Archives for 2020

The better you are at buy to let accounting the better you'll be at buy to let! Good buy to let accounting means you can see how your business is performing, get the information you need to apply for mortgage finance, and filing your tax return.

The focus of PaTMa property management software, is to be SIMPLE yet offer multiple POWERFUL benefits to landlords. PaTMa Property Manager is the way to run your properties better and in less time.

It's sensible to put your money (and time) into those property deals which will produce the very best return. Make property deal comparison easy to ensure you do.

Sourcing new property deals can involve a lot of juggling. With viewings to attend, details to check, quotes to obtain, offers pending and many other tasks all on the go simultaneously.

Rightmove have introduced a brand new look to their property listings. In this post we’ll talk you through the new look and show you how to find the property information you need.

Successful buy-to-let property investors can use this free spreadsheet to analyse potential property deals and ensure that they will return a profit.

Yield is a measure of the return you'll make from a buy to let property deal. Learn what you really need to know about yields, what makes a good yield, and at how to find better yields more easily.

Not every property will work as a buy-to-let or a buy-to-sell investment. That means it's essential to use a scientific approach when analysing property deals to ensure that they will make money.

This week is Gas Safety Week. Gas safety is something landlords need to take seriously every. We give our support to Gas Safety Week by looking at what a landlord’s gas safety obligations are, and how to make gas safety compliance simpler.

Free downloadable spreadsheet for the new stamp duty holiday calculations, covering England, Scotland and Wales. Plus all the new rates detailed and explained.

It's essential property investors are aware of licensing requirements before buying. This advance knowledge can help you spot areas where it is easier and more cost effective to invest, and avoid areas where licensing requirements may be problematic.

Assessing profitability can be a complex equation, involving many variables. Not every property that appears to be a good buy will necessarily work financially. We'll simplify the issue of how much you might make.

Updated stamp duty calculation spreadsheet available to download, reflecting the new £500k threshold from 8th July 2020.

Owning rental property involves a requirement for regular gas safety checks and electrical safety checks. We’ll look at the latest rules on safety certificate compliance and how to make management more straightforward.

As a property investor one of the things that's easy to overlook is the issue of planning applications in the area you’re investing.

Every property investor would like to find great property deals at below market value. Here we'll look at tactics for finding BMV property deals successfully.

Now, PaTMa's free browser extension is highly customisable to give you an enhanced level of financial information on any property you're thinking of buying.

Here we’ll look at some new features available in Property Prospector, and how they can save you time, make you more efficient and help you make better property investment decisions.

In this report we’ll look at Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax and Wales’ Land Transaction Tax including how they work, what tax rates apply and how to calculate the tax payable easily.

This time I’m going to take a really positive stance and offer you some pro-active ideas to help you prepare for the future and plan your growth in what will hopefully be brighter, post-virus times.

Here are some more thoughts on ways you can stay positive and keep your business on track, optimised and improved during the Coronavirus pandemic.

In this post I’ll look at ways you can take stock of things right now – and at positive ways to use the time while you’re working at home.

In this series of blog posts I’m going to offer you some useful and valuable ideas, with information to make the very most of your time right now.

Compliance is an issue that all landlords need to take seriously. Learn 7 ways landlords can simplify the different legal responsibilities they need to comply with.

The Bank of England has reduced the base rate by 0.15% to 0.1%, a new historic low, to further mitigate economic effects of from the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.

The Bank of England has reduced the base rate by 0.5% to 0.25% to help mitigate economic effects of from the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.

The 11 greatest property podcasts to listen to in 2020.

As a landlord you might ask why you should use professional property management software. Or even why as a landlord you need to use software at all.

As a landlord you have data protection responsibilities. In this post we will look at data protection for landlords, and the all important GDPR and ICO.

In this post we will take a step-by-step look at the ICO sign up process for landlords.

Time is money! So saving time on your landlord tax return can be a good way to save money …. as well as a lot of hard work and effort too. In this post we will look at how to save time on your landlord tax return and at the ways the PaTMa landlord tax return feature can help you be more efficient.

When completing your landlord tax return you’ll want to make sure it is completed accurately. Here are our tips and advice on completing your self assessment landlord tax return properly.