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Now celebrating its 10th year, the Property Investors Awards 2020 is taking place online. This year's award winners will be announced as a 'premiere' on Youtube, Saturday 28th Nov at 7 pm. The ceremony is hosted by Ranjan Bhattacharya and Cyril Thomas who will reveal this years property investor award winners across 11 categories. SASS Property Investor Of The Year Property Investors Facebook Group Of The Year HMO Property Deal Of The Year (6 rooms or less) HMO Pr

A package to build more homes, end rough sleeping and support and level up communities across England  has been welcomed by Secretary of State Robert Jenrick today. The measures were unveiled by the Chancellor as part of yesterday’s Spending Review. The Spending Review underlines the government’s immediate priority of protecting people’s lives and livelihoods as the country continues to battle the outbreak and also sets out how the government will deliver stronger public s

After the tenant fee ban, can landlords now ask for three months rolling rent in advance rather than normal one month in advance? This is not the case where the tenant pays rent every 3 months, but is that the tenant pays three months rent at the start of the tenancy and then keeps paying monthly rent for each month going forward. Many thanks Mike Editor's Note: The only payments you can charge in connection with a tenancy are: The rent A refundable tenancy dep

Back in 2010, the freeholder of the housing estate where I own a ground floor flat undertook a large programme of works to install cavity wall insulation to nine 4-storey blocks of flats. A few years ago I had to have an EPC carried out to enable me to let my flat. The EPC assessor assumed that there was no cavity wall insulation. I contacted him and provided the guarantee I received from the freeholder. I then asked to have the EPC updated accordingly. Unfortunately, I was told t

Please take a look at this article in the Huffington Post (click here) “A housing association has repaid tens of thousands of pounds to a Black woman whose rent was higher than her white neighbour’s – in an identical house....

I am not impressed with the Letting Agent that I use and I have made complaints that have not been addressed and I feel like I’m getting nowhere fast. Legislation states they have to be registered with one of two compulsory redress schemes....

Contrary to what many doom and gloom merchants are saying, the UK housing market WILL NOT crash in 2021. In this video, I share eight reasons why UK property prices will not crash in 2021, three types of property to avoid like the plague and a four-step action plan to profit from opportunities....

The NRLA has criticised the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, for cutting the amount tenants relying on benefits will be able to claim to pay their rent. According to a report by the Office for Budget Responsibility published alongside the Spending Review today the Local Housing Allowance will be frozen in cash terms from next year....