Recent Articles in Buy to let property checklists

Is build to rent a good or bad thing for investors, landlords and tenants?
Aug 3, 2015

At last we are starting to make some inroads into the lack of property stock in the UK. With a predicted one in five or more people expected to rent in the future, just building new properties for sale via Help to Buy or 20% discounted homes for first time buyers, isn’t going to help us out of the current hole we have in our stock levels. So what is build to rent?

Kate Faulkner's London borough price analysis - data from Land Registry
Jul 28, 2015

Each month we track the performance of each of the 32 London boroughs to establish - how are they performing this year versus last; is the growth/decline more or less than the long term average; what and when was the highest house price growth ever; how much did prices fall during the last recession and are current property values more or less than the 2007/08 peak? Read Kate Faulkner's latest London price analysis.

Don't take your electrics for granted!
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
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
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.