52% of ARLA Members See Rents Increasing in 2017

52% of ARLA Members See Rents Increasing in 2017

No real surprises from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) in some of the forecasts for 2017 but it is still interesting to read. Of course the headline was predictably negative but the article is not. We decided not to even show you the headline!...
Damaging Your Own Business by Naive Use of Social Media

Damaging Your Own Business by Naive Use of Social Media

Business changes and in the property world we are often effected by governmental changes, new tax rules, lending criteria changes and much more. Naturally articles are then written with striking headlines and of course a good scaremongering overtly negative headline...
Buy to Let Property Demand – Success When Others Fail

Buy to Let Property Demand – Success When Others Fail

The buy to let market is unsurprisingly busy as demand continues to grow. Landlords new and experienced appreciate that there is nowhere else that produces the kind of returns that UK buy to let property do, as long as the properties bought offer discount and are in...
Letting Agent Tenant Fees Ban

Letting Agent Tenant Fees Ban

CHANCELLOR WAS RIGHT TO BAN LETTING AGENCY TENANT FEES AND SHOULD IGNORE THE INDUSTRY CARPING Interesting headline (above) and article (below) from Simon Watkins of This is Money. Whilst I don’t entirely agree with him there is genuine merit in many of his...
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