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Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has received £128k from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to develop a 'Rogue Landlord Hub' designed to target landlords and letting agents who flout the law through bad management or by housing tenants within neglected and unsafe homes. The GMCA said: "The rogue landlord hub will  improve information sharing and enable collaboration across Greater Manchester’s districts; develop and share best practice and infor

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers will be presenting an overview of several landlords tax strategies at the pin Harrogate Meeting property networking event Wednesday 3rd April 2019. The event will start at 6:00pm until 9:00pm and will be free for guests of Mark Smith that have not previously attended a pin meeting. To obtain your guest ticket please see below: Visit https://propertyinvestorsnetwork.co.uk/meetings/harrogate/ On th

Councils across the country will share over £46 million to help get people off the streets and into accommodation, Communities Secretary, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP has confirmed today (25 March 2019). The money forms part of the government’s £100 million Rough Sleeping Strategy and will be used to fund rough sleeping coordinator roles, add new or additional outreach services and extend existing or provide new temporary accommodation. This includes night shelters and hostel s

I still have the tenant from hell. With the councils help I was misled to give a tenancy to this criminal tenant (who has done the same to many landlords before) with the understanding she will pay the rent with housing benefit. I stupidly agreed to let my property. The tenant had some issues from very outset and she treated me with absolute contempt, refused to apply for her housing benefit and paid no rent what so ever, did not contact or gave me any explanation why rent was not

Research released by Precise Mortgages shows nearly two thirds (64%) of all portfolio landlords (64%) with more than four properties who plan to purchase more property this year will do so in the name of a Limited company with only 21% intending to purchase in their individual names....

At the end of 2018, Hamilton Fraser launched HF Academy, a series of half and full day workshops offering property professionals advice and education covering the full tenancy lifecycle. The next workshop, due to take place on 14th May at Holiday Inn Borehamwood...

Alex Cook, Litigation Solicitor and Partner at Helix Law offers his view on the world of property development training. Would you like to get rich quickly? There’s a host of people out there telling us we can all be property millionaires – but at what cost?...

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee have voted unanimously to hold the Bank Base Rate at 0.75% for another month. From the meeting notes below this seems to be a holding pattern due to uncertainty around how...