Articles & Property News in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

Book Valuation

Recent Posts

post-image

Dunstable Landlords should use energy saving improvements to make money in the future

Making your property more energy efficient is a way to cut costs. The landlord will ultimately gain from any financial uplift that improvements bring to the property.

Read More
post-image

Rental Property Presentation: Aim to Please

Dressing your rental properties won't just achieve the best rent; it will see the properties let out more quickly, too. Developers know how to sell a lifestyle by dressing a property. Private landlords also need to learn a few tricks.

Read More
post-image

New rules on Letting Agents don't go far enough warns Dunstable Letting Agent

Research has shown that tenants and landlords who have fallen foul of rogue operators have mainly been left out of pocket by agents not passing on rent, unfairly handling deposits or failing to protect deposits.

Read More
post-image

Smaller properties produce the best yields for buy-to-let investors with low budgets

On average, one and two-bedroom properties have yields of 6.68 per cent and 5.51 per cent, respectively. This compared to average yields of 4.56 per cent and 4.37 per cent for three and four-bedroom yields as the following figures show:

Read More
post-image

Dunstable Landlords and tenants a step closer to securing protection from rogue letting agents

Dunstable Landlords and tenants are a step closer to securing protection from rogue letting agents

Read More
post-image

More landlords in Dunstable and Houghton Regis looking to invest in buy to let

In recent years with reduced lending, the need for high deposits and a general shift in the attit...

Read More
post-image

Profits achievable in Buy-to-let - Fact or Fiction ?

Rising rents and lower capital values are giving a much better return on cash than the banks. So in real terms, can a buy-to-let investment give you a tidy profit if you buy now?

Read More
post-image

Make Buy-to-Let less taxing starting this new tax year.

Utility bills, buildings and contents insurance and council tax can all be taken into account as well as letting agency, management and accountancy fees.

Read More
post-image

Changes to Council Tax for Landlords on empty properties from 1st April

As from 1st April Central Bedfordshire Council Tax Empty Property discounts have changed and Land...

Read More
post-image

The importance of inventories and deposits when letting your property

Cleaning is by far the biggest reason for tenancy deposit disputes, occurring in over 50% of case...

Read More
post-image

Renting your property to responsible tenants with pets - An update

As an update to our earlier article about Belvoir Dunstable joining the Lets with Pets scheme we ...

Read More
post-image

Benefits of our Fully Managed Service for Landlords in Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Leighton Buzzard

Benefits of a fully managed service Over the past five months we have seen more and more landlor...

Read More