Recent Articles in Tenant and Landlord Property Checklists

Must read stories from Redrow, CML, Connells and the Scottish market
Nov 17, 2014

Each week I take a look at the most important stories in the property world. This week political posturing may be holding back new housing and there ups and downs in the buy to let market in London.

Landlord Investment Show November 2014
Nov 12, 2014

With the buy-to-let market rising, exisiting Landlords are increasing their portfolios, while new entrants are coming into the market, especially with good deals available from lenders.

What's happening with national and regional rents? Let's check the data from LSL and Belvoir
Nov 6, 2014

According to both the LSL letting agent indices and Belvoir Rental Index, which both measure existing and new rents, have risen slightly over the last three months. The Homelet index, which is an insurance index, is showing much larger increases from June onwards which are above inflation. This is due to the fact that the index only covers new tenancies and they are seeing a move to higher value rental properties, meaning not ‘all’ rents are rising.

Kate's top 5 property stories
Nov 3, 2014

Each week I provide a breakdown of the key news stories in the property world. This week Boris Johnson and Brits moving abroad are on the agenda.

Review of Inventory Apps
Oct 31, 2014

There are lots of different inventory apps out there – so which should you choose? We talk to Rachel Hudson who carried out extensive research on apps prior to creating her own. The reason Rachel didn’t use other apps was mainly because as a landlord, she didn’t think they worked well enough!