National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team launch new leasehold guidance
Today the National Trading Standards Estate Agency (NTSEAT) team has released a guide for consumers seeking redress for leasehold matters. This is the latest step taken by NTSEAT to help protect home buyers from confusing and complicated leasehold charges. 1.4 million houses are owned in England through a leasehold, including thousands of new builds, yet […]
13 landlord tax tips for your 2017-18 tax return
The taxes landlords pay have undergone a raft of changes over the past two years, meaning that working out how much you owe can be the most complicated part of letting out property. Your tax return for 2017-18 is due on 31 January 2019, so it’s important to get your head around the changes now, […]
Vast majority of landlords make a profit despite tax and regulatory challenges
More than half of landlords in the private rented sector, some 55%, believe that their profitability has been affected by regulatory change, but most still make a profit, new research shows. The latest quarterly landlords panel report from mortgage firm BM Solutions, also found that 31% of landlords surveyed make a full time living from […]
Landlords will be legally required to join a redress scheme, or face £5,000 fine
For the first time ever, buy-to-let landlords will be legally required to become members of a redress scheme, as part of measures for a new Housing Complaints Resolution Service for the entire residential property market, it was announced yesterday. Landlords that fail to become members of a redress scheme will face a fine of up […]
My data was leaked in Collection #1. What should I do?
Privacy and security expert Troy Hunt published a blogpost regarding the so called Collection #1 — a large database containing more than 700 million unique e-mail addresses and more than 1,1 billion unique login-password pairs that surfaced on the Internet recently. Here we explain how to check if that affects you, and what can you […]
How Britain’s £239bn buy-to-let bubble burst
During the Noughties, landlords ploughed into property in the hope they could sit back, collect rent and watch house prices soar. But today, a deluge of taxes and an uncertain market has seen tens of thousands abandon the buy-to-let industry. The number of new landlords getting mortgages has plummeted by 60 per cent in the […]
What buy-to-let landlords can expect in 2019
As 2019 gets underway, and economic conditions continue to be uncertain, it is important for buy-to-let investors to be on top of the market and its changes. The past three years have seen the market face a host of new regulations and tax changes, and this year is set to be no different as buy-to-let […]
What would a no-deal Brexit mean for the UK’s landlords?
Life just doesn’t get any easier for Theresa May. No sooner had her Brexit withdrawal plan been rejected by a record-breaking margin than her government faced a no-confidence vote. The PM survived – albeit by a slim majority. The one thing almost everyone can agree is that the on-going uncertainty surrounding the UK’s departure from […]
Free Insurance Website for Agents
NetRent and our business partners PIB Insurance Brokers are delighted to be able to offer Estate and Letting agents a bespoke Insurance Website at no cost. This website will be branded with your own logo and colours and will enable you to offer a complete range of insurance products to your customers. You will not […]
Where Britain’s nosiest neighbours live and where people are most self-obsessed
Middlesbrough, Rotherham and Dundee residents are least likely to peek through the browser window to check out their neighbours’ homes – but things are far worse elsewhere. People in Reading are the most likely to check how much their neighbours’ homes are worth – while those in Milton Keynes are the most inclined to check […]