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Why I feel sorry for Rachel Reeves
I never thought that I would utter these words but I actually feel quite sorry for Rachel Reeves this morning. She has been caught red-handed letting out her house without the correct licence from the local authority. She claims that she was unaware of the legislation but ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law…
Read MoreDwelly swoops for Nottingham agency
Dwelly, one of the UK’s leading lettings acquisition and success planning experts, has acquired lettings business, HC Lettings, the Nottingham-based agency formerly known as HoldenCopley. The deal adds a further 850 fully managed properties to Dwelly’s growing portfolio. HC Lettings was founded out of HoldenCopley and today operates as its dedicated lettings arm. While HC…
Read MoreHow the Government’s Tax Grab is Causing Ordinary People to Flee the UK
Hardly a week goes by without the press reporting on yet another poor decision by our government. We all feel cross about these things for a few minutes but I guess it is human nature not to think about them properly until they affect us personally. This happened to me last week. One of our…
Read MoreWhy buying a letting book makes sense
Several of our big business sales have been announced over the last few weeks and the trolls have been busy slagging off the buyers. Their view is that the buyers have paid far too much money for what they have bought and that they will never get it back because the landlords will all leave…
Read MoreDon’t kill the golden goose
My marketing agency recently asked me to write to all of our clients to ask them why they had chosen to sell their business at this time. I found their replies to be very surprising. In fact, I found them to be quite disturbing. The main reason that people want to sell their business at…
Read MoreWhat Will Happen to the Market in 2021?
People ask me how I think the housing market will be next year about twenty times a day at the moment so I’m going to break the habit of a lifetime and answer the question. So, here we go. I think the market in 2021 will be similar to the market that we had in…
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