Tips on selling your property this Spring
Timberwise bring you the latest tricks to spring cleaning your property into a smoother sale.
Why you shouldn't be swayed by mortgage rate alone
Rock bottom mortgage rates have made owning a home much more affordable, but when choosing which deal to go for there are several factors homebuyers need to consider besides the rate. London & Country explain.
Leverage vs. Paying Down Your Mortgage
Hazel de Kloe discusses the topic of using your cash to buy more properties through leveraging.
Landlords will still use letting agents after fees ban - claim
The substantial majority of landlords who now use letting agents will continue to do so even if they see their premiums rise following a ban on tenant fees, according to a survey.
Student survey finds over 44% claiming to pay 'hidden' fees to agents
A survey of students in Birmingham has discovered that over 44 per cent of respondents claim to have paid what the organisers call ‘hidden’ fees to letting agents.
More landlords diversifying their portfolios to avoid increasing taxation
A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are diversifying their portfolios by investing in semi-commercial property in order to protect their investments from higher levels of taxation, according to Roma Finance, the specialist bridging finance lender.
Bigger than expected asking price surge - but market still cooling
The average asking price rise for homes coming to the market in the last month has been a chunky 1.3 per cent - the same as March 2015, when the market was being fuelled by frantic purchasing of buy to let property ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadli
Housing affordability? It's UN-affordability that is the problem...
Forget the popular term ‘housing affordability’ - the latest government figures suggest the real issue may be housing un-affordability.
Longer-term lets aren't as common after all, claims insurance firm
Contrary to a number of trends identified by lettings organisations and surveys of tenants, an insurance firm is claiming that tenancies lasting over five years are less common than they have been in the recent past.
NLA and NIA join forces to help landlords meet new regulations
National Landlords Association (NLA) has teamed up with the National Insulation Association (NIA) to provide landlords with an easy to use online facility to find local insulation installers to help meet new energy efficiency standards.
Many first time buyers save for up to a decade for a deposit
Research from the consumer organisation Which? claims that first time buyers are typically saving for anything up to a decade for a deposit for a home.
Up to 1.4 million landlords could be unaware of buy-to-let tax changes
The existing rules that permit landlords to offset all of their mortgage interest against tax will, from this April, be phased out over the next three years until 2020/21.
Buy to let tax change triggers rush to mortgage intermediaries
The imminent mortgage interest tax relief changes coming into effect in April has triggered a surge in the number of mortgage applicants using intermediaries.
Rent increases drop to lowest level since 2013 - while London prices continue to fall
Rent increases across the UK have slowed to their lowest level since 2013, fresh data has revealed, with prices in London falling yet again.
Homes listed with agents on Mondays sell quickest, says Which?
Which Money? - part of the Which? consumer organisation - says its analysis of thousands of properties for sale suggests that those listed for the first time with agents on Monday is likely to sell more rapidly than those listed later in the week.
Stamp duty surcharge rakes in twice as much revenue as expected
The government has admitted that the three per cent stamp duty surcharge has raked in twice as much as expected.
Brexit to have minimal impact on buy-to-let market
As the government prepares to invoke Article 50 to leave the EU, very few experts forecast that Brexit will have an adverse affect on the buy-to-let market - despite some fears of a mass exodus of EU citizens from the UK.
UK rents to rocket 20% in the next five years
Rents are forecast to rise by more than 20% over the next five years as the falling number of new landlord instructions persists, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Majority of landlords undeterred by tax changes
The government's decision to introduce a raft of changes, including buy-to-let tax hikes, has so far failed to deter landlords.
Annual house price growth at lowest rate since July 2013
The latest house price index from Halifax reports that annual house price growth dipped during February.
Trade body asks government to give reasons for incoming tax changes
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is writing to the Office for Budget Responsibility asking it to provide clarification on controversial tax changes being introduced next month.
Top tips for improving your property's energy efficiency rating
The 2015 Energy Efficiency Regulations, passed in March 2015, set out minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) for England and Wales. How can you keep your property within the confines of the law?
Landlords provide the stability that many tenants 'need and want'
Buy-to-let landlords continue to deliver longer tenancies, providing tenants with the stability that many tenants 'need and want', according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA).
Tenants with children staying longer in rental accommodation
Tenants in private rented housing are staying longer than ever in their current homes as the proportion of tenants with children increases.
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