Understanding Guaranteed Rent
Northwood MD Nick Cooper explains the intricacies of Guaranteed Rent. One of the worst scenarios facing a landlord is an empty property. Whilst the landlord must make mortgage repayments each month,...
View ArticleThe Generation Rent Game: Meeting rental demand through buy-to-let
Northwood’s financial director Gemma Goodson examines the current rental market. The UKhousing market continues to shift and change. In 1995 home ownership was the norm, saving to buy for the first...
View ArticlePlaying Fair: Northwood examines recommendations from the OFT
Last week the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) called for measures to be taken to ‘make the market work better for tenants’ and suggested a number of recommendations designed to help Government, industry...
View ArticleThe Truth About Guaranteed Rent
This week an article on a property news website damned guaranteed rent as a scam and criticised providers for their lack of protection of landlords. Here, Nick Cooper, MD of our company which has an...
View ArticleEleventh hour reform for ‘Wild West’ industry
AC Forscutt, Northwood’s Compliance Manager, examines what the amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill means for you “Wild west agents outlawed”, “A win for tenants’ rights”… You’ll have...
View ArticleMinimise Buy-to-Let repossession risk with Guaranteed Rent
Northwood Managing Director Nick Cooper advises how landlords can limit the risk of repossession. “Buy-to-let has never been so appealing. With the temptation of gross rental yields of 6.2% , everyone...
View ArticleDebunking the myths: Sub-letting vs Guaranteed Rent
AC Forscutt, Northwood’s Compliance Manager, explains the difference between rent to rent and Guaranteed Rent. “Rent to rent”, “rent the rented”, “multi-let”, “let to let”: four different terms but...
View ArticleNorthwood’s Sean Brickley Talks Guaranteed Rent with PM
Northwood Barnstable’s Branch Director Sean Brickley had a chance encounter with Prime Minister, David Cameron last week (Wednesday 7 August) and jumped at the opportunity to tell him a thing or two...
View ArticleEric Walker appointed as Northwood MD
It was announced today that Eric Walker has been appointed to the role of Managing Director at Northwood GB. Walker takes over the role from Nick Cooper, who died last month of pancreatic cancer, aged...
View ArticleShould you insure your property in an instant?
In a world where time is of the essence and we expect everything from our credit to our coffee instantly, is it wrong to expect to buy your landlord insurance in the same way? We are all aware of sites...
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