In common with any service industry, the rental property business is one that works best when all involved – landlords, agents and tenants – understand the position of the others. Honest communication, managing expectations and appreciating our limits as people are all essential parts of getting the job done well, ensuring that we all profit […]

It’s a great irony in the property business: having bought a dream home, and invested more in it than in any other asset we own, more than any asset we’re ever likely to own, we don’t really know our property’s value. Often, we don’t realise this. After all, most of us are working off a […]

Steadily growing rents, slightly increased deposits and generally more prudent tenants made for a modestly positive picture of the rental market in 2016. This is according to Payprop’s Annual Review 2016. It makes for intriguing and informative reading! Nationally, rents have been rising steadily, if unspectacularly. Towards the end of the year, however, this accelerated, […]