Kate Faulkner

Kate has been renovating old properties for 20 years and spent the last 10 years as a business development consultant to all sectors of the property industry. Due to her unique consumer and industry insights, the consumer organisation Which? asked Kate to write a series of books on property including Buy, Sell, Move House, Renting and Letting, Develop your Property and the Property Investment Handbook.

Kate is now recognised as one of the leading, independent property experts in the UK and regularly features in the national press including The Telegraph, The Independent, The Times, The Daily Mail and The Express. She is regularly interviewed on local BBC Radio stations on property issues and has appeared on Sky's Women in Property, ITV West and as a property expert on sites such as Video Jug.

• Reccommended annual property maintenance checks

• What landlords should look for when choosing a letting agent

• Costs a landlord will incur when letting

• Rights and responsibilities of a landlord and tenant

• Impact of the credit crunch on the lettings market