Recent Articles in Buy to let property checklists

Why are you increasing banks profits so much?
Jun 8, 2015

One of the reasons banks and building societies make more money from you than you need to pay them is because of the mortgage on your property.

Latest Land Registry London borough analysis - June 2015
Jun 1, 2015

Every month we track the performance of each of the 32 London boroughs to see:-

1. How are they performing this year versus last?
2. Is the growth/decline more or less than the long term average?
3. What and when was the highest house price growth ever?
4. How much did prices fall during the last recession?
5. Are current property values more or less than the 2007/08 peak?

Is Reading ripe for property investment?
May 28, 2015

Well as someone who has invested in Reading…I should know the answer to this! Interestingly the reason I invested in Reading was because my husband took a job down there and needed someone to stay. So we bought a two bed flat near the Shinfield Road and rented out a room up until a few years ago.

Will property thrive or dive in the next five years?
May 28, 2015

I heard a real ‘sigh of relief’ from the property industry when the election results were announced.

They were genuinely scared that Labour would win and their policies would end up crashing the £2mn plus property market; cause buy to let landlords across the country to sell up; institutional investment landlords to pull out of their plans to expand in the UK and not actually build anywhere near enough properties either.

Kate's May 2015 property price summary with data from Nationwide and Halifax
May 21, 2015

My monthly property price summary looks at what all the main property price indices are reporting during the month. The indices range from Rightmove which only records asking prices through to Land Registry which is sold property prices but only tells us what has happened in the past.