How an “empty homeowner” can become an “...

Do you know there are in excess of 200,000 empty homes in the UK? Perhaps you’re the owner of one, and wondering quite what to do with the house or apartment that has come your way – perhaps because of an inheritance, or because you and your partner both owned homes before you got together. Perhaps the property is co-owned, by two or more members of a family who have inherited from...

Buy-to-let mortgages: the facts you need...

For those investors who need additional finance to buy a property and then let out, or to build their property portfolio, there has never been a better time. Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages have never been cheaper in real terms and never has there been so much choice on the market. Quite simply, the financial sector has woken up to the continuing rise and rise in the rented sector and is...

Landlords: will you be compliant with th...

Landlords in Wales are being warned that they have just days to protect the deposits placed with them by their tenants – or run the risk of fines which could amount to thousand of pounds. The new Deregulation Act means that any deposits placed with them now come under a new tenancy deposit protection law (TDP) – and landlords have until 23 June to register these deposits in a...

Silver Surfer Buy-to-Let Landlords

The UK Buy-to-Let sector is set for a surge of silver surfer landlords as pension reform for the over 55’s hits the UK. Pension Freedom Day as it is being nicknamed is on the 6th April 2015 and it is set to shake up the way retiree’s use their pensions giving them more choices than ever before. Whilst no one can say for sure what the impact of pensions freedom day will be, the signs...

Are you getting the best possible return...

There are two sorts of investors: passive and active. Which sort are you, asks Jamie Langley. And is it holding you back from maximising on your investment? Whatever you invest in… the stock market, savings accounts, even vintage wine or stamps… you can take one of two routes: passive or active. The first type of investor looks for safe places to put their money and leaves it there;...

“We need more rented property in Bridgen...

The waiting list for rented properties in the Bridgend area is getting longer and longer, according to the town’s only specialist letting agency, Red Key Property. Now the agency is urging anyone locally with an empty residential property to make it available to help meet demand. “Since we’ve opened our branch in August, demand is simply outstripping supply,” says Laura Parry, the...