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Belvoir's Quarterly Rental Index Apr 28, 2014: The Belvoir Lettings Index is a really good guide to what’s happening in your local area for rents. On a monthly basis, rents are analysed by region, but quarterly, they are analysed at county level – one of the few indices to go down to this level. Better still, the report isn’t just on rental statistics, it includes some great expert commentary from agents who are running their lettings business on a day to day basis, so really know what’s happened and what’s happening now.

Launching Kate Faulkner’s new Buy to Let Guide 2014 Apr 8, 2014: Kate Faulkner launches the first of her new books - ‘Buy to Let Guide 2014’! This is THE 'how to' book to have if you are thinking about buy to let or if you already have buy to let properties. The Buy to Let Guide 2014 is in two sections, How to buy a property to let and How to manage your buy to let. So, don't delay, buy your copy today!

Belvoir Rental Index Apr 3, 2014: The Belvoir Lettings Index is a really good guide to what’s happening in your local area for rents. On a monthly basis, rents are analysed by region, but quarterly, they are analysed at county level – one of the few indices to go down to this level. Better still, the report isn’t just on rental statistics, it includes some great expert commentary from agents who are running their lettings business on a day to day basis, so really know what’s happened and what’s happening now.

Universal Credit: We talk to Rentify on how it can be made to work? Apr 1, 2014: According to Rentify, the Department for Work and Pensions released figures that showed in November 2013, there were nearly five million people claiming Housing Benefit. Currently, the new way to pay people via Universal Credit is being implemented in a number of areas, for single people who have recently become unemployed. What it means is, that all other benefits stop – including housing benefit – and all payments are ‘lumped’ into one. Can Universal Credit work?

Are property rents really starting to rise? Mar 27, 2014: Despite many a comment about ‘rents being at their highest’ or ‘crazy prices’ they aren’t. One thing we have learned from the credit crunch is even in areas where demand is higher than supply, unlike when buying, property rents are still very much linked to wages. As wages have hardly moved since 2007, neither have rents. Read my article to find out what why are some rental indices are recording increases.