Recent Articles

Don't take your electrics for granted! (in: Building and Renovating Property Checklists)
Jul 27, 2015

The safety of people and property is being put at risk because 18 million of us feel too embarrassed to ask if an electrician is registered, according to research by Electrical Safety First. The Charity recently launched a major consumer campaign to raise awareness of the need to use a registered electrician. It follows an investigation which discovered that asking an electrician for proof of their professional registration was one of the top three most awkward questions – after asking your boss for a pay rise and requesting a queue jumper to get to the back of the line.

Rental capital growth and yields - data from LSL and RICS (in: Tenant and Landlord Property Checklists)
Jul 23, 2015

Included in each rental summary is an overview of the demand and supply of rental property, together with capital growth and yields for buy to let investors. Here's the latest summary of what's happening and includes data from LSL, RICS and Paragon.

Kate's rental summary with data from LSL, Paragon and RICS (in: Tenant and Landlord Property Checklists)
Jul 22, 2015

Each month we take a look at the various monthly and quarterly rental sector reports. Some cover the UK and some cover just England and Wales, with some measuring advertised rents, some new lets and others, existing rents, which is why they might fluctuate. This is a summary of the report headlines and latest data together with Kate Faulkner’s commentary on the implications for landlords and tenants.

How to set up a trouble-free tenancy to avoid later disputes (in: Tenant and Landlord Property Checklists)
Jul 21, 2015

In this article we've teamed up with the professionals from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme to provide the right information to help you have a trouble-free tenancy and avoid unwanted disputes.

Interest rates to rise - how much will it cost you? (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
Jul 20, 2015

With the Americans in the process of advising everyone that interest rates are going to rise there in 2015, the Bank of England governor Mark Carney has indicated rates may also rise in the UK. The plan is very clear – but it’s worth knowing that every time over the last few years Mark Carney has talked about raising interest rates, he and the MPC committee who’s decision it is to raise them, have shied away. So what are the planned interest rate changes in the UK?