THE RENT A ROOM EXPERTS
HMO occupancy rates in Ipswich have fallen. Here’s what LEA Property Solutions is doing about it. Since LEA Property Solutions opened in Ipswich back in 2004, our shared housing portfolio has enjoyed remarkably high occupancy levels – averaging around 99% year after year. However, the rental market in 2025 presented…
Welcome to 2026! You made it through 2025 as a landlord, and you’re still standing. Not everyone is! 2025 was a tough year for landlords, but realistically it was dominated by uncertainty due to talk and debate about the shape of reform to come and potential tax rises, rather than…
A Look Back at 2025 and What Comes Next As the year 2025 draws to a close, I’ve found myself, as I always do, reflecting on everything that this year brought; personally, professionally, and to the industry as a whole, and especially what it meant for us here at LEA…
Christmas is coming fast! And if you’re an HMO landlord, you’d much rather enjoy the festive break with your family than worry about property emergencies. You deserve it! One very simple solution, of course, is to entrust your property to a specialist management agency like us at LEA Property Solutions.…
After weeks of rumours, leaks, opinions and predictions, the Autumn Budget finally landed on Wednesday, and many felt… well, I suppose many did not know quite what to think. There was a sense of fairly widespread anti-climax, not least, perhaps, because the OBR managed to essentially leak the contents of…
With the long-awaited Autumn Budget now just days away, uncertainty is running rife and the rumour mill seems to be spinning faster than ever. Political U-turns, government mixed messaging and a number of jittery market reactions have left most people – including many so-called ‘experts’ – wondering what the Chancellor…
For the last several months – even years – the story of the buy-to-let market in the UK has been painted as one of decline, with landlords exiting in their droves due to squeezed margins, changing regulation, and ever-rising taxes. But if we dig into things a little deeper, another…
In response to “Fan of true crime? Then this column is for you” by John Harris, The Guardian, 24 October 2025. I don’t know if you read the John Harris article in The Guardian on Friday 24 October. I did, and I felt sick to my core. It was not…
When you rent a property, you might assume you’re covered if something goes wrong, but that’s not quite how it works. Your landlord’s insurance will take care of the building, if something were to happen, but it does not cover your belongings. If pipes burst and the downstairs floods, that’s…
Property fraud is not something that most landlords think about day to day… but it is on the rise, with far too many properties still exposed – and not only that, HMO landlords might be particularly at risk… According to new research conducted by compliance platform Thirdfort, only around 3%…