Recent Articles in Renting Property Checklists

Rental Summary - What's the supply & demand situation? Data from ARLA and SpareRoom
Dec 21, 2015

Renting a property isn’t about putting a postcode into an on-line property portal, you need to do your own research as unfortunately successive governments refuse to fully regulate this market to protect you from rogue landlords and letting agents. In this article I look at the supply and deman situation plus the room renting phenomenon.

December 2015’s rental changes from LSL, Belvoir and Countrywide
Dec 16, 2015

Every month we are bombarded with a host of rental reports which cover what’s happening in the market both nationally and regionally. Our rental report helps to give an insight into what is happening in the market and we comment on whether something is a general trend, an anomaly or ‘one-off’ and particularly highlight the enormous regional differences.

Recent changes to property taxation and their impact on buy to let
Dec 7, 2015

Following the Summer Budget and the recent Autumn Statement, Buy-to-Let Landlords may be feeling under attack from the Chancellor who appears intent on making Buy-to-Let investment a less attractive proposition in the future. Here the great guys at Nicholsons take a look at the real impact

Why buy to let – if you do it properly – still works financially
Nov 30, 2015

I’ve been really surprised at the huge fuss that’s being made of the 3% increase in stamp duty for Buy to let investors and second home owners. In this article I explain how buy to let can still work, if done properly.

What does the future hold for buy-to-let investors?
Nov 23, 2015

Buy-to-let investors have been well rewarded over the years, but what does the future hold? Read our guest article from the guys at Chase de Vere.