Blog: Property-market

Strict new financial sanctions rules affecting many landlords and tenants apply as of May 2025. Here’s a quick heads-up on the changes.

What are the new financial sanctions rules?

Financial sanctions rules...

New Home Office figures show there were 5,000 reported cases of rental fraud last year, alongside losses of £9 million. Here’s how tenants and landlords can protect themselves.

With new figures revealing the scale...

Buy-to-let investors can tighten their belts and improve their bottom line in many ways.

Landlords searching for inspiration need look no further than Apple founder Steve Jobs, who famously said, “Details...

A rise in the number of landlords taking out buy-to-let mortgages shows that the market fundamentals in the lettings sector remain strong.

As Chief Commercial Officer of buy-to-let lender Fleet Mortgages, Steve Cox is...

Letting yields are the lifeblood of successful property investing. Here we’ll look at why it’s so important to understand yields.

What is meant by letting yield?

Yield is a simple way of calculating...

The last few years have been challenging for some landlords. But don’t rush into a decision about the future of your buy-to-let until you’ve read this.

It’s fair to say that developments in recent years have...

Now the dust has settled on the Budget, let’s look at what it might mean for landlords and buy-to-let investors.

The overall themes behind the Budget, according to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, were economic stability...

Have you ever wondered how some landlords seem to run successful portfolios and others don’t seem to crack the rental property puzzle?

In our experience, we’ve seen what the best do that the rest don’t.

The Renters’ Rights Bill is a big news story in the property rental world right now.

And there are lots of myths and inaccurate information being punted around.

In this article, we’ll give you...

Cuckooing is a heartless crime that puts your tenant’s wellbeing at risk and leaves you, as the landlord, facing an array of legal issues.

So, if you own a rental property, here’s what you need to know.