by guildy | 21 Sep 2018 | Granting a Tenancy, News, Statistics
The easy way to become a successful landlord is to boost the appeal of a buy to let home by giving tenants what they want from a property. The problem is uncovering what they like and dislike about a home. To help, consumer watchdog Which? took the survey results and...
by guildy | 27 Apr 2018 | News, Statistics
Ministers and councils are not doing enough to stamp out rogue landlords who should have their rental homes confiscated, urges a group of influential MPs. They want to see a tougher crack down on criminal landlords who exploit tenants. The cross-party Housing,...
by guildy | 7 Feb 2018 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News, Tax & VAT
The tax man has deputised mortgage brokers to tip them off if they suspect customers are failing report their rental profits. New lending rules demand that mortgage arrangers quiz their buy to let clients about discrepancies between accounts and tax filings – and even...
by guildy | 30 Aug 2017 | News
Landlords and letting agents are often accused of working in an unregulated market – but their critics fail to realise more than 145 property laws tie their businesses in red tape. Add to this special rules for taxing property rental profits and specific industry...
by guildy | 7 Mar 2017 | News
Buy to let has mushroomed from 10% of homes in the 1990’s to grab a 20% share in the latest English Housing Survey from the government’s Office of National Statistics. Essentially, the report reveals the number of buy to let homes has doubled since 2003. The latest...
by guildy | 28 Apr 2016 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News
Buy to let landlord confidence is reeling after a series of tax hikes viewed as attacks on property investors. Research revealed that 59% of landlords believe that scrapping tax relief on finance interest for high earners and a 3% surcharge on stamp duty for second...
by guildy | 6 Jul 2015 | News
Britain’s booming buy to let market could undermine the nation’s financial stability as mortgage interest rates are set to rise, says the Bank of England. In the Bank’s latest financial stability report, worries that easy access to buy to let borrowing has triggered a...
by guildy | 23 Apr 2015 | News
Property Ombudsman Christopher Hamer claims new laws demanding letting agents join a redress scheme to deal with complaints from landlords and tenants does not go far enough in punishing bad practice in the industry. Hamer writes in his report for last year that...
by guildy | 21 Jan 2015 | Guild Services, News
We are working on a brand new website which will bring some extra features to the website. One of those features we have decided we just couldn’t wait and have released today under the current website. Tenant Vetting Service (credit checks) We have introduced a...