Getting Started With Buy To Let
June 10, 2015
I’m always keen to encourage people to research their own buy to let mortgages, but there’s no doubt it can be very daunting. There are a few key concepts you need to understand and I’m going to outline them here for you. First let’s take a quick look at the history of the buy to let mortgage and how it came about.
The recent EU Mortgage Credit Directive nearly outlawed Buy To Let mortgages. The UK and Denmark are the only member states that allow this […]
I was in New York for the general election and had the luxury of watching the results at the leisurely time of 5pm onwards. I was as shocked as everybody else when I heard the broadcasters’ exit poll and watched in amazement as the results unfolded. I suspected that we might find ourselves in a 1992 scenario where Labour support had been overestimated and so I wasn’t totally surprised that the Conservatives were the largest party, though I didn’t expect them to get a small […]
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Some good news at last from the government as they announce that local authority powers to introduce selective licensing schemes will be severely curtailed. The purpose of selective licensing was to deal with anti social behaviour or low housing demand as a last resort in targeted areas. But following Newham’s lead, a number have decided to introduce borough wide schemes requiring all privately rented properties to be licensed. What exactly are the changes that are being proposed?