In 2019, the private rented sector accounted for just over four and a half million households or 19.9% of UK households, no change from the year before. Interesting, when compared to the proportion of private […]
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Are Buy to Let Landlords to Blame for Hounslow’s Housing Crisis?
Isn’t it funny that nobody boasts they are a buy to let landlord anymore? Roll the clock back to the early millennium and you couldn’t go to the local golf club or shop at a […]
Is This a Good Time to Buy Your First Home in Hounslow?
Should you wait to buy your first home in Hounslow or buy now? What sort of mortgages are available? What sort of deposit is required? These are questions all Hounslow buyers are asking at the […]
The Lockdown Landlords of Hounslow
Despite Government regulations that have been in place since the 26 March 2020, where face-to-face viewings were made difficult, Hounslow buy to let landlords have during that time been chomping at the bit to […]
8.8% of Hounslow Workers Worked from Home Before Covid-19 – Wonder How Many More do Now?
Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, 11,152 Hounslow people worked mainly from home, or about 8.8% of Hounslow’s 127,214 workforce (compared to the national average of 14.9%). Yet over the last few weeks many hundreds, […]
What Will Be the Effect of Covid-19 on the Hounslow Property Market?
These are obviously unchartered times, yet we can look back in history to give us clues and more recently, the bounce back that is happening in China (and their property market). The Covid-19 situation will touch all parts of the Hounslow and UK property market, and so in this article, I will be considering its impact on Hounslow property prices, transaction numbers (i.e. the number of people that move home), Hounslow buy to let landlords and finally tenants and the rents they pay.
New Electrical Safety Regulations could cost each Hounslow Landlord £350+ in the next 13 months
Hounslow Electricians are going to very busy in the next 13 months as they will have to test the electrics of every private rented property in Hounslow and potentially may have to install new […]
The Rights, Obligations & Responsibilities of the 9,008 Hounslow Landlords & 22,249 Tenants During the Virus Outbreak
The last three or four weeks, unquestionably, have been one of the most life-changing times we have seen since WW2. The imminent threat of the Coronavirus has taken over the world, the UK and Hounslow and will challenge you, our families, our relationships and test us all.