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Landlords Insurance – A waste of money?

30th September 2020

There are plenty of things in life which turn out to be a waste of money. Such as buying shares in the social networking site Friends Reunited just before Facebook rose to absolute dominance. Or the scores of unknown footballers around the World brought for millions by English clubs and who never even graced our […]

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Landlords and the Law

16th September 2020

Being a landlord is a responsible role and carries certain legal obligations. Below is a very brief summary of just some on the areas covered by laws and regulations. Consents to Let Do you have permission from your mortgage lender to let the property? Tenancy Agreement This is a very important document in the lettings […]

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What’s Next for the Rotherham Property Market?

12th August 2020

There is no doubt that Coronavirus will affect the Rotherham property market, but just how? The ensuing economic challenges are going to impact the Rotherham (and UK) property market, yet no one knows the real answer. The newspapers eulogise different opinions, but that’s all they are – opinions and everybody’s got a different opinion. The […]

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12 Things Every Landlord Must Know

29th July 2020

We serve landlords and tenants across Rotherham and take enormous pride in our reputation for looking after our clients. During the years running a lettings and property management agency there’s not much we haven’t experienced. This guide shares the top twelve things that every landlord, regardless of the size of their portfolio, needs to know […]

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Do we really need ‘real’ letting agents in this internet age?

8th July 2020

If you believed all you heard from many online letting agents you’d probably think us ‘traditional’ agents are a dying breed. Thankfully reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated (thanks to Mark Twain for that quote). Firstly, let us clarify what we mean by ‘traditional’ agents and online companies. As a traditional agent (sometimes […]

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Eight easy ways for landlords to save money.

1st July 2020

Everyone likes to get value for money and in the list below we show landlords eight ways to make money go further. They are in no order but in in our many years as letting agents we find they all save landlords money. It’s not about being a cheapskate but it is about getting the […]

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How do you know if you are getting a ‘good’ tenant?

17th June 2020

When letting a property a landlord has two really big decisions to make. Both these key choices can have huge implications on their health, wealth and quality of life. It’s really no exaggeration to say that if a landlord chooses the wrong letting agent and compounds that error by going with a tenant who has […]

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Lockdown Update pt2

4th June 2020

We are also asked what will be in store for the Rotherham Property market for the rest of 2020, whilst we are primarily a letting agent we are conscious that transaction sales (which were already down) will continue to remain low for the remainder of the year, which is bad news if your main focus […]

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Lockdown Update pt1

19th May 2020

Section 1 The last weeks have unquestionably been one of the most life-changing times we have seen since WW2, not only the direct life threatening consequences of Covid 19 but the lockdown has changed our methods of working and the concept of social distancing has impacted how we operate and interface with others. We have […]

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The Past, Present & Future Of The Local Market

18th March 2020

Investing in Rotherham buy to Let property in recent years has become somewhat different than in the past. In the good old days of the five years after the turn of the millennium, we had double digit house growth, mortgage companies (Northern Rock, HBOS and the others) were so desperate to get on the BTL […]

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