All posts by Mary Latham
Zoopla Making £29.5m From Landlords and Tenants While Driving...
I didn’t want to start a New Year talking about a negative issue but this is too important to ignore.
The biggest change that has happened to my business in the last few years is being able to find great...
A call to convert 66,000 student HMO’s back to family homes?
I have been having a catch up on my on-line reading over this weekend and I have just come across an article which, in my opinion is very ill-informed.
“Housing supply in many UK cities is being restricted...
Does my Buy to Let lending criteria make sense?
While fully acknowledging that I am not a financial specialist I do know the residential property market. I have a proven track record of making money from letting property for 40 years. In my first book,
How ADR works in tenancy deposit disputes...
After sharing in discussions on two separate threads (links below) I realise that there is some misunderstanding about how Tenancy Deposit legislation works when there is a tenancy deposit dispute.
Buy...
How to help bring about changes to legislation post “Superstrike”...
One of the things that are uppermost in landlords’ minds at the moment is the concern that we are vulnerable to possible litigation following the “Superstrike” case. The degree of that vulnerability...
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...
Maslow’s Theory Applied to Landlords and Tenants...
In the West Midlands we are addressing the issue of educating the young to understand their future housing options, financial obligations and choices. I work on behalf of NLA with a consortium called HOMESTAMP...
Mary Latham questions landlords rights to reposess...
“Why are landlords being denied our legal right to repossess a “dwelling house” Under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988?” – Mary Latham – Landlord
After reading and posting...
Landlords face possibility that they may not be able to evict...
I have just read a thread on Property Tribes that says Hounslow Council have been prevented so far from evicting a tenant because she is claiming that they are contravening her human rights under Article...
Reducing/avoiding rent arrears – I’ll have some of that...
After reading Experian launches rent payment profile for tenants, I am perfectly prepared to give a person a chance for a new start but I cannot afford to take people who will not pay their rent. Many...
Universal Credit The Elephant in the Room...
After reading the comments posted here, I wanted to begin a new discussion about Universal Credit and I hope that Ben Reeve-Lewis will join me to give his take on what the future holds for landlords who take...
Tenancy Deposit Protection legislation changes at midnight on...
I am going to keep it simple I have written two articles with full details but here is the short version including TWO NEW WARNINGS...
I need to say sorry to landlords who let in Birmingham...
I have organised this important meeting and I forgot to ask NLA to mail out to members to let you know. This is entirely my fault and I am sorry to have let you down. I know that it is short notice...
Holding your umbrella upside down will not keep off the reign...
-By Guest Columnist Mary Latham-
Landlords may be invisible but their properties are not and neither are their tenants, especially if they are among the increasing number who rely on benefits to pay their...
What do April ’12 changes to EPC’s mean to us as landlords?
For those who think “More legislation to make life difficult for landlords” let’s first look at why Government need us to have Energy Performance Certificates (EPC’s).
When fossil fuels are...
How do I get rid of my bad tenant?
That is a question that I am asked by landlords all the time and I am pleased when they ask me because it means that they do not intend to “send the boys round”. These landlords want to remove unwanted...
Why landlords won’t take LHA tenants – this brave tenant...
Government need to take note because this illness has reached epidemic proportions and, in my opinion, is the reason many private landlords are refusing to take tenants on benefits. If a cure is not found...
Rents to be frozen from April 2012...
The National Landlords Association announced Friday – “We have just learned from the Department for Work and Pensions that LHA rates are to be frozen from April this year.”
If you are thinking...
Email ID theft scam – National Statistics / Census...
WARNING From Office of National Statistics Bogus email with links that COULD ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION
I have checked this out and it has come from Wolverhampton City Council; it...
Here’s a radical idea – Stop Shooting Fish in a Barrel...
I am writing this after reading an article with the opening line “A Labour MP says that every MP he knows “is desperate for help in dealing with rogue landlords”.”
Here is a radical idea...
Landlords Warning – London Olympics 90 day lettings law...
People who are thinking of letting during the Olympics should be aware that it is a criminal offence to let a London property for less than 90 Days without permission.
Landlords will risk fines of up to...