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  • int'l r/e - "Should landlords look to sell their investment property to cashin on capital gains?"
    Should landlords sell & lock in gains
    This all suggests on the face of it that a landlord should sell now and thereby lock in the capital gains they have made over the last few years on their residential buy-to-let investments.
  • int'l real estate - "Downloading Free Tenancy Agreements - things to look out for - UK Landlords"
    Are you looking for a FREE tenancy agreement?

    It’s fairly easy to find a free tenancy agreement that you can download. Many new landlords that are looking to rent out a property for the first time will look initially for a free tenancy agreement. However, there are several factors which you need to be aware of in sourcing your free tenancy agreement.
  • int'l real estate - "The 3 Pillars of Buy to Let Property Investment for UK Property Investors"
    The three pillars of successful residential investment

    I’m often asked by newbie landlords do I have any basic tips about investing in residential property. I respond by highlighting 3 essential aspects to making a landlord’s residential investment a success.

    These I have called my three pillars of investment and they are:
  • int'l real estate - "The Period of a Tenancy Agreement - its Legal implications on UK landlords"
    How long should I grant an assured shorthold tenancy agreement for?
    It’s possible to grant an assured shorthold tenancy (AST) for a fixed period, say 6 months. These tenancies are referred to as Fixed Term Tenancy’s. At the end of the term if the tenancy is not renewed, it then becomes a Statutory Periodic AST.
  • int'l real estate : "Landlords Looking to Increase Yields thanks to a Rising Property Rental Market"
    Letting agents are seeing booming demand for rental property as first time buyers and foreign workers defer buying homes amid continued uncertainty over UK house prices.

    Letting agents around London and the south east in particular are seeing up to 25% more activity in their letting business compared with a year ago. Much of this rental demand is coming from young professionals and City workers who are not prepared to gamble and buy property in a weak housing market.
  • int'l real estate invest - "Buying Property at an Auction - How to get BMV Property - UK Landlords"
    Some buy-to-let chatrooms are full of references and of individuals promising to sell BMV. My advice is steer clear of these, particularly if you are a newbie landlord or don’t know the area. People selling on these sites are not doing it out of charity and the likelihood is that they will know the market and their properties value better than you will. This puts you immediately at a disadvantage when it comes to negotiating a good deal.
  • int'l real estate investment - "I Love Maisonettes and so Should You! -Confessions of a UK Landlord"
    I love maisonettes! This may seem extreme sentiment from a hard bitten landlord and investor and I will explain. But first; a maisonette to the uninitiated is ostensibly a flat, with the unusual feature of having its own front door. This building type seems to have descended from no where during the 1960’s and 70’s to inhabit pockets of our urban landscape. The concept I guess arose out the demand for high density small unit accommodation, suitable for a low-rise environment. The result is t
  • int's real estate investment - "House Prices - Who's Measuring What? - UK Property Investment"
    I don’t know whether you have noticed, but everyday there seem to be yet another set of definitive house price figures. Who produces them and which one of them is right? Here’s a quick review of the most widely used sources:
  • international real estate investment - "FAIR WEAR AND TEAR? - UK Landlords"
    We’ve all come across it. The tenant moves out and you are confronted with a place that you don’t recognise as yours. The walls are scuffed the appliances are dirty and the laminate floor looks as if the tenants have been having salsa parties every weekend. Your pristine apartment is looking decidedly dishevelled and you get the feeling that this is not right. What can you do about it?
  • international real estate investment - "INVESTMENT FASHIONS - UK Property Market"
    Apparently fashion goes in 20 years cycles. If true, this means that we should all be attired in fluorescent coloured clothing and flowery ‘dayglo’. For those old or indeed young enough to remember - 1987 was the ‘rave’ inspired ‘Summer of Love’.
  • international real estate investment - "One Lump or Two? - UK Property Investment"
    Can you imagine going into the pub and asking for 3 spoons of beer?

    Or visiting the builders merchant and asking for 5 piles of bricks.

