It is cheaper to buy a property as opposed to renting one in 74% of the country, according to Zoopla.co.uk.
Research by Zoopla.co.uk looked at 50 locations throughout Britain and found that average monthly mortgage repayments we on average 8% lower than rental payments on a comparable property in three-quarters of the locations. Read more…
Home swap has become a very popular idea among Britons. Indeed, especially for people living near major sport events, festivals or popular areas.
“During the two weeks of Wimbledon, for example, lots of homeowners who live nearby will have planned their summer holidays in order to vacate their homes and rent them out to avid tennis fans,” says Karl LeBrasse from Badger Holdings, parent company to Townends and Regents Estate Agents. Read more…
Britons could save money by looking around for cover when their home insurance policy come to an end, according to moneysupermarket.com insurance.
Computer is the best tool in order to help you making the best choice for your home insurance. Indeed, insurance quotes comparison websites are very easy to use and can get you the best deal. They provide quotes from different insurance companies within minutes. Simply fill out a form available on the website, which asks basic information on your home, submit and you get the quotes in minutes. Read more…
According to Post Office home insurance: “UK homeowners spend more on home and garden items as summer approaches”. Read more…
Private landlords are facing to slash rents if they want to keep their current tenants because of large cutback on housing benefit by the Chancellor.
More than one million families who receive housing benefit will have to find extra money in order to pay their rent to private landlords from next year. Read more…
The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) and the National Union of Students (NUS) have produced a tenants’ guide containing recommendation for students moving into their first rental property.
As the end of the academy year approaches, plenty of students are getting ready to go to university for the first time or are looking to replace their accommodation before the new university year starts in september.To go along with this, the DPS has produced a new tenant’s guide to help students about moving into their first rental property. Read more…
The recently launched Dogs Trust Lets with Pets campaign, intended to support agents and landlords to welcome tenants with pets, has confirmed a huge success with the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) licensed firms embracing the initiative.
In their campaign, the Dog Trusts Lets with Pets Campaign is inviting landlords to consider letting their property to tenants who own pets; therefore they will have to pay a little extra rent and arrange for the property to be cleaned at the end of the tenancy. According to pfma.org.uk “In the UK, almost 1 in 2 households own a pet (47% = 13M), with around a total of 24 million pets owned (excluding fish). Read more…
