Rents forecast to rise in 2017
A new study from ARLA (the Association of Residential Letting Agents) reveals that over than half (52%) of letting agents they questioned forecast that rental prices will increase in 2017.
19 December 2016
Check you have got Christmas covered
There is little doubt that Christmas is an expensive time of the year. In fact, new figures suggest that Christmas is set to cost UK households an average of £753 this year...
16 December 2016
Overview of landlord legislative changes in 2016
While some landlords express the opinion that every year brings yet more changes to the laws and regulations which govern their business, even they might say that 2016 has been unusually ‘busy’...
13 December 2016
The Buy To Let mortgage sector struggling under weight of new legislation
New data from Connells Survey & Valuation suggests that the buy to let mortgage sector is struggling under the weight of legislative changes, with buy-to-let sales plummeting 64% year-on-year....
12 December 2016
More costs for landlords as lettings fees banned?
The government has relatively recently announced that letting agents will no longer be allowed to charge fees to tenants. This has caused widespread concern amongst landlords...
07 December 2016
Capital Gains Tax – no joy for landlords
While the Budget earlier this year gave property owners who sell up some tax breaks, sadly, landlords were omitted.
07 December 2016
Landlords fined for breaching HMO licence
With recent changes to HMO licensing laws (see our blogs of 13 October and 26 October), and the growth we at UKinsuranceNET are seeing in this area from landlords converting larger buy to lets into HM
28 November 2016
Last call for landlords in Wales to sign up to Rent Smart Wales
Landlords of Welsh properties have less than two weeks to sign up to the new registration and licensing system in Wales – Rent Smart Wales - which went live last year.
11 November 2016
£32m – the price students pay for not signing an inventory
Almost £300m worth of student deposits are taken each year by landlords, yet many students are not au fait with the importance of signing inventories before they move in, nor finding out which tenancy…
07 November 2016
Planning to make extra cash from your home? Then tell your insurer
Hot on the heels of the Airbnb trend - where you rent out a room in your home to paying guests - an article in a national newspaper (2nd November) suggested additional ways that property owners can…
03 November 2016
Rents in England and Wales climb, as overall arrears are down
Good news for landlords – the latest data from property website Your Move reveals that in August, rents in England and Wales reached record highs, suggesting that the UK’s decision to leave the EU has
15 October 2016
350 years’ after the Great Fire of London, blazes still make the news
A recent news article (Insurance Post, September 2016) reported that despite a continuing reduction in the number of fires (and related fatalities), the cost of blazes is actually increasing.
07 October 2016