    People would think you were one sandwich short of a picnic! However, in the UK nobody bats an eyelid when you ask for a 2 bed apartment.
  • international real estate investment - "Praying for a Crash - UK Property Investment"
    This may seem like a strange perspective from somebody that has hundreds of thousands of pounds tied up with the property market.

    However, there is a logic.

    Any fallout in the property market would undoubtedly hit my personal wealth hard. However, real investors know that there is nothing like a crash in any market to through up some fantastic bargains for long-term investors.
  • international real estate investment - "Property as a Pension - UK Property Investment"
    Many property investors have bought into property over the last few years as a way of providing for or supplementing their pension. This is understandable given the turbulence over recent years in the Stock Market to which many pensions are linked and also the demise of the final salary pension where companies were responsible for providing their employees with an income in their retirement.
  • international real estate investment - "The Tenancy Agreement - UK Landlords"
    An outline of The Tenancy Agreement for UK Residential Landlords. Explanation of both AT and AST tenancy agreements. Helping landlords understand the basic elements used in a tenancy agreement for UK Residential Lettings.
  • international real estate investment - "Using a Guarantor"
    What is a guarantor?
    A guarantor is simply an individual, often a close relative that undertakes to assume the financial liabilities of the tenant including paying the rent in the event that they stop. Where a guarantor enters into an agreement he or she normally agrees to meet the full obligations under the tenancy agreement on the tenant's behalf.
  • international real estate investment - "When is a Sale not a Sale? - UK Property Investment"
    When is a sale not a sale…?

    It was last Saturday that I strode purposefully down the aisles of shirts, jackets, slacks (or if you are young and trendy trousers). Desperately searching for a shirt for a party that night. Almost instinctively I was drawn to the big red signs saying 10% off, or 20%, or even better 50% off.
  • international real estate investment - "Winning Property Investment Strategies - UK Buy to let"
    There has been a lot written about winning property investment strategies. After many years of investing I’m convinced that there are only two strategies that a property investor should employ.
  • r/e rentals -"Repair/Maintenance Responsibility of Tenants under a Tenancy Agreement -UK Buy to Let"
    Responsibility within a tenancy agreement
    One of the major issues relating to the renting and letting of property is that of maintenance and repair regarding the tenancy agreement. Who's responsible if the roof starts leaking,the central heating system breaks down? Even if the landlord and tenant have a comprehensive tenancy agreement that covers these matters in full, various Acts of Parliament often overrule the tenancy agreement. The law is not contained in any one single statute: it is
  • re investment : "Advanced Strategies for Property Investment for Landlords and Property Investors"
    Any professional investor knows that part of a successful investment strategy is to balance the competing aspects of risk and reward. One of the big risks to any residential buy-to-let investor is that in essence their investment is very ‘lumpy’. That is to say it is a large investment in a single asset class, in a single location. This is great when times are good, but if times are bad for residential investment in that area then there is no way of avoiding poor returns
  • RE investments : rentals - "Abandonment of a Rental Property-What Can a Residential Landlord Do?"
    The event of a tenant suddenly disappearing is unfortunately not an uncommon incident for landlords. It will normally occur when a tenant is having financial or personal problems and for many landlords the initial feeling is that of relief. However, the relief experienced by a landlord at this apparent sudden resolution to what might have appeared to be the prospect of a long and drawn out court battle to repossess their residential investment property can be short lived.
  • real esate : rentals - "Tenancy Deposit Scheme: Sect. 213 prescribed information for Landlords"
    One of the less well known aspects of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) legislation is that not only does it require the landlord to protect the tenant’s deposit under an approved scheme.

    Landlords also need to provide certain prescribed information to the tenant explaining how the tenant's deposit has been protected.

    This is referred to as 213 prescribed information.
  • real estate : "Beware of Property Investment Gurus - A Warning to Landlords Looking to Invest"
    The rise in the buy-to-let residential investment market in recent years has been accompanied by the appearance of the so called ‘property investment guru’. These ‘gurus’ spend all their time instructing property investors how they too can make millions out of investing in residential property.

