area where this principle resonates, with particular relevance, is property inventories. In truth, inventory reports are absolutely crucial, for three reasons in particular. Read more to find out about the Inventory Genius app.