Despite the fact that there are in excess of 100 checks a property needs to pass to be legally let, the government, local authorities and people like trading standards do very little to make sure a letting agent is operating a legitimate business. In this article I look at how to choose a letting agent.
Every quarter I take a detailed look at the rental indices for the United Kingdom. In this article I provide a breakdown of the rental trends in the different regions of England.
Although there are many a bad builder, plumber, landlord and tenant, one of the worst areas of property, for me, are property investment clubs and ‘property sourcers’.
We work closely with SpareRoom who run their own Index to help buy to let landlords and tenants understand the trends in renting a room. In this article we take a look at what is happening with room rents at the moment.
In this article I look at what is happening with rental trends in the different regions of Britain. In the regional indices chart, we include average monthly rents from LSL, Homelet and Belvoir for June 14 vs June 13, compared to the Move with Us average monthly rent for Q2 14 vs Q2 13 and the Valuation Office Agency’s figures for 1st April 2013 – 31st March 2014.
