Lettings Outlook 2024: What Can Landlords Expect From the Rental Market this Year?
By Phillippa Baillie-WhiteThere's no denying that landlords faced a pretty challenging 2023. In particular, many of those who were highly leveraged decided to simply sell up, but did they act too soon? Their departure has left a large hole of opportunity...
Buy-to-let or pensions: which has the profit, freedom, and security that’s right for you?
By Phillippa Baillie-White“Being a landlord might still pay better than a pension” - that was the arresting headline in The Telegraph that caught our attention recently. Pensions have certainly been squeezed, with workplace pension pots shrinking and...
Electrical Safety Inspections: Everything Landlords Need to Know
When you are a landlord, you should remember that people actually live in your property! It’s more than just bricks and mortar and an investment. It’s ultimately someone’s home. There lies within property ownership a...
Pet Bans in Rented Property: Romford MP's Bill to ban pet 'discrimination'
David Amess, MP for Southend West, has tweeted his support for a Bill which aims to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private rental sector. Romford MP Andrew Rosindell has introduced the Dogs and...
The end of the Furlough Scheme: What next for Essex renters and landlords?
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to help employers deal with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Official estimates suggest...
Right to Rent checks: finally moving to online platform
The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier to check that prospective tenants fulfil the much maligned 'Right To Rent' requirements. Right To Rent was introduced in 2015 after a six month trial in the...