Small-Business-Rate-Relief
Small Business Rate Relief letter and fact sheet
Petition to stop barmy HMO planning law.
Alan Ward of the Residential Landlords Association has set up an on-line petition, calling for the government to scap plans to force landlords to get planning permission before sharing a rented house. Already over 700 signatures. Sign up now and let your contacts know about this important petition. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/noplanningchange/#detail
Proposed planning order could have a devastating effect on the rental market
Buy-to-let landlords would be wise to note that a proposed planning order could have a devastating effect on the rental market, one expert has suggested. Alan Ward, chairman of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA), says if the Planning Use Classes Order takes effect in April, landlords will be required to apply for planning permission if…
Rental yields are currently at their highest level in two years.
Buy-to-let investors may be encouraged by the fact that rental yields are currently at their highest level in two years. Figures from LSL Property Services reveal average annual returns amounted to 10.6 per cent in February, with rent increasing by 3.2 per cent in the last year.
The employment of “good tactics” from lenders has helped to reduce mortgage arrears, one expert has stated.
Paul Holmes, chief executive of Firstrung, says various schemes have been put in place under the advice of the government to give homeowners more leverage when it comes to making their mortgage payments. “As a short term solution, it has been superb if arrears in whatever form have been wiped clean and people have a…