Are landlords really vultures?
You don’t seem to be able to go for more than week without there being some type of negative headlines about the cost of housing in the UK and it is often Landlords who bear the brunt of these. Landlords are often portrayed as uncaring…
Is Rent to Rent a Good Idea for Landlords
This month I would like to examine a business model that has appeared in the residential property market over the last few years with various property ‘Gurus’ offering books, seminars and courses boasting how anyone can turbo charge their…
Regional Cities Offer Investment Opportunity
There are so many differing factors affecting UK property that it is sometimes difficult to keep track. However, there is now an increasing consensus across market commentators that some of these will put the brakes on house price growth…
The Residential Property Investment Market in Scotland – what’s in store for 2018?
During 2017 we saw a number of significant changes that impacted on the residential investment market in Scotland from changes to mortgage tax relief to the end of the Short Assured Tenancy as the new Private Residential Tenancy was…
Opinion: The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016
There has been a lot of negativity in the press about the new Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, primarily focused on the removal of the “no fault ground” and the end of the fixed term. Our feeling is that the new PRT isn’t…