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DSS Tenants – does this video say it all?

19/06/2013

I am a landlord specialising in renting to DSS Tenants – ask me anything Looking forward to reading and responding to your comments.

EPC rating of F – how is this possible?

I’ve been informed by my letting agents that my property has been given an EPF rating of F. What I don’t understand is why, it’s not that it’s poorly insulated. My house has more than the industry standard loft insulation, it has cavity wall insulation and is fully double glazed throughout, plus a modern and… Read more

Global Licence or a Standard Licence to let required by Freeholder – is this a scam?

Two years ago we received a letter from the freehold manager of our leasehold flat saying we now require a standard or global licence to let, and if we did not obtain either within 14 days a solicitor would continue with legal action. When we purchased the property nothing was ever mentioned about these licences… Read more

Appealing canal side student development in Chester

Located next to the picturesque Shropshire Union Canal and Bridge Lock, this canal side student property development consists of just 36 en-suite student rooms spread across 2 separate blocks. It is located just a short walk to all of the universities and the city centre and will definitely be an extremely attractive accommodation option for… Read more

Landlord power can and will get Deposit Protection rules clarified

The potential implications of the ruling that a Statutory Periodic Tenancy is a new tenancy, according to the Court of Appeal ruling in Superstrike Ltd vs Rodruigues, has reverberated around the industry at lightening speed. Every popular landlord forum, blog and Facebook group has carried articles and thousands have been motivated to express concern. Indeed,… Read more

The impact of bedroom tax and housing benefit reforms

18/06/2013

The impact of the bedroom tax and reforms to housing benefit – has this led to more impoverished renters? One of the greatest concerns for tenants with the reforms is being able to manage their finances from a weekly to monthly basis and having to deal with taking one, in many cases reduced, payment in… Read more

Council of Letting Agents (Scotland) announcement

Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Kathleen Gell as convenor of the newly formed Council of Letting Agents (CLA). This new division of SAL aims to support and represent the interests of SAL letting agent members.

Building a letting agency business

I sold my first letting agency business in 2006. In just 12 years my wife and I had taken the business from a standing start to managing 1,000 properties. We have been investing into property for 30 years so property management makes sense to us, we knew what we wanted as landlords so we built… Read more

Birmingham City Council – “We support good landlords”

Birmingham City Council have sent a strong message to landlords who let in the city - “We support good landlords” Senior officers of the city council have been in discussions with the West Midlands Regional Representative  of the National Landlords Association (NLA)  since 2011 when HMO licences were about to come up for renewal but it was… Read more

Why auctions are an excellent way to sell tenanted properties

17/06/2013

Auctions are an excellent way to sell tenanted property because auction rooms attract investors. A key benefit from the sellers perspective is there is no requirement to decant tenants, thus ensuring rental revenue right up to the point of sale and removing costly void periods. Keeping tenants in situ also has the added benefit that… Read more

Deposit Protection Providers call emergency meeting following Court of Appeal Ruling

Mark Alexander, editor and founder of Property118 tweeted the Deposit Protection Providers last night highlighting his fears on the ramifications of the Superstike vs Rodrigues Tenancy Deposit Protection Court of Appeal case. They are calling emergency meetings. See the response below and read their interim press statement. @iamalandlord Hi, here is our official statement with… Read more

Precise Mortgages launch Bridge to Let product

The intermediary only lender Precise Mortgages has today launched the Uk’s only true Bridge to Let Product for development and refurbishment BuytoLet projects. If  you take out a Bridging loan with Precise Mortgages you will now be able to switch it into one of their Bridge to Let products (effectively a Buy to Let loan)… Read more