Recent Articles in Buy to let property checklists

Top tips when speaking to professional buying and quick sale companies
Feb 29, 2016

Speaking to property buying (sometimes called quick sale) companies can be a tricky business and with so much money at stake, it is essential to take some top tips from one of the ‘good guys’ like Jason Harris-Cohen from the Open Property Group.

Uh-oh… is your property being sub-let?
Feb 25, 2016

According to the super team we work with at Direct Line, as many as one in six tenants are sub-letting their home to make extra money on the side, many without telling their landlords. What does this mean for the both landlords and tenants?

Will a Brexit affect UK property?
Feb 22, 2016

The potential for a Brexit has been all over the news in recent weeks but what will the impact on UK property be? I've taken a look...

Home ownership decline is arrested!
Feb 18, 2016

The latest data from the English Housing Survey for 2014/15 is one of the most interesting and useful reports on our housing stock that exists, this is just a bit of a ‘quick snapshot’ from the research, more will come and I’ll do a more detailed analysis when the full report comes out in the summer, but, you know me, latest stats on property like this, is one of the highlights of my year! Read more to find out the 'big news' and why the government can start to relax.

Why are property headlines so depressing at the moment?
Feb 15, 2016

I am a bit confused at the moment. For me, we have a pretty good property market just now - property prices in many areas are still lower than they were in 2008; where prices are rising, in the main the increase fluctuates from 3-5% each year, bar some areas in the South and South East; rents are clearly rising in line with wages, so why are the headlines so depressing?