New Foreign Properties
General news | Investments news | Overseas news | Rentals news | Sales news | Dec 14th 2011
Homematch has a new holiday letting & foreign property for sale.
Take a look at our new properties on any of our headings.
Overseas news
STUNNING OVERSEAS PROPERTIES ~ Made to order & prebuilt
Overseas news | Dec 13th 2011
VIEWS OF THE PYRENEES / SWIMMING POOL / PGA GOLF COURSE / SKIING / HORSE RIDING
Drive to France/Barcelona via A7 Motorway
Highspeed Train - coming soon.
Homematch have researched this development & visited personally.
If you are looking for a perfectly placed retirement home / rental property or your own abode.
This development is in the middle of an amazingly set lifestyle!
FOREIGN MARKETS SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY
General news | Investments news | Overseas news | Rentals news | Sales news | Oct 4th 2011
Homematch is pleased to announce that there is a definate up turn in interest in Turkish Property. Many still available at discounted prices for the cash buyer although finanace can be arranged.
We are starting to showcase a few very good offers in our Foreign Property section.
Has Buy-To-Let brightened up?
General news | Investments news | Overseas news | Rentals news | Sales news | Aug 10th 2011
The buy-to-let market has continued to develop throughout 2011 with a number of interesting trends, according to NLA Mortgages:
- Number of buy-to-let products have increased
- Average loan size continues to rise
- Tracker products are favoured
- Average rates have dropped
- Highest rental yields are for students and terraced houses
Average rates have fallen during the second quarter of this year, which reflects the opinion in the City that any rise in the Bank of England Base Rate is not likely to happen until later this year, at the earliest.
Rental demands remain high in many parts of the country, which has increased rental income helping to deliver improved rental yields for landlords. The highest rental yields have been for students and terraced housing.
An increase in rents has enabled landlords to obtain higher loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages and finance for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).
As UK Plc remains fragile, the buy-to-let mortgage market has stabilised and there are some great deals currently available.
Local Housing Allowance & Nottingham City Council’s Housing Benefit Team
General news | Investments news | Overseas news | Rentals news | Sales news | May 4th 2011
The Council's Housing Benefit Team has been extremely slow in processing claims. Claims are taking over 17 weeks to process. Recently there have a number of complaints made by landlords and tenants to the Ombudsman. This has resulted in the Housing Benefits Service as being seen as a failing service.....
Budget March 2011
General news | Investments news | Overseas news | Rentals news | Sales news | Mar 24th 2011
Update by EMPO on the affects of the budget to landlords.
‘Article 4 Direction’ HMO’s may need planning to convert a C3 family dwelling to a C4 H
General news | Investments news | Overseas news | Rentals news | Sales news | Mar 15th 2011
Nottingham City Council have just announced that it is proposing changes to planning rules relating to HMOs so that it will become necessary to obtain planning permission to convert a family dwelling (Use Class 3) to a HMO with between 3 and 6 unrelated people sharing (Use Class 4) throughout the whole of Nottingham City Council area.
It is proposed that the rule changes will take effect from March 2012 through the introduction of an ‘Article 4 Direction' that removes the right to convert a C3 family dwelling to a C4 HMO
Change in the threshold limit for Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) commencing on 1st October
General news | Investments news | Overseas news | Rentals news | Sales news | Sep 9th 2010
There is a change in the threshold limit for Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) rents commencing on 1st October 2010. Previously, legislation associated with the Housing Act 1998 stated that all tenancies with an annual rent of over £25,000 could not be AST’s. These tenancies were agreed on a contractual basis and the tenancy terms were agreed by the landlord and the tenant and were not enshrined by statue.
Do Not Become the Victim of Property Fraud
General news | Investments news | Overseas news | Rentals news | Sales news | Sep 3rd 2010
Landlords are a common target for property fraud.
Water Charges for landlords
General news | Investments news | Overseas news | Rentals news | Jul 7th 2010
Water Charges
New regulations will mean that all landlords (other than resident landlords) will have to notify water companies of details when tenants move in/out. If you fail to do so then you, as the landlord, will be liable (jointly with the tenant) to pay the water charges which means that if your tenant fails to pay the water company would be able to claim payment from you as a landlord. Provided you give the notification then the tenant will have to pay.
Homematch always complete this function for managed proeprties to ensure landlords are not unduly charged.
The new regulations have gone through primary legislation and will not come into effect until it has gone through secondary legislation. We have no indication yet when this is likely to be but we will keep you up to date with any developments.