With the recent announcement of the Capital Gains Tax rise, we caught up with Andy Young, Chief Executive Officer at Landlord Centre to get his opinion on how this might effect the buy-to-let market. ‘There has been speculation about the how the rise in Capital Gains Tax (CGT), announced in the coalition government’s emergency budget [...]
Archive | June, 2010
Capital Gains Tax rise, will it affect the buy-to-let market?
LHA Tenants should be given the choice to pay the landlord direct
Tenants should be given the option to make Local Housing Allowance (LHA) payments directly to their landlord. According to the National Landlords Association (NLA), the government has already promised to tackle this problem, with rent arrears waste totalling millions of pounds. Public affairs officer at the NLA Vincenzo Rampulla stated that it would be an [...]
Google Street View is now live on lettingaproperty.com
We are forever seeking to improve our services to letting agents, landlords and tenants and we are excited to announce the launch of Google Street View on lettingaproperty.com! Traditionally, tenants have been able to view photos of a property and locate it on a 2D map: Now, with the help of Google Street View, tenants [...]
“No more red tape” for Letting Agents or Landlords says Shapps
Housing minister Grant Shapps will not license either letting agents or private landlords, promising them ‘no more red tape’. Speaking in Parliament, Shapps said the private rented sector was already governed by a well-established legal framework and that the Government has no plans to introduce any further regulations. The announcement delighted landlord organisations, but both [...]
The most popular buy-to-let mortgage rates
Looking for a buy-to-let mortgage? Visit www.lettingamortgage.com and save time and money! Our free online buy-to-let mortgage service aims to provide you with the most competitive buy-to-let mortgages in the market, whilst helping you choose a product to suit your individual requirements. You can use the free online buy-to-let mortgage finder to get an instant [...]
Is your website helping you to win new business?
From the creators of the UK’s leading lettings portal a new professional web design and hosting solution for estate and letting agents has now been launched. Whether you are looking to revamp your existing website, create a bespoke site or improve your own search engine rankings – we can help! With portal costs sky-rocketing, we [...]
Helping you to navigate the buy-to-let mortgage market
Lettingaproperty.com is launching an exciting new service called Lettingamortgage.com, enabling you to search for your next buy-to-let mortgage online and helping you to find a mortgage to suit your individual requirements. This new service can be found at www.lettingamortgage.com.
Highest recorded rent arrears since 2006
A quarterly survey of 500 private landlords has shown that rental arrears have reached their highest level since the research began in 2006. The survey, by market research agency BDRC Continental, found that in the last 12 months, 34% of landlords have had tenants who fell into rental arrears. The amount of tenant debt could [...]
£2.2million interest free loans go to private landlords
The grass may well be greener in the famous “Garden of England” – particularly if you are a landlord. No Use Empty, the initiative which is helping to bring empty properties in Kent back into use, has approved a further £2.2 million interest free loans in the last year to home owners across the County. [...]
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