The Benefits of HMO to you and them. Many people think House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) property investing has lots of downfalls and can take too much time and that they are not sure it is worth the effort. Not sure it’s not worth the effort? But the many benefits of HMO property investing outweigh the…
Britain’s Housing Mess On one hand the country is facing a weakening population ageing year by year, on the other hand a health service that is not getting any better and to add the fiasco in leaving the European Union is the salt and pepper of it all. Politicians are just not brave to act…
How Much is My House Worth? You maybe thinking ‘how much is my house worth?’ and don’t want resort to agent valuations and be under their radar. This blog with help you identify factors and features to help you make your own property valuation. First of all, the first few questions that need simple…
What is EPC and how much does it cost? Ever thought about buying a property and not taking the utility bill serious enough to understand that over a 5 year period you could have actually saved enough for a Caribbean cruise, I mean we’re talking about £700 a year in savings. With new regulations…
Why landlords should hire property management companies One of the biggest decisions a landlord would need to make is whether or not a hiring property management companies is the best way forward for the portfolio. In most cases many landlords manage properties on their own they may use someone as an employee, which would be…
What is Rent to Rent and how does it work? Without confusing Guaranteed Rent where the whole property is paid for by a qualified estate agent for a fixed period, covering all voids, repairs, maintenance and legal cases. Rent to Rent (as seen on) is where an individual or a company rents a particular property from…
With rents in the capital continuing to boom, we’ve taken a look into the best areas to buy-to-let in London. When we’re talking about buy-to-let hotspots, London cannot be ignored with impressive capital gains and unparalleled return on investment opportunities. London which has never been in the Postcodes of Highest rental yields is still arguably…
Why do landlords prefer not to let their property to housing benefit and DSS tenants? Every person deserves an affordable, safe and secure place to live, but why should a landlord who worked very hard for their investment have to lose out? DSS tenants generally have financial difficulties and for the majority of landlords, being…
Guaranteed rent vs rent insurance policy So a Guaranteed Rent Scheme should not be confused with a Guaranteed Rent Insurance. You don’t have to declare your property vacant to the insurance company and have to wait to get your money back to cover the missing rented months. AMS Housing Group’s Guaranteed Rental Scheme gives landlords security…
Evicting Bad Tenants (Section 21) – This is the hard realty of the letting markets, the gruesome and sad position none of us would wish on others, but unfortunately, evicting tenants is a necessary but sometimes complicated process. There’s a wide range of reasons why you might want to evict a tenant, some of which…
Things can go wrong in guaranteed rent schemes if the middleman doesn’t have the financial resources, or inclination, to back up the guarantee Very much true, not everyone fully understands a service that protects the interests of their landlord clients. It’s all easy professing your sincerity with eye catching adverts touting for clients with promises…
Property Sales in London have recently given us a more clear indication of how the post-Brexit vote and weaker pound will affect the market with either strong or just reassuringly stable demand in 2017. Many estate agents agree that there is uncertainty after Brexit vote with stamp duty changes leading to fewer sales, particularly in…
Houses to rent should be guaranteed income for many landlords but even this approach is still overlooked by a significant amount of investors and by signing up to our Guaranteed Rent scheme means important advantages to our clients, the advantage of receiving monthly payments for up to 5 years, even if the property is empty…
The tenancy deposit scheme is a mandatory requirement put in place by the UK government known as tenancy deposit protection (TDP), all landlords must comply by submitting tenants deposits to a government backed tenancy depository, this remains within the scheme until the end of tenancy agreement… providing no damages has been made to the property,…
Days of lower returns is what the property market should embrace itself to, due to the post Brexit slump. A recent Pricewaterhouse Coopers report puts London’s real estate prospects as the least attractive of all major European cities only just ahead of the bottom three of Istanbul, Athens and Moscow. The sentiment lies within 90% of investors believing UK…
If you are an estate agency and have empty properties, then AMS Housing Group can offer you the rental stability for your business with an Estate Agency Guaranteed Rent Scheme for short and long term lets. Our scheme will take out the financial stress of leaving your property empty and allow you to focus more…
After the Brexit results, surveyors suggest that the property market has stabilised and prices are expected to go on the rise within the forth coming months. RICS say a shortage of available property play a big part of this outcome. Landlords that ignored the referendum results We noticed that most of our landlords seeking property…
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