Should I put my property in a limited company?
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on 31st Jul 2026 Never buy an investment property in your personal name. That's the blunt version. Here's the maths behind it. You can only claim a flat 20% credit on your mortgage interest. A limited company deducts the whole thing before tax....
How to calculate Buy-To-Let Stamp Duty?
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on 30th Jul 2026 A landlord asked us this week: "I've decided to buy in the North East, what's this surcharge going to cost me?" On a typical £150,000 purchase, £8,000, and it catches out first time landlords more than any other cost in the...
How do I work out my rental yield?
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on 30th Jul 2026 A London landlord sent us his numbers last week, convinced his agent had got the sums wrong. Four percent gross, barely three net, on a flat worth half a million pounds. We checked. The agent was right. London was the problem....
Five Essential Items for Any Tenancy...
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on 29th Jul 2026 A landlord called us last month in a panic. Great tenant, tenancy signed, moving day booked, and then he realised the gas safety certificate had lapsed three weeks earlier. There are five things that have to be in place before...
Darlington - Treasury jobs are landing, and rents are outpacing prices
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on 28th Jul 2026 Building wealth through property usually comes down to two things: what you pay today, and what changes tomorrow. Darlington currently offers both sides of that equation. Darlington is now home to HM Treasury's second...
Stockton-on-Tees - steady growth, and what it means for your yield
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on 27th Jul 2026 Stockton-on-Tees' average house price is up 3.0% this year, while rent has grown faster, up 5.0%. Both are a little behind the North East as a whole, but the gap between rent and price growth still works in landlords' favour. 📊...
Refurb case study - Middlesbrough
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on 27th Jul 2026 Here's what a full refresh looks like at a property on Richmond Court in Middlesbrough. The video below walks through the living room, kitchen, bathroom and both bedrooms - every one, before and after. Watch the full refurb...
Rayner announces no rent controls!
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on 27th Jul 2026 A landlord asked us this week: "Is the government about to cap my rent?" No, and hopefully it isn't close. Here's why the idea was shut down within days of being floated. Housing Secretary Angela Rayner ruled out rent controls in...
County Durham - rents rising faster than prices, and what it means for your yield
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on 23rd Jul 2026 County Durham's average house price is up 4.4% this year, while rent has grown faster still, up 6.1%. That gap between rental growth and price growth is exactly the kind of market condition that improves yields for landlords. 📊...
Hartlepool - slow and steady, with some of the strongest yields in the region
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on 17th Jul 2026 📊 Landlord market update - Hartlepool Hartlepool's house prices are up a modest 2.1% this year, and rent has grown just 1.9%. Growth here is slower than elsewhere in the region - but the entry prices are so low that the yield...