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Derby landlords are becoming progressively more self-assured about expanding their rental portfolios; as Derby rents rise, mortgage interest rates fall and demand for decent Derby rental properties outstrips supply. A number of reports nationally would suggest around a third of UK ‘portfolio’ landlords – landlords with more than one rental property – are actively looking […]
I know many Derby buy-to-let landlords who fell into property investing by accident. Many didn’t want to sell their family home when the Derby housing market crashed in the Credit Crunch of 2009/10, yet still needed to move; often for work. They thought they would keep their Derby family home in case they ever moved […]
Burton on Trent Homeowners have profited by £35,460 in Last 5 Years… yet Bitcoin investors would have made £9,962,940! Is investing in ‘Bricks & Mortar’ dead? Investing in property has historically been a sound investment, yet alternative investments, like Cryptocurrency, have been gaining traction over the last five years. So, should we all ditch […]
Landlords’ purse strings have been squeezed by tax and regulatory changes over the last few years and it seems that more and more buy-to-let investors are opting to go it alone and manage the letting and management of their property themselves. The recent last 15 months of lockdown, furlough and restrictions has also contributed to […]
By Daren Cope We all know that, at some point, the £394bn that the Government has borrowed so far this financial year (April ‘20 to April ‘21) has to be repaid. This figure does not include the cost of November lockdowns and support measures, which means the final bill will probably be over half a trillion […]