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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.
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 –…
No More Costly Leaseholds On New-build Homes
Leasehold deals which have seen new-build homeowners face rapidly increasing ground rents (sometimes doubling annually) are to be banned under new government proposals. We reported how many thousands of owners…
Could buy to let tax changes lead to the ‘next pension...
The leading landlord body in the UK, the National Landlords Association (NLA), is calling on the Government to help retired and landlords close to retirement adjust their financial plans to…
More UK Buy To Let Lending Going To Limited Companies
New research shows that for the first time, landlords who have a limited company for their buy to let business are borrowing more than those who do not. The figures…
Protecting your stuff in the garden
It’s that time of year when you can start to appreciate your garden once again and begin to use it as an outside living space. That means getting out your…
How much are you paying for your home insurance?
If you have a mortgage on your property on your home, then typically a condition of your contract with your mortgage provider will be that you have adequate buildings insurance….
British expats investing in buy to let in the South East
The Greater London area and the South East of England are becoming hotspots for British expats investing in UK property to let out while they are living abroad says new…
Landlords appetite to expand still grows
A new study has revealed that despite recent tax changes in the industry (the existing phasing out of mortgage tax relief and the introduction in 2016 of the 3% stamp…
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