ARLA / CML Buy To Let Guide

The ARLA / CML Buy to Let Guide is available in 3 ways:

1. From your nearest ARLA member letting agent.

   You can locate your nearest agent by using the agent search box on the left of the site.

2. Online

   view the ARLA CML Guide online

3. By Post

   If you are unable to visit an ARLA agent, please complete our form and send stamps to the value of £1.60 to cover post and packing.

The Buy to Let Guide contains the following sections:

• EDITOR'S LETTER

  Introducing the Buy To Let Guide

• CML INTRODUCTION

  From CML director general Michael Coogan

• ARLA INTRODUCTION

  From ARLA Chief Executive Adrian Turner

• WHAT IS BUY TO LET?

  ARLA explains the background to the property investment phenomenon

• BUY TO LET CHARTER

  The role of the investor, lender and letting agent

• MANY HAPPY RETURNS

  As Buy to Let celebrates its 10th anniversary, we look at the growth of the sector over the decade

• LICENCE TO FILL

  What do new licensing laws for Houses in Multiple Occupation actually mean

• USE YOUR LETTING AGENT

  How an ARLA-registered letting agent can work for you

• FINDING THE FINANCE

  How to get your hands on the ideal Buy to Let mortgage for your needs

• COST CUTTING

  Ensure that you always have the best deal by remortgaging regularly

• GO FOR BROKER

  A mortgage intermediary could help you find the ideal Buy To Let homeloan

• INSURE YOUR INVESTMENT

  Make sure that you have all your bases covered

• LANDLORD RESPONSIBILITIES

  David Smith of solicitors PainSmith looks at the legal obligations you face as a landlord

• TAX MATTERS

  Ernst & Young’s Terry Hill examines the tax implications you face as a landlord

• STANDARD AND DELIVER

  ARLA’s standard tenancy agreement explained

• PRECIOUS DEPOSITS

  A tenancy deposit scheme protects tenants and makes sense for all parties

• PUT YOUR TRUST IN PROPERTY

  How Real Estate Investment Trusts work

• BUILDING BLOCKS

  How to build up a successful Buy to Let property portfolio

• THE ROAD TO RICHES?

  Professor or Urban and Property Economics, Michael Ball, looks at what the future may hold for Buy to Let

• 10 YEAR OF BUY TO LET

  This section looks at the facts and figures underpinning the Buy to Let market, and the implications they may have for the future

• SITTING PRETTY

  How much should you invest in the decoration of rental properties?

• DO IT THE SAFE WAY

  Take great care to get it right when you embark on DIY projects

• ARLA PANEL LENDER PROFILES

• ARLA MEMBERS’ DIRECTORY