Inside Property with Richard Blanco Richard Blanco

Landlords and property professionals in the UK are faced with an unusual convergence of economic, market and regulatory issues. Rising interest rates and inflation, possible recession and the end of the house price cycle are all in view. Yet whilst house prices and lettings activity are currently surging, landlords face a number of regulatory changes. The abolition of no fault eviction and new minimum energy efficiency standards are top of the list – and the government has recently sprung a National Landlords Register, Ombudsman, Decent homes standard and Property portal on landlords in England – all with minimal detail and adding to the uncertainty. Join David Cox, Legal & Compliance Director at Rightmove and Hertfordshire based portfolio landlord and campaigner, Jamie Fraser for some plain-speaking and forthright opinions in a lively discussion with Richard Blanco

Government guidelines have enabled the housing market to re-open for business in England from 13 May 2020.  In this episode, Richard Blanco is joined by broker Jay Rooney, Lawrence Bowles from Savills Research and Arla Propertymark board member, Rachel Hanniquet-Brooking.  We look at how agents and customers are coping with the new procedures and discuss the ongoing mortgage holiday, rent holiday challenge facing many landlords and tenants.   How is the mortgage landscape evolving and what are the prospects for house prices and sales and lettings activity moving forward?




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There is a burgeoning offer of residential, buy to let and short term finance available and arguably the market has never been so competitive.  But lending criteria and mortgage regulation can make getting the right finance quite a feat.  Richard is joined by brokers Morgan Stewart from GPS Financial, Nick Blunt from One and All Financial Services and Scott Hendry from lender, Together Money to guide you through the mortgage maze.

Richard Blanco is joined by Meera Chindooroy from the National Landlords Association, Lawrence Bowles from Savills and Richard Bowser from Property Investor News to analyse some of the factors driving the property market as we near the end of 2019. We discuss the latest sales and rental trends, the UK and global economy, housing politics, regulatory changes and landlord and developer sentiment.





This programme was recorded just before the announcement of the December 2019 election.

Most of us associate short term lets with AirBnB.  But holiday lets, villas and all kinds of serviced accommodation make this a much more diverse arena.  Far from competing with hotels, there is increasing convergence with other hospitality sectors.  How can landlords finance or switch to these kind of investments and what are the management challenges?  What is the broader impact of this rapidly growing area on our communities and is existing regulation transparent, fair and adequate?  Richard Blanco is joined by Fiona Veitch, Marketing Director from AirBnB partner and letting agent, Portico, Merilee Karr from the Short Term Accommodation Association and MD of Under The Doormat and Chris Poulter from the Serviced Accommodation Podcast. 

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Architect, Richard Ganeshmoorthy and expert landlord developers MaryAnn Richmond-Coggan and Karen Gregory join Richard Blanco to discuss the joys and challenges of refurbishment. From finding the perfect wreck to managing your tradespeople, pushing through the difficult bit in the middle and charming your way through the snagging, we share our best tips and anecdotes.