by peter littlewood | Oct 16, 2023 | Leasehold
The Upper Tribunal considered whether the cost of a waking watch should be payable by leaseholders, where they were incurred as a result of the landlord’s failure to carry out necessary fire risk assessments. (Radcliffe Investment Properties Ltd v Meeson [2023]...
by peter littlewood | Oct 16, 2023 | News
UK landlords are facing mortgage costs rising quicker than rent increases in the past year – but they aren’t passing all the rise on to tenants, a new study reveals. Octane Capital has compared how rents have increased over the past year versus the average cost of buy...
by peter littlewood | Oct 16, 2023 | Mortgages, Tax & Other Financial
Landlords are paying an extra £5.5bn a year to their banks following a surge in mortgage rates, data shows. Buy-to-let investors are now collectively paying £15bn a year in mortgage interest, a 58pc jump since November 2021 when the Bank of England began raising...
by peter littlewood | Oct 16, 2023 | Tax & Other Financial
Hundreds of thousands of struggling households in Great Britain risk missing out on government help to pay their energy bills this winter if they fail to make an application for financial support that opens on Monday, according to fuel poverty activists. About 800,000...
by peter littlewood | Oct 16, 2023 | Commercial, Tax & Other Financial
Specialist lender Shawbrook are reporting that landlords frustrated by poor returns and high taxes in the buy to let arena are looking for ways to diversify investment with commercial property. Its recent research revealed that around 19 per cent of landlords are...
