Recent Articles in Buy to Let

Property prices falling, stagnant and rising across the UK
Apr 7, 2014

Never before have we seen such enormous differences between the property price indexes from one area to another. Read Kate's article to find out what's really happening to property prices in your area.

What will your home be worth in 2015?
Apr 4, 2014

OK, so you might be buying your first home, your dream home or a property you hope to make money out of. That’s great, but what will it be worth in 2015? What will it be worth in five years and how do you forecast your property's value?

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. 

Kate Faulkner - BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire
Apr 2, 2014

Kate was interviewed by BBC Radio Warwickshire and Coventry about what's happening to their local property market, and was asked that same question - 'are we in a bubble?', grrr, no we aren't and prices in these areas haven't even recovered to 2007 heights! The information is based on the Land Registry data, and shows average prices in February 2014 versus 2007/8 heights and checks prices right back to 2007.

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?