What Does The Interest Rate Rise Mean For Your Mortgage?
Most people’s mortgage deals are either fixed-rate or variable. A fixed rate deal is for a set period, whereas with a variable rate deal, the interest rate can move at…
What Will Happen To Buy To Let When Interest Rates Rise?
Property investors and buy to let landlords have been benefiting from a low interest rate regime for several years now. However, with the latest indication from the Bank of England…
Getting The Rent Right: How To Set Your Rents
One of the most important aspects of buy to let is deciding what the correct rent level for your buy to let property is. You need to know the correct…
Could Facebook Be Entering The Housing Market?
The property market is getting some new players. Not only have there been recent talks about Amazon joining the market, there are now also talks of social media platforms swooping…
New Buy To Let Lending Rules Hitting Landlords This Month
The Prudential Regulation Authority, part of the Bank of England, will start to enforce tougher standards for landlords with four or more mortgaged properties from 30 September 2017, with some…
Savvier Strategies For Building A Property Portfolio
Despite changes to legislation and regulations bought in to make it harder for people to purchase a buy-to-let (BTL) property, there are still ways to do it and grow a…
Signs of Stabilisation in the London Housing Market?
London’s housing market has had a rough ride for the past two years or so. Brexit was a big blow, that only added to concerns that values were too high…
When Will Interest Rates Rise?
The bank rate was cut last August to 0.25%, down from its already record low level of 0.5%, where it had remained for more than seven years. Will 2017 be…
Reasons why you SHOULDN’T get involved in the shared housing market
There are lots of good reasons why property investors should consider getting involved in the shared housing market. This article looks at some of them. But, for balance, let’s take…