    As an experienced residential property investor I am instantly suspicious of anybody that appears to want to tell you how they made a million and how you can do it too. The question is always why if
  • real estate : "What Should a Landlord Do If A Tenant Dissapears from a Residential Rental Property?"
    In many ways it’s the landlord’s worst nightmare.

    You as the landlord turn up one morning unexpectedly and there it is; your buy-to-let property, empty and abandoned like the ‘Mary Celeste’. With any luck the tenant has just removed themselves and their possessions and not any of your residential investment property. Unfortunately, I was not so lucky as one New Year when I arrived at my residential investment property to discover that half of my new kitchen had also been removed, along with
  • real estate : asset protection - "Landlord Insurance Status for a Water Leak in a Rental Property"
    What happens if a landlord has a problem of a major water leak within a rental property? Imagine the buy-to-let property in question was a top floor flat. The result was that damage had not only been caused to the carpet in their flat but also to the carpet of the tenanted flat below. In addition to the carpet, the ceiling in the flat below had also been damaged resulting in the plaster bubbling up and falling off.
  • real estate : asset protection - "Landlords Should Write a Will to Prevent Portfolio Confusion"
    Firstly, if a landlord has not written a will they would not be alone. Approximately seven out of ten landlords haven’t. For this group of landlords they die intestate. At this stage the laws of intestacy apply to a landlord’s estate which means that a landlord’s estate including all their buy-to-let properties are divided between a landlords lawful spouse and a landlord’s surviving blood relatives, according to specific rules laid down by Parliament. If there are no living relatives.
  • real estate : international - "Keeping Tenants Warm - UK Residential Landlords Advice and Guidance"
    How can landlords keep their tenants warm this winter?

    “Save on heating bills, put them on the fire” I‘ve heard one landlord remark. Property Hawk clearly has a slightly more responsible attitude.

    Seriously with the last vestiges of the ‘Summer’ disappearing, a landlord’s thoughts naturally turn towards securing their buy-to-let investment property for the Winter. This probably means a landlord trying to get the various outside jobs done before the weather turns.
  • real estate investment : international -"Buying Property Below Market Value Advice for UK Landlords"
    You may be reading this at work on Monday morning thinking there must be any easier way of making a living.

    I can tell you there is. I secured my financial freedom at the ripe old age of 37. It didn’t happen over night though. A decade of hard work aided by a housing boom eventually secured me the financial FREEDOM that I so desperately wanted. How did I achieve this?
  • real estate investment : international-"Hidden Negative Equity for Landlords-UK Property Investment"
    I read over the weekend about the very sorry affair of a novice female landlord. This newbie landlord's problems began back in 2003 when she was enticed at a ‘property seminar’ by the promise of a ‘fast buck’ to invest in 4 ‘off plan’ buy-to-let properties. Now this poor landlord is facing financial ruin as one by one the buy-to-let mortgage companies have repossessed her buy-to-let investments.
  • real estate investment: international real estate- "The Future Of the UK Buy to Let Property Market"
    The fact is that the future prospects for buy-to-let lie largely in the hands of the politicians. Not because they might implement penal tax charges on landlords as had been feared by removing the ability for landlords to offset the interest on their buy-to-let loans against rental income when calculating their rental businesses profits; or even by continuing with the introduction of more onerous bureaucracy such as the Tenancy Deposit Scheme or Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing.
  • real estate investment: international-"The Effects of the Capital Gains Tax Changes on UK Landlords"
    A tax giveaway for landlords?

    Landlords are set to be one of the main beneficiaries from the proposed tax changes signalled by the Chancellors Pre-budget Statement last week. This Statement which outlines what changes are to be made for the tax year 08-09 or effectively the tax regime that is to come into force on the 6th April 08. How much is it a give away and are landlords better to sell now under the current capital gains tax regime or should they wait? In this article I set out to inv
  • real estate investments : "Downloading Free Tenancy Agreements from Internet Safely by UK Landlords"
    Free tenancy agreement

    Many landlords look to minimise their costs. By a landlord saving on their overheads this will help a landlord to maximise their net revenue. One way that a landlord can potentially save money is by obtaining a free assured shorthold tenancy agreement. Ostensibly there should be no difference for a landlord in securing a free tenancy agreement than one that they have to pay for.
  • real estate investments : int'l rentals- "Harassment by Landlords - Warning for Landlords in the UK"
    Are you a landlord with tenants that are being a complete pain in the bum! Have they stopped paying rent?

