Mortgages should be assessed based on the rental payments made e.g in the past 12 months of £1200
This indicates that the person is reliable and can afford the payments
Although we have seen banks like Skipton introduce this mortgage product in 2023
For the social housing crisis to be solved and to allow people to buy their first time homes the mortgage systems needs to be changed
Mortgages needs to be assessed based on the rental income not on the salary as house prices are out of proportion for average people to afford
The difficulty in finding homes to rent is increasing with the rent increased 6% since April which is worth about £50
There are 15 people chasing every rental property on the market
The demand is huge and not enough supply which will always keep driving prices up
I see that people are renting out their properties to the NHS, I’m looking more into it.
Renting out your property as a care house is much more profitable than the renting it out to normal tenants
This is one of many strategies to maximise rental income from properties
As a property investor, finding the deal with a good profit margin is the most challenging part of the whole process
Today when a property is listed online, you instantly get into a bidding war which in order to win you have to overbid which takes away all of your profit
There are multiple ways you could increase the value of your property in order to refinance it to allow you to recycle and repeat
- Adding an extra room
- Loft conversion
- Side / rear extension
- Creating a driveway
- Redecorating
It seems like the most successful people who have build massive property portfolios didn’t not grow using their own money
The used other peoples money
They were the sweat equity
They found the deal
Managed the deal
And handed out monthly cash flows to the investors
We’re getting on with our plan to improve local transport across the Midlands, so I joined @andy4wm to kick start work on the new £1.75bn Midlands Rail Hub.
This is part of our plan to invest in transport projects with reallocated HS2 funding and help grow the economy.
Don’t just go to 1 mortgage broker
Go to 5 or even 10
Until you find the one that is for you
Don’t pick the cheapest
Pick the one that’s competitive
Once you find the right broker
Stick with them
You can now change a shop or a commercial property anything that is Class E to Class C3 ( residential / blocks of flats ) without the need to get planning permission
This is great news welcoming & simplifying the transition from commercial properties to residential
Airbnb bans surveillance cameras inside properties
Going forward starting from the end of April, Airbnb announced a worldwide ban on the use of security camera inside properties
However, you can still have surveillance cameras outside of your property