Sep 11, 2014 | Blog
A great article from The Telegraph – What’s the fastest-growing British industry of the last decade? Apps for smartphones perhaps? Web retailing? Payday lending? Actually, it is probably renting out property. The buy-to-let boom has seen a huge growth in the...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
Using data and analysis from its property searches, global property portal Lamudi has compiled a list of the top ten most important factors for today’s homebuyer. “Today’s homebuyer is different to those of previous generations. In the age of smartphones, apps and...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
Will all buy-to-let loans be regulated? No. The Treasury considers that, in most cases, buy-to-let landlords make an active decision to become a landlord, an activity for which they will receive an income and for which they will be taxed as a business. As such, the...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
All works carried out in England and Wales require planning permission. Certain types of extensions and changes of use, subject to certain limits and conditions, do not require a full planning permission from a Local Planning Authority. Unless these automatic rights...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
Bank Lending Rate The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has confirmed that the Bank Base Rate is to remain at 0.5% for a further month. It has been at this very low level for over five years – a record period. Source: Bank of England…… oOo HOUSE...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
There has been a steep rise in the number of people renting rather than buying in London, no doubt due to the really high prices of property in the capital, and the rules of affordability to get a mortgage. Landlords are offering smaller and smaller flats to tenants,...