    Do they say they will pay up only to give you the landlord the run around? Are they making your pristine residential investment property into a pigsty?! They may well be obnoxious and down right rude into the bargain. In circumstances like this every landlord becomes desperate to get rid off these people and replace them with tenants that deserve your time and attention.
  • real estate investments : investment opportunity - "Landlords Buying New Build Property Investments"
    I would usually tell landlords & especially newbie landlords to avoid the perils of being caught by the allure of off-plan marketers selling sexy new city centre properties.

    However, there are circumstances when new residential properties sometimes represent ideal investments. They have certain obvious advantages to a landlord in that once the ‘snagging’ issues are sorted out a new build property investment should be ready to rent out immediately without any time consuming renovation work or
  • real estate investments : real estate rentals - "Tips for Landlords Letting Student Accomodation"
    Many landlords are first introduced to landlording as students. I remember in the 80’s watching from my bedroom window as the landlord turned up in his Porsche; collected the rent cheques and then went. I thought that’s the life for me!

    Tips for landlords buying and renting to students:
  • real estate rentals - "FAIR WEAR AND TEAR? - UK Landlords"
    Is this my property?
    We’ve all come across it. The tenant moves out and you are confronted with a place that you don’t recognise as yours. The walls are scuffed the appliances are dirty and the laminate floor looks as if the tenants have been having salsa parties every weekend. Your pristine apartment is looking decidedly dishevelled and you get the feeling that this is not right. What can you do about it?
  • real estate rentals - "Terms of a Tenancy Agreement - UK Landlords"
    The terms of the tenancy agreement effectively set out the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and tenant. The Terms are normally contained under a series of headings. Landlords should be clear that the law acts in such a way as to allow the tenant to do what they like with the property. It’s important therefore that if any activity is to be prohibited, that this is written into the tenancy agreement.
  • real estate rentals : "Letting Property to Students - Further tips for Residential Landlords"
    Here are further tips and advice for landlords letting rental property for students. A potentially high maintenance sector of the property rental market can be made easier for landlords by following these helpful tips.
  • real estate scams - "Land Buying Scams - UK Property Investment"
    There is no denying that land like property land has been a fantastic investment over the last 10 years. The simple reason for this is that it is treated as a residual cost by developers when doing their development sums. This means that a developer will work out how much it costs to build a development, together with other associated expenses such as finance and profit. They then calculate the total value of the project.
  • real estate value - "Help for Landlords Seeking Accurate Valuations on their Investment Property"
    How easy is it for a landlord to get an accurate value of an investment property? What do landlords need to do t o find out the real values of their investment property, who should they believe and how should they go about it?

    On the face of it this seems a pretty straight forward question to answer and one in my professional capacity of surveyor I was asked many times.
  • real estate: international investment- "Should Landlords Take a Lover - UK Property Investment Tips"
    What’s this got to do with buy to let?

    My point is that landlords when they are looking at prospective buy-to-let investment should not be looking for a “lover”; they should be looking for a sensible long-term partner in which to invest their time, energy & money in. This view has been bought into sharp focus following the tales in recent months of landlords who have got into trouble by buying sexy ‘luxury apartment’ which they can no longer afford, don’t make as much rent as they imagined a
  • real etate invesment: international-"Buy to Retire Analysis for UK Property Investors and Landlords"
    For many people a property is more than a place to live. It is the start of a whole new lifestyle and better quality of life. What could be better than all of this being financed out of the rent paid by somebody else?

    For most landlords a place to retire to is likely to be located on or near to the coast or in one of the ‘honey pot’ locations: the peaks, the lakes, the Cotswolds, the highlands, the Norfolk Broads.

    I set out to find out how practical it might be for landlords to conside

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