Everyone should be doing their bit to help reduce the UK’s carbon footprint on the globe – yet the question is, is that burden being put too much on the shoulders of Rotherham landlords with potential bills of £7,600+ in the next four years? The background – the UK has obligated itself to a legally […]

The Government’s scheduled publication of their White Paper for the Renter’s Reform Bill, which incorporates proposals to forbid Section 21 evictions and introduce ‘Lifetime Deposits’, has been suspended until 2022. The additional time is required to give a chance to create a level playing field to reforms for both landlords and tenants in the private […]

With Rotherham Tenants Deposits Totalling £3,750,580, How Will ‘Lifetime Deposits’ Change the Rotherham Rental Market? The Government’s scheduled publication of their White Paper for the Renter’s Reform Bill, which incorporates proposals to forbid Section 21 evictions and introduce ‘Lifetime Deposits’, has been suspended until 2022. The additional time is required to give a chance to […]

With Rightmove announcing a national drop of 0.3% in average asking prices in August, some are asking if the steam has been let out of the property market. Yet with the gains we have seen in the last 12 months, is this just a minor bump in the road? Alarm bells normally ring when new […]

Rotherham landlords are becoming progressively more self-assured about expanding their rental portfolios; as Rotherham rents rise, mortgage interest rates fall and demand for decent Rotherham rental properties outstrips supply.   A number of reports nationally would suggest around a third of UK ‘portfolio’ landlords (i.e. landlords with more than one rental property) are actively looking […]

Would it surprise you even more when I said the ratio of house prices to wages are still lower today when compared to 1871?  Yes, you read that correctly, as a proportion of average wages British house prices are 17.6% proportionally cheaper today than they were in 1871.   I wish to talk about the […]

All the signs are that the Rotherham housing market is sat on good foundations, yet one key hazard could still scupper the market. ‘UK Property Prices Rising at Record Levels’ is the headline of many newspapers. In the last few weeks, the Halifax reported they had grown by 6.5% in the last 12 months, whilst […]

Moving home is said to be the third most stressful thing you can do, so if you can do anything to reduce that stress, so much the better? When buying your next Rotherham home, being chain-free can certainly reduce your stress and offers many advantages over other buyers (and some disadvantages).   So, what is […]

…and new 5% deposit mortgages for Rotherham first-time buyers The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced two initiatives to keep the Rotherham property market firing on all cylinders into 2021. Firstly, the £500,000 zero-rate Stamp Duty band has been extended to the 30th June 2021. After then it will phase down to £250,000 for an additional three […]

We take great pride in the way we treat both landlords and tenants. We feel our approach to both parties help us maintain a very low number of issues related to deposits when a tenancy ends. Here are seven steps we’d recommend that will go a long way to ensuring neither party will be feeling […]