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Belvoir Dunstable Success at Business & Community Awards 2013

Our clients, both Landlords and Tenants, often comment on the difference when they visit and how they feel that they have left with more advice, knowledge and help than they were expecting

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Buy to Let Bubble ?

Secondly you need to find tenants to maintain this yield. To do this you might pay a letting agent to conduct viewings, check references and affordability, draw up contracts, and collect your rent on a monthly basis and deal with all your problems.

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Can tenants continue to afford increasing rents ?

Most landlords have been pretty sensible and are choosing, in the main, to keep any rental increases to a minimum. Over short periods of time, it is better to keep a good tenant than try to increase rents by re-letting the property for more money

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Is Dunstable and the surrounding area suitable for the Buy to Let investor ?

With Major brands with a large presence such as Whitbread, Honeytop, Superdrug and WH Smith, the Guided Busway for commuters and signs of empty premises opening now could be the time to invest for the future.

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Rents and property prices are both rising at eye-watering levels, as the housing market continues to bloom.

Average private-sector rents in the Dunstable and Houghton Regis area currently stand at a healthy £725 per month and it was reported that nationally annual yields for buy-to-let landlords have risen to 7.4%.

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Buy-to-let investors are growing in presence in Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Leighton Buzzard

Average property values in Central Bedfordshire rose 1.2% in the last quarter, while there are poor savings rates on offer at banks, making the returns on buy-to-let appealing.

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To what standard should a Landlord be expected to maintain and present his property ?

All rooms containing an open flue gas heating appliance and all kitchens, bathrooms and toilets should be provided with suitable and sufficient permanent ventilation by means of air brick or equivalent.

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The Incuba Dunstable launch days for the Public and Local Businesses

Belvoir Dunstable will be one of the exhibitors at the launch days of The Incuba which is an exciting new learning and business innovation centre in Dunstable.

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Will the new guided Busway encourage Buy-to-Let landlords..........?

At Belvoir we have seen the level of interest from both Buy-to-Let landlords and tenants increase as the Busway nearer completion. With a predictable journey time between Dunstable and Luton of 15 minutes this appeals to both tenants and workers.

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Should I invest in rental property instead of a pension ?

People need to see property investment as part of their pension plan, going into buy-to-let for short-term gain is not worth it as the cost of buying and selling property is high thanks to stamp duty, estate agents and legal work.

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Victoria Street or Edward Street in Dunstable...Which is the best investment?

The average price for a property on Victoria Street has been £144,147 while on Edward Street it was over 6% more, at £153,200. To better understand the investment opportunities available, we took a look at the rents of the same three year period.

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The £91m Luton-Dunstable Guided Busway is finally open

Buses will travel at speeds of up to 50mph along the 12.4km busway, which is made up for 4,700 concrete beams. Journeys between Dunstable and Luton are expected to take 15 minutes, with buses running every seven minutes at peak times.

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