Dealing with HMO rentals can be a bit complex, especially if you have multiple sources of income or multiple properties. Unsure yourself? Read this blog:
Category Archives: Landlords
6 min read The continuing delays in introducing standards for landlords to make their properties energy efficient could raise gas and electricity bills for private renters by as much as a billion pounds. At present, privately rented homes are covered by the Domestic Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) Regulations which set a minimum energy […]
If you are among the thousand or so property owners who have received a “nudge letter,” here is a blog post that’ll help you deal with it:
Homeowners and landlords in the UK are facing increased mortgage rates for the first time in a long while, as the Bank of England upped its base rate to curb inflation. Interest rates are expected to keep rising, which will increase monthly mortgage payment brackets and could significantly affect the housing economy. But why exactly […]
When the word ‘landlord’ is mentioned, one might imagine a wealthy individual with large property portfolios across the UK. However, of the 2.6 million landlords in the UK, only 18% rent out five or more properties, 39% rent out between two and four, while the majority – 43% – rent out just one. Quite […]
In 2016, the then Chancellor, George Osborne, introduced a stamp duty surcharge of 3% on purchasing buy-to-lets and second homes. That means the 3% slab tax is based on the whole property price and payable on top of the standard stamp duty applicable. Secondly, in 2017, the government began withdrawing the total tax relief […]