Managing disputes over tenant deposit monies, caught in the middle of an often petty squabble between an unhappy landlord and an equally aggrieved tenant, can be a prolonged administration nightmare, and the length of...
According to new research, carried out by an agent working for Belvoir Manchester, the average tenant spends a total of £577.64 on letting agent fees and the average security deposit is £587.93. It also calculates that...
George Osborne has confirmed in his budget announcement what many landlords feared, namely that the 3% Stamp Duty surcharge on additional properties is to go ahead next month. The chancellor outlined that receipts would go...
RentPro, like many modern office applications, is entirely web-based, requiring no software to be installed on your laptop or mobile device other than a web browser such as Google Chrome or Internet Explorer. Using...
According to the National Landlords Association, the proportion planning to sell before last July’s Budget was 7%, and is now 19%. In every part of Britain, more landlords are planning to dispose of property....
According to the research from comparethemarket, the proportion of buy-to-let mortgage enquiries grew by 4.4% to 18.2% of all mortgage enquiries during 2015, while the proportion of enquiries for first-time buyers dropped by 3.7% annually to...
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has come out strongly against a proposal to make it easier for some local councils to introduce licensing schemes governing the private rented sector. The proposal originated from a...
If you use lettings management software such as RentPro within your rentals business, then have you ever considered providing your landlords with their own user accounts? Before you gasp with horror at providing access to...
A new survey conducted by Shawbrook Bank shows that 56% of property investors (from a sample size of 170) intend to purchase a buy-to-let property within the next 12 months. With impending tax changes,...
A survey by the National Landlords Association (NLA) has revealed that more renters in Wales are satisfied with their landlord than in any other part of the UK. Overall, across the UK, 79% (eight...
