Recent Posts
Pros And Cons Of Renting
- By Northwood UK
- Landlords
- December 12, 2020
When the time comes to move out of your rental property, you may be asking yourself one thing. Is it better for me to carry on renting, or should I be looking to buy?
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How To Get The Best Tenants For Your Rental (And Keep Them)
- By Northwood UK
- Landlords
- December 10, 2020
For landlords, finding good tenants for their property is one of the biggest challenges they face.
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4 Things To Think About When You Are Buying Your First Home
- By Northwood UK
- Buying
- December 8, 2020
So youve decided the time is right. Youve saved up for the deposit, youve been scoping out locations, and youve spent many evenings scrolling through Rightmove fantasising about your dream home.
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Why Do Estate Agents Need A Floorplan?
- By Northwood UK
- News
- November 16, 2020
Or more importantly, why do buyers need one? You see, floorplans are actually quite a recent addition to property listings, only having been introduced around 30 years ago. And even then, they were only really made for particularly grand homes, or for new builds to showcase the difference. But nowadays, you log into any property app and you will see almost every listing boasting a floorplan, from the 8-bed mansion to the humble studio flat. But why is this, and why are they so valuable to buyers and renters?
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Jargon Buster: Mortgage Edition
- By Northwood UK
- News
- November 10, 2020
When it comes to buying your first property, its really easy to get confused. There is a lot to understand, a lot of big processes going on and a lot of excitement at every stage. In the past, weve done posts breaking down the jargon around the property market in general, to make it easier to understand what us estate agents are talking about at every stage of the process. But today we wanted to look at one specific area that causes people a few issues mortgages. So, here are some of the most common terms around getting a mortgage, and what they mean.
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Case Study - James Investing for his Children
- By Northwood UK
- News
- November 4, 2020
Do you remember how easy it was for you to enter the property ladder? Do you look at your children and think what chance do they have, of having a home they can call theirs? These were thoughts that dawned on James as he tells us. It was when I had to buy a property for myself and, being a salesman, a lot of my salary is commission-based so things were not exactly straightforward. A thought crossed my mind - it is not going to be easy for my children, so I resolved to buy rental properties which would be there to help them when they wanted to join the property ladder.
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Case Study - Andy & Gill, The Property Investors
- By Northwood UK
- News
- November 4, 2020
When you first dip your toe into the water of property investment, it would be nice for that property to be near at hand. An area you know well, one where you can pop round to make sure the tenants are ok, and one you know where all the trades are you may need. But what if the area you live in just does not give you the margin you would like to achieve?
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Case Study - Phil, Globetrotting Investments
- By Northwood UK
- News
- November 4, 2020
Time Poor, Globe-trotting with work, but still wanting to invest in Property? What if your full-time job takes you all over the world and you dont have the time to find tenants or sort out problems with the current ones, but you still want to invest in property? With interest rates being at an all-time low and the stock market increasingly volatile, many investors are looking to invest their money in property and herein lies the problem; there is often no time to deal with the general day to day hassle and, not-with-standing the current situation with Coronavirus, many people are simply not at home enough to be able to deal with the problems that arise. This was the situation that Phil found himself in, and his mortgage broker told him about Northwood and their Guaranteed Rental Scheme.
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How you Could Become an Accidental Landlord
- By Northwood UK
- News
- November 3, 2020
You might think that becoming a landlord is a very intentional thing. After all, it involves buying property, making it suitable to rent and then letting it out, all of which mean some pretty big decisions. But in reality, its very easy to become a landlord entirely by mistake. This is known as an accidental landlord, and if you find yourself in this position, it can be difficult to know what to do next.
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How To Rent Your First Home
- By Northwood UK
- News
- October 27, 2020
Its no secret that Covid-19 has caused a large spike in the property market. More specifically, in people wanting to move house after spending 6 months cooped up inside the same 4 walls, with lots of time to see all the flaws they didnt notice before, and realise it might not be the home they really want.
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When's The Best Time To Buy A House?
- By Northwood UK
- News
- October 15, 2020
As estate agents, this is something we get asked all the time. In fact, it might be our most frequently asked question ever. And we can see why. People want to get the best deal they can on their biggest investment their property. Particularly in 2020, when every element of life is so uncertain, buyers want to make sure theyre making the right decision. So, with a little inside info, here are a few tips on how the property market performs at different times of year, and what that could mean for you.
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Jargon Buster: Landlords Edition
- By Northwood UK
- News
- October 8, 2020
A while ago, we published a series of blogs that looked at some of the most common jargon used in the home buying process, and broke it down into understandable English for you. We had a lot of positive feedback on those blogs, and so we decided to expand them out a little. You see, if youre looking to become a first-time landlord (or youve found yourself as one by accident), then there is a lot of jargon involved there as well some of which is easy to understand, and some is a bit more complex. So to make sure youre up to speed when talking to estate agents and tenants, we wanted to give you a hand and do some jargon-busting in the world of landlords.
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