Knowledge Base
Our Knowledge Base is full of helpful blog articles, guides and checklists to help you through your property insurance journey. There are also in-depth guides to key categories, including unoccupied house insurance.
The Price of Home Insurance Drops, Despite Rising Subsidence Claims
A new study reveals that homeowners have benefitted from a 1.2% drop in average home insurance premiums in the past year – despite rising subsidence claims. Data from analytics firm Consumer…
What Is Mobile Home Insurance?
Mobile homes come in all shapes and sizes and may be used for different purposes. They might all be called mobile homes, but the vast majority are moved very rarely…
Crisis in the private rented sector
A crisis may be looming as more and more landlords are leaving the rented accommodation marketplace and selling up their let properties says the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). Their departure,…
Landlords and agents in Wales banned from charging extra fees from...
From September, Landlords and lettings agents in Wales will be banned from charging their tenants fees for viewing a property to let, for signing a tenancy agreement or for renewing…
Inheritance Tax and landlords: Need to know
Tax is complicated at the best of times. Inheritance Tax (IHT) is by no means any exception. If you are a landlord who has invested in one or two buy…
Brits spent £48bn on home improvements in the last 5 years
British homeowners are into home improvements in a very big way, revealed a report by Property Wire on the 2nd of April. As we start National Home Improvement month, a…
How you can earn £7,500 a year tax-free
Do you have spare rooms in your home that could be let to one or more lodgers? If so, any income you earn up to a maximum of £7,500* a…
Most And Least Affordable Towns For First-Time Buyers Revealed
On the 23rd of February, the Daily Mail newspaper published the latest survey from the Halifax of house price affordability for first-time buyers. The nationwide survey looked at both the most affordable and…
The Average First Time Buyer Takes 24 Years to save for...
Shocking statistics from The Money Charity (February 2019) have revealed that it would take the average first time buyer on an average income, 24 years to save for a deposit based on…
Are you looking to Airbnb your home?
By all accounts, it’s something that you might turn into a very lucrative number – renting out a room, or your whole home, through a listing on Airbnb. According to…
Unoccupied property insurance FAQs
One of the great ironies of our times is that, in the midst of a widespread housing crisis, an estimated 1 million homes remain empty in the UK, according to…
Renting in the Private Sector Becomes More Affordable
Amidst widespread reports that the shortage of private rental accommodation is pushing up rents, recent studies show that renting is, in fact, becoming more affordable for the average tenant. And…
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