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Communities Secretary, James Brokenshire, is reported by the Sun to back calls introducing 3 year tenancies in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government consultation titled, 'Overcoming the Barriers to Longer Tenancies in the Private Rented Sector.' The Decision on the consultation could possibly be taken as early as next week so landlords are urged to respond now if they haven't already. Please Click Here to read and respond to the full consultation Please a

I'm in the process of selling one of my properties however have recently found an overseas tenant who is ready to move in soon, checked out her employment history, etc. My question is: are there legally recognized tenancies shorter than a standard 6 months AST? I ask this because there's a mutual benefit for both myself and the tenant in this. She's not sure of her movements in the next few months as she often has to re-locate and move around, therefore she asked about a 3 mont

I couldn't think of a title for my article so i will leave that to the clever people at Property118. With Brexit, Section 24, Selective Licensing and all the other crap the Government are throwing at us I am still undecided on what to do, at least in part anyway. Being an avid reader of almost everything Property118 publish I finally decided to sit down and crunch my own numbers to see exactly how badly affected I will be. So, I got my credit card out and forked out the £97 th

A few months ago the Property118 team were called upon to assist an accountancy practice to consult on the strategic restructuring of a new client (an established landlord business partnership with 67 properties) which the accountants had recently been engaged to act for. Insight is a thriving, multi-faceted, financial services business. They started as an IFA firm but subsequently bolted on the accountancy practice, a Private Clients division to provide a finance brokerage ser

One of my long term tenants left a property on 26th January 2018, but advised his electricity supplier that he left on 1st January and provided a fraudulent reading. The first I knew of this was in March when EON charged me £126 for the ‘unoccupied’...

I have a Victoria semi detached rental property that has been in the family for 100 years and we are trying to establish who is responsible for the boundaries of the property as there is no clue on the title deeds....

I am now tentatively looking into making my next investment steps, never one to be happy just coasting, rather striving for the next rung. The backstory…. 1. Husband and wife (early 40’s), both low rate tax payers but on the cusp of tipping over....

I would like to personally invite all Property118 readers to our Seminar in association with Shawbrook Bank to understand more about commercial finance and in particular focusing on Bridging and Development finance for property investors. This event run by my company Brooklands Commercial Finance...