Becoming a landlord is not something to be taken lightly. Follow these simple steps religiously to avoid the various potential pitfalls.

The UK proudly boasts of about 1.5 million landlords – but not all of them are...

I miss the good old days of George Osborne as Chancellor, with his hardhat and hi-vis jacket. He must have visited every new home building site in the UK with his trademark attire! For the last few years, the nearest Philip...

It's now been a good 18/24 months since annual rental price inflation in Sidcup peaked at 4.3%. Since then we have seen increasingly more humble rent increases. In fact, in certain parts of the Sidcup rental market over the...

Sidcup homeowners will be among those affected by the latest rise in the Bank of England interest rates. The first increase in 10 years; they have just been raised from 0.25 percent to 0.5 per cent. This uplift comes as...

The goal of every Landlord is for them to have a paying tenant occupying their property. Some properties only take a little time while others could take a longer period, and most of the time, this is not because there are no...

As the winter months draw in and the temperature starts to drop, keeping one's home warm is vital. Yet, with the price of gas and electricity rising quicker than a Saturn V rocket and gas, oil and electricity taking on average...

In the credit crunch of 2008/9 the rate of home moving plunged to its lowest level ever. In 2009 the rate at which a typical house would change hands slumped to only once every 31 years. The biggest reason being that confidence...

As I mentioned in a previous article, the average house price in Sidcup is 11.12 times the average annual Sidcup salary. This is higher than the last peak of 2008, when the ratio was 7.58. A number of City commentators...

Buying a house can get a bit complicated when searching for a place to raise a family.

An unmarried person may decide to go for a smaller apartment or consider one in a less desirable location. Raising children in such an...

I recently read a report by the Yorkshire Building Society that 54% of the country has seen wages (salaries) rise faster than property prices in the last 10 years. The report said that in the Midlands and North, salaries had...