Recent Articles in Student property checklists

Rental averages over time - 'the Past'
Dec 9, 2020

Just focusing on rents year on year, each quarter or by month won’t tell you much about what’s happening in any market. What’s important is to understand the history of rents across the UK, then on a regional level and even down to each individual property on a road. Find out how rents have performed over time.

Current and future rental market performance
Aug 26, 2020

We all often refer to the ‘rental market’ as if it’s one market, just tenants and landlords. However, if there was ever a time to appreciate the huge differences in the rental market, it’s now. For the latest on the current and future rental market performance, read my latest article.

How do landlords and tenants cope with the eviction ban?
Jun 30, 2020

When lockdown was announced in March, this included eviction notices being extended from the normal two months under S21 to three. Although this may well protect vulnerable people from bad landlords, unfortunately with such a ‘blanket ban’ on evictions, many good landlords, tenants and nearby neighbours have been left in a position where tenants who are being anti-social or even arrested for aggressive behaviour cannot be evicted. This situation has now been made worse by the Government’s recent extension to the eviction ban until the end of August. So, how do landlords cope with the blanket eviction ban?

Housing on BBC1's Your Money and Your Life
Jun 23, 2020

It was great to be invited onto the new BBC1’s Your Money and Your Life with one of my housing heroes, Matt Allwright and meeting the lovely Kym Marsh. As ever, we never seem to have enough time to take on some complex questions, but if you want the five minute version, you can view online here, or read my article.

Can decluttering sell your home faster and maximise the value?
Jun 2, 2020

Today’s buyers typically want a property which is a show home, or a wreck. What doesn’t sell well and is difficult to value, in my experience, are properties which have some rooms which are in need of a good tidy and a lick of paint, while others are at, or near, show home level. So now that you can move home or sell your investment property, here’s a guide to how best sell your home, we’ve written with our friends at Big Yellow.