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Buy-to-let market update
BY: Doug Hall, director, 3mc Welcome to ‘Buy-to-let market’, a column aimed at providing you with recent criteria and product updates within the buy-to-let (BTL) lending markets. The information within this article is correct as at 28/03/2025. Buy-to-let market...
Making Tax Digital
As we have reported previously, some landlords will soon be required to keep digital tax records and submit tax returns quarterly rather than annually. This is part of the UK government’s “Making Tax Digital” (MTD) for Income Tax reforms which you can read about here....
6 ways for landlords to cut costs & boost efficiency
Article by Currys Business, March 2025 With 2025 ushering in ever-creeping interest rates and maintenance costs always looming, owning property can sometimes feel more laborious than lucrative. These six tech essentials from Currys Business can support you to: Improve...
Garden maintenance – your questions answered
As we are coming into spring, landlords maybe wondering where the responsibilities lie with regards to garden maintenance. Top gardening questions Does garden need to be included in inventory? Do I need to provide garden tools? Do electrical garden tools need to be...
Advice line top queries: maintenance
Just over one in ten queries to the SAL advice helpline are about property maintenance. Some queries are about what a landlord is responsible for when it comes to property condition/repair and this is set out in SAL’s factsheet on condition standards in the private...
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