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Property118 is delighted to congratulate Gular Nuriyeva on her recent promotion within our tax team, having previously worked as an Executive Assistant to Nicky Kita. Gular was born in the former Soviet Union Country of Azerbaijan in 1983 and also speaks fluent Azerbaijani, English and Turkish having graduated from the University of Languages in Baku with first class Bachelors and Masters degrees. After getting married and having two children, Gular worked as a management accou

Hi all. I have developed property in the past and want to return to the profession as my full-time job. I am stuck on whether to sell my current BTL and start developing small with zero debt OR raise as much money as I can ie. mortgage myself up to the eyeballs = stress. Personally, I prefer no debt no stress and to try my luck with the money I have. I also know lending is cheap currently, so I should take advantage, plus it would make good business sense to keep the BTL for the l

After a number of years letting out my house, I have just had to supply a landlord reference for the tenant for her new property. The company advert states "delivers high-quality services to letting agents helping them win clients, protect their landlords, provide a great service to tenants and grow their business." I was actually amazed by how little information I had to supply as a landlord, and the fact the call, was never verified whether it was the actual landlord who was spe

I have a very young couple who are entering their first winter in one of my flats. They have just told me they are getting mould in some areas within the flat. They are pretty naive and are not taking reasonable steps themselves to stop the root problem of condensation (backed up my the electrician who said they were drying wet towels on rads etc and not using the storage heaters in any of the rooms preferring fan heaters instead). Has anyone got a short, snappy, readable and u

DWP aren’t listening to Landlords, but if you contact your MP, they may listen to you. Benefit Landlords, keep complaining, there must be someone intelligent within DWP to finally see sense. This homelessness can be reduced. TWO years to get a complaint looked at where the Landlord has ZERO rent coming in is unacceptable &...

Those who have read Douglas Murray’s recent fascinating book, The Madness of Crowds may have been struck by the parallel with Housing. Whilst Murray explains the Social justice movement effect on Gay, Feminist, Race and Transgender issues, the effects are far more reaching. ...

AS Libor linked mortgages are being phased out Lenders are working on an alternative arrangement. Does anyone have any further information on the replacement benchmark? Jo From the FCA: The interest rate benchmark LIBOR is expected to cease after end-2021....

I would be interested to hear what the readers’ views and opinions are regarding my recent dealings with the Local Authority regarding an application to licence an HMO. By way of introduction, I am a landlord operating in the Midlands for just over 20 years....