If your rental properties aren’t energy efficient

If your rental properties aren’t energy efficient you could find yourself in hot water

It’s time to dust off your EPCs. Interesting comments by the energy minister Claire Perry, who is suggesting that Stamp Duty could be used to incentivise property sellers to make their properties more energy efficient. And there could also be fines as well – so you’d be fined for selling a cold, draughty property (i.e…

How to Make Property Renovation Profits Part 4

Search Around For The Best Finance For Renovation Projects. Lenders require a property to be habitable from day one before they will advance a buy to let loan. Many buy to let lenders are reluctant to advance mortgages against properties which require even minor works of repair, modernisation or improvement.  The rationale behind this is…

How to Make Property Renovation Profits Part 5

Light Refurbishment Finance Available Today In the previous post we looked at light refurbishment and how it works. Let’s have a look at the different light refurbishment products offered by the different lenders.   Paragon Mortgages Here’s how the Paragon limited refurbishment scheme limited works. The minimum valuation requirement is £75,000. Up to 75% of…