Since July 2006 landlords in England and Wales who own larger houses in multiple occupation – basically three storey properties let out to groups of unrelated people – have had to apply for licences from their local councils. If they do not do so they could find themselves fined up to 20,000 pounds and unable [...]

Investment properties seem to be gaining popularity in property marketplace as property investors in UK tire of the swoops and swoons of the stock market. Investment properties are a very good way to build wealth. If you’ve made the decision to buy cheap houses as a investment property, your real work in investment properties begins. [...]

If you are thinking of buying an investment property, consider the following: 1.       What are your long term goals? Are you looking to achieve maximum capital growth or the highest rental return? Properties that achieve good capital growth don’t necessarily benefit from strong rental yields and vice versa. Generally, houses have outperformed units in respect [...]

Christopher Clover is the founder, owner and Managing Director of Panorama, Marbella’s longest established real estate agency. The buyer’s problem in finding the right property, negotiating its purchase and closing the sale is much more difficult than in one’s own country. As in most resort areas, everybody seems to be in the business, from [...]

Rental property that has more than one family unit is considered multifamily property. From a duplex (two units), the smallest multi family property, up from there to larger rental complexes easily consisting of hundreds of apartments. The advantage of purchasing multifamily properties, not unlike all income property, is that it provides real estate investors with [...]