Imagine going to an open house, being offered an unlimited travel pass for the next 12 months. £5,000 in John Lewis Vouchers for that 14” mattress with shaggy scatter cushions and £7,000 towards the installation of a cinema screen and surround sound, so that you can watch Stardust on repeat from the comfort of your […]
This week I discuss whether Landlords can actually help the #housingcrisis after being asked repeatedly about offering ‘Below Market Rent’. I give some solutions and take an example from America of what they are doing to help first time buyers. I also discuss some of the huge problems that also affect being able to buy […]
On this week’s podcast I have an amazing chat with Alan Milstein of Sky Line surveyors about new legislation changes that are about to drop for landlords and a solution on how you can make sure you are compliant in wake of the change. Here’s the show notes from Alan: The Residential Property Surveyors Association […]
First Time Buyers this is for you! This week I’m joined by my sister Amy to discuss how she brought her first property at 22, the sacrifices she made to save her initial deposit and how within 4 years she then upsized to create her ideal family home. This one is not to be missed […]
This morning Estate Agent Today broke the newsthat one of the big announcements at this week’s Conservative Party Conference is the proposed introduction of higher stamp duty of 1-3% for overseas buyers. Whilst for many UK want to be homeowners this comes as a massive break for them. Adding this surcharge will take certain overseas […]
Property is among the best investment vehicles there are, and if done right, it can become a very rewarding profession. With the right information, guidance and motivation, there are many ways in which you could earn handsome dividends from property. Today, I’ll be discussing one such way- Peer-to-Peer lending. P2P lending platforms have been around […]
This week I worked with The Sun on their article House About That The areas of Britain with the most newly-build homes since 2010revealed. It’s a celebration of the fact that some areas of the country are building A LOT of properties and how a £72 billion construction boom has happened in the last twenty […]
On the 1stOctober 2018 mandatory HMO licensing comes into force in England for every HMO. This requires Landlords to apply to their local authority for a license which could cost between £500 to over £1,000 per property. As well as adhere to minimum room sizes of 6.51sq m for an adult’s room and 4.64sq m […]
The Guardian have just published an article Leasehold law proposals condemned as ‘window dressing’in response to the Law Commissions proposals to change leasehold enfranchisement (the process of extending leases on leasehold property). Leasehold reform is complicated You should ALWAYS read the lease before buying a property The Law Commission have proposed that the cost of […]
Mark Carney has recently announced that he believes that the UK property market would crash by 35% in the event of a No Deal on BREXIT. Whilst this is a wild figure, I don’t think that he is wrong with a market recalibration… well at least in London. There are so many things going on […]
The Guardians article Flatshare Bias: room-seekers with Muslim name get fewer replies is eye opening… but, dare I say it, completely unsurprising. The Guardian sent an expression of interest in a room to 1,000 online adverts in the UK, first pretending to be a ‘David’ and then pretending to be a Muhammad. The Guardian comments that […]
