The news that a letting agent used a huge property portfolio to run a £7m network of cannabis farms is a timely reminder that to be a landlord, you have to be educated on all manner of things, and especially the danger of being vulnerable to criminal activity.
The English Housing Survey (EHS) is one of the most interesting and useful reports on our housing stock that exists. Here is my summary of the latest findings for housing in England, plus a few of my thoughts.
A more detailed analysis will follow when the full report comes out in the summer.
We’ve all seen the recent headlines “London property prices expected to drop in 2018” and “South-West London sees biggest house price falls in capital” which have been generated from the property price reports all suggesting falls or cuts in the last quarter but what is the real story?
A fascinating new report from the Halifax shows that, in some ways, schoolchildren are more realistic than their parents about buying a property but, in others, they are pretty clueless!
With government policy putting the squeeze on landlords and making it hard to make a profit, it’s inevitable that some may be considering increasing rents.
