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London Rental Standard and Property Expert Kate Faulkner work together to educate landlords Sep 3, 2015: The LRS is a great initiative to make sure landlords are well educated and keep up to date with the law in London. It is really important landlords and letting agents join and make sure they get accredited.

No one wants to move home anymore! Aug 20, 2015: The property market has seen a huge shift in how and when people are buying property in the 21st century, and the latest data shows people are staying put for much longer. Today, the ‘average’ home changes hands every 23 years, a staggering difference from the 1980’s figures; which show people moving, on average, every 8 years (source: http://www.imla.org.uk/)

Kate's top 3 stories - Should rural house prices be capped? Aug 20, 2015: Campaigners this week have said that radical action may be needed to help house prices in rural areas. The Telegraph writes that said campaigners warned that the lack of affordable housing in such areas will only continue to be a “prominent issue”. They also warn that city dwellers are buying up second homes in the countryside at inflated prices, thus leaving locals out in the cold.

Changes in the Summer Budget affecting residential landlords Aug 17, 2015: There were a few surprising tax change proposed in the Summer Budget in July 2015 which could impact upon residential landlords. These will have a mixed impact, depending on your circumstances, but will generally be detrimental when they have all come in to force. It remains to be seen whether or not this will dampen down the upward pressure on house prices, to allow more first-time buyers into the property market, which was the Chancellors stated aim!

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.