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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.
Landlord building insurance for housing benefit tenants explained
As a landlord, you are not always obliged to have building insurance for your let property. But there are many instances when it is a safeguard you cannot – and…
UK landlords among the poorest in Europe
At the labour party conference this September, leader Jeremy Corbyn revived the prospect of rent controls in as a tactic for reducing spiralling rents in the private sector. Not only…
What Does Let Property Insurance for Housing Benefit Tenants Cover?
People who are in rented accommodation – whether in the private or public sector – and who are on low incomes or unemployed, qualify for benefits to help pay their…
Scottish Government Praised by Residential Landlords Association for Stance on Universal...
Online newspaper LandlordToday has reported how the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging the UK government to follow Scotland’s lead in relation to Universal Credit. The Universal Credit scheme is gradually replacing…
Flooding and the role of a loss adjuster
If you’re unfortunate enough to experience flood damage, then you’ll probably be contacted fairly quickly by someone called a “loss adjuster”. Here’s a quick overview of their role. Major flooding…
Guide to insurance for granny annexes and conversions
There is something of a tradition in many British homes for a so-called “granny annexe” to be added. Typically, this is a self-contained unit of accommodation, built either as an…
Brits love a doer-upper new survey reveals
The majority of Brits would purchase a home in need of home improvements says research from estate agent Jackson-Stops. The company analysed the views of over 1,200 people on their…
Retired Homeowners See Property Values Grow to £1.1 Trillion
Despite housing market worries, retired homeowners who are mortgage-free have gained £45.7 billion in property wealth in the year to May, says new data. For the average retired homeowner who…
How to boost your rental income
Your buy to let property is a business – a business that relies on the income you receive from your tenants. An underlying and fundamental goal of your business, therefore,…
Summer Slump Sees a Lack of Available Housing to Buy
New data shows that the supply of homes available to buy last month was at the lowest level recorded for the month of July since 2002. The July Housing Report from…
Landlords move to short term lets to beat tax hikes
New research by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has revealed that an increasing number of rental properties in the capital are no longer available for long term renting and, instead,…
Flooding and your insurance
July 2017 – the height of the glorious British summer – and floods have already brought chaos to certain parts of the UK, the southwest in particular. News reports –…
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