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The Five ‘Rs’ of Making the Most of Your Property Portfolio

A property portfolio is a great way to generate income and build yourself a tidy retirement nest egg. But there’s more to it than shaking hands with new tenants and waiting for the rent to roll in. You need robust systems and a professional attitude to protect your investment and ensure you don’t wind up out of pocket or on the wrong side of the law. To find out what it takes to manage...

Why Energy Efficiency Could Affect the Price of Your Home

Energy is a hot topic. From price hikes to conserving energy, every day there seems to be a new thing to think about. And now, research has shown that being more energy efficient could even bump up the value of your home. Boiler company BOXT found that increasing the EPC rating of your home to C or above could boost your house price by 23%. So, if you’re thinking about selling your property,...

How to Winter-Proof Your Rental Property 

Here are ten ways to prevent a minor mishap or major disaster at your rental property this winter. For many people, winter really is the most wonderful time of the year, a chance to crunch through frosty fields, make the perfect snow angel or snuggle up by the fire. But from a property perspective, winter can be hazardous, with snow, rain, ice, high winds and low temperatures all posing...

Changing Property Trends: What Buyers Really Want

If you’re looking to market your home, read on to find out what’s hot and what’s not in the property world. Forget trend forecasters and property commentators; if it’s insight into housing trends that you want, turn your attention to estate agents. As agents spend so much time looking around people’s homes, they have their finger on the pulse when it comes to changing property...

A Landlord’s Guide to a Stress-Free Christmas 

For most people, Christmas is a blissful time, a chance to unwind with family and friends and recharge the batteries. But if you’re a landlord, you can’t ever completely relax, can you? There’s always a possibility that something could go awry at your rental property. A pipe could burst, the boiler might pack up, or an uninvited guest (we’re talking about a burglar, not Santa) could pay...

What Are Mortgage Overpayments? Mortgages are dull. Let’s be honest. They’re huge commitments, they’re complicated to arrange and in the current climate, it’s understandable if the thought of a mortgage gets you a bit jittery. Putting rising interest rates to one side (easier said than done) and ignoring the doom and gloom news we’ve been exposed to over the last few months, it’s...

Reasons to be Cheerful about the Property Market in 2023

The newspapers are full of predictions of a national property crash. The broadcast media are pumping out doom, gloom and not much else about the housing market prospects in 2023. And let’s not even get started with the internet ‘experts’ on social media and the local ‘pub professors’ who are forecasting the end of the world (sometimes literally) but with little to no evidence. At...

Mortgage Update: What Homeowners and Buyers Need to Know

Here are five tips to help mortgage hunters find the best deal in the current market. With inflation and interest rates rising and so much uncertainty in the market, choosing the right mortgage deal in the current climate can be daunting. While no one has a crystal ball to predict exactly what will happen over the next 12 months, experience and data show that you should follow these five...

How to Handle Property Chain Uncertainty

The economic events of recent months have prompted plenty of to-ing and fro-ing in the housing market. While some buyers and sellers have paused to consider their situations, others have put their foot on the gas to get deals swiftly across the line. While this flurry of activity may be making headlines in national newspapers, it’s important to remember that property chain uncertainty is nothing...

Three Fears That Haunt Landlords and How to Avoid Them

Being a landlord can sometimes be unpredictable – but the experience is much less scary if you have a good letting agent on your side. Read on to find out why. Late night emergency Picture this: It’s past midnight, a full moon is in the sky, and you’re safe and warm in your bed. Then the phone rings. And your cosy evening turns into a fright night.  It’s your tenant calling. She’s...

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