Renting to students can be a lucrative business. Many private landlords specialise in letting this type of accommodation. But if you are getting ready to welcome your first student tenants or are still thinking about taking the plunge here are our tips on preparing your property.
The UK is full of pet lovers with over 50 million of us owning a furry friend. The most popular pet is in the UK, unsurprisingly, is a dog - 26% of the whole population own one! In total, 45 percent of the UK population own a pet.
Increasing rent on a property can cause quite a fuss for tenants and if there’s any way that a landlord can earn more money without making the occupants angry, you’d probably take it.
Private landlords are under no legal obligation to provide a washing machine in their rental property. But there can't be many who don't. What washing machine should you buy?
We welcome the decision by the Bank of England to keep the base rate lower for now, as it’s clear that for a large number of British landlords, an early increase in mortgage repayments could have been the final straw, leading them to increase rents or even sell their property.
MakeUrMove supplies software to landlords. As such we’re a PropTech operating as an online letting agent. MakeUrMove was the first national online letting agency to be launched in January 2008 and over the past decade, we’ve helped to establish and develop part of the lettings industry, seeing a number of comparable online letting agents enter the market.
Private landlords are enjoying a boom with more people looking to rent. The private sector is definitely on the up. This is great news for landlords up and down the country. But why's it happening?
One of the biggest challenges for many private landlords is to ensure they choose the right tenant to rent their property. Their chief concern is whether the tenant is able to afford the rent. And understandably some landlords can become a little nervous when they discover a prospective tenant is self-employed.
Almost all prospective tenants use property portals to find their next rental property. As the leading property portal, a Rightmove listing has become a necessity for all landlords hoping to get their property seen by as many eyes as possible.
The Government has introduced the Tenants Fees Bill in England, issuing their official response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee report.
Let's answer the question straight away. No, there is no legal obligation (at the moment) for private landlords to carry out PAT testing on electrical appliances in their properties. However, like many things what is compulsory and what is best practice is a little different.
Tenants throughout the country are thinking about taking time off during the summer months and this is something you as a landlord need to be aware of.
