The title of this blog may have piqued your interest to read further so we feel it only fair to say from the offset that the answer is, we don’t rightly know. However, that is no reason not to read on. We thought that as we enter a new year it would be worth exploring… Read more »
Whether you are a landlord or tenant you may have heard many attention-grabbing headlines in the news recently that tenants can now sue their landlords if their rental property is deemed not to be fit for human habitation. But what does this mean in reality for both landlords and tenants? I thought I’d provide some… Read more »
After nearly two years of debate and consultation – and, no, for once we’re not talking about Brexit – a date has been set for agents and landlords to stop charging fees. The Tenants Fee Bill will come into effect on 1st June 2019. This bill will affect landlords, tenants and agents alike and what… Read more »
Okay, we extended that title for a reason. Firstly, we would like to wish all our readers a very happy 2019, we hope it’s a prosperous one for you and us and we hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too. Now, down to business. We’ve written this blog with all our clients in mind;… Read more »
It always amazes me that just when I think I’ve run out of ideas to write about lettings for the blog (we’ve been going nearly three years now!), something very basic crops ups which really makes me think there is so much we, in the Lettings Industry, assume tenants and landlords already know. Browsing through… Read more »
It might be a little early to be hanging up the Christmas decorations and I really don’t want to sound like Scrooge, however, I am writing this in a very chilly office with the temperature having dipped to a balmy six degrees (feeling like minus one with the wind chill!). And, when the temperature drops… Read more »
Earlier this year I discussed ‘Deposit Free Renting’ (DFR) after the Deposit Protection Scheme (DPS) – lots of acronyms here, hope you are keeping up! – announced that the average deposit for a rental property in 2017 was £967 and tenants were struggling to move from one rental property to another, having to find the… Read more »
Okay, so you’ve been meaning to get around to it for a while now; a few of you have agreed you’re going to get a place together for the next academic year but you’ve were so engrossed with that first term getting to know your new town and Uni and then you needed to find… Read more »
Historically, the summer months (June – September) are when tenants are most likely to move. Some will be moving out of the family home and into their first rental, others might be selling a property and using a rental as a stop-gap. The majority, however, will be moving from one tenanted property to another and… Read more »
With a population of just under 1 million, Birmingham is fast becoming one of the Globe’s leading cities. Recent infrastructure development backed by millions of pounds of investments, Birmingham, located in the West Midlands, is the perfect location for investors looking to benefit from long-term returns and minimal tenant void periods. The investment boom could… Read more »