As part of our series of blogs which focus on our central team of lettings experts, and the individuals that work there, we find out from Nick Evans what it is like to work in Customer Relations. 

Your Move brings yet another blog in our series looking at the role of our lettings experts – this time we hear from Jason Smith, team leader in our team responsible for post and general administration, gas and contractor management.   ​

In the latest in our series of blogs which highlight the important role of our central team of lettings experts, we talk to Amelia Gouge – Cashier in our dedicated Clients Accounts Department. 

Three things you need to know about Brexit

On the 23rd June 2016, we voted to leave the European Union – a big surprise for most of the UK!

Looking at the figures, it’s highly unlikely your tenant will stop paying their rent, especially if we’ve referenced them at Your Move. 

Our tenant tracker showed that in Q1 2016, 86,200 tenants were more than two months behind with their rent – that’s just 4% of let homes. 

There are three ways you can let and manage a property:

Handle everything yourself, engage an agent to find a tenant for you, or have an agent handle everything for you. This is the ‘hands off’ option, where the agent manages the entire letting and management process from start to finish. 

Now that we’re in a new tax year, it’s the start of new tax rules and a new accounting regime for landlords. Dubbed the ‘tenant tax’, this new legislation means, even though you’re running a business, you won’t be able to deduct all your costs from your rental income any more. 

I am the Senior on the Contractor Management Team based at the Property Management Centre in Southampton. I have worked for Your Move for almost four years and for three years worked on the Renewals Team so feel I have a strong understanding of the challenges that landlords and tenants can face.  
 

In its latest Scottish Buy to Let Index Your Move has reported that Edinburgh and the Lothians are continuing to record the highest rents in Scotland with rents in April standing at £655 – 0.6% higher than in March and 2% higher than the same time last year.

This month Your Move is reporting that average rents in England and Wales in April stood at £804 – with Wales and the East of England showing the fastest growth  and rents in London falling for the fifth month in succession.