Landlords have more choice over how to safeguard tenant deposits after changes in the market at the start of April 2013.
Landlord fined for reconnecting faulty boiler
A buy to let landlord was fined £17,000 ignored safety rules and left a family at risk by asking an unregistered fitter to reconnect a dangerous gas supply.
Budget 2013 and buy to let landlords
Buy to let landlords have found little to gain from Chancellor George Osborne’s tax neutral Budget 2013.
Seven tips on spotting a troublesome tenant
Every landlord gets lumbered with a troublesome tenant at some point, but is there a magic formula to cut the risk?
Tracking Down Professional Landlord Mortgages
First-time landlords generally have an easier time raising a mortgage to fund buying non-standard properties rental properties than professional landlords with larger property portfolios.
Raising the cash for development projects
Self-building a development project to rent from scratch is viable investment project for many landlords with plots of land – but how do you raise the cash.
Landlord mortgage fraud jumps 40% in a year
Landlords secretly letting out their former homes without telling their mortgage lender the property is a buy-to-let are fraudsters, alleges a new report.
Tax man is tracking income shifting couples
Married couples who have joint ownership of a buy-to-let property are urged to consider altering the split of rental profits in order to lower their tax bill.
Landlords see buy-to-lets as retirement fund
More landlords see buy-to-let properties as their retirement fund, with most planning to supplement their pensions from property.
Tax man in unfair crackdown on landlords
The tax man is cutting corners in a crackdown on landlords and unfairly pursuing those who have properly declared their tax, claims an accountant.
