Tag: property

  • 5 Buy To Let Mistakes to Avoid

    Treat it right, follow the buy to let rules,  run a conservative strategy and owning a but to let rental property can be a relatively hassle free, low risk and profitable investment. I’ve been a property landlord for about 11 years now so I’d like to think I’m speaking from experience on the subject. As…

  • Buy to Let Investing – The Low Risk Way

    Buy to let investing divides peoples opinions massively here in the UK. Over the last few years disillusionment with the pension system in this country has caused many (including myself) to incorporate buy to let properties into their retirement planning. For many years now rising property prices, low interest rates, tax relief on mortgage interest…

  • London’s Forever Blowing Bubbles

    There’s a lot in the press right now about London’s housing bubble. It’s no secret that property prices in the capital have been rocketing. Most of press stories out there seem to be blaming rich Arabs or Chinese who are allegedly snapping up the whole of West London. If you believe the papers the bubble…

  • The Buy To Let Trap

    My portfolio contains 3 buy to let properties that are rented out. Each property has a mortgage on it which over the years I have paid down to some extent. However I have been facing the time honored buy to let issue: when should I pay down the mortgages on my buy to let properties?…