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Rant over tenants “Human Rights” continues...
Thank you to Chris Birdsall of TenantID for providing this Guest Blog which follows up nicely our report on 24th February entitled “Judges block eviction that mars tenants Human Rights”...
Housing market is picking up, say estate agents...
The housing market has perked up as estate agents report more homes for sale and a jump in the number of hopeful buyers.
The National Association of Estate Agent’s (NAEA) latest market survey shows...
Spot checks on property businesses slammed as ‘misguided’...
Plans by HM Revenue and Customs to inspect landlord and small business financial records in a bid to spot cheats are under fire from tax experts.
HMRC wants to check out 50,000 landlords and businesses...
Top 10 places for best buy to let rent returns...
Buy to let landlords looking for the best and worst places for investing in two-bedroom homes to rent have had all the numbers crunched for them by a leading property portal.
Consumer champion urges crackdown on rogue letting agents...
Rogue letting agents that swindle landlords and tenants out of hundreds of thousands of pounds a year have come under fire from the renting industry’s consumer champion.
Spotlight on Robin Pilley, HMO investor – Part three of a four...
Robin Pilley invests into HMO’s in the Haverhill area and regularly achieves up to 16% yields, he is also a Director of CXG Property Services, which is a Letting Agents and Property Sourcing Company. ...
Countrywide signs up 19,000 renters in a month...
The pent up demand for buying and letting homes is reflected in some new figures that act as barometers for the housing market.
Go for Olympic gold by letting out rooms tax-free...
Householders can scoop their own Olympic gold by renting out rooms tax-free to visitors to the 2012 London games.
Cannabis farm seizures hit a record high...
Cannabis farming is a growing menace for landlords as police seized a record number of plants in raids mainly on buy to let homes.
England faces housing gap of 750,000 properties by 2025...
England faces a shortage of up to 750,000 homes by 2025 according to an analysis of government projections by think-tank the Insitute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
UK holiday homes developer offers unique financing package...
In this You Tube video interview between Vanessa Warwick from Property Tribes and Paul Spriggins of Tingdene this unique business model is explained. Paul Spriggines is a personal friend of mine and we...
Tax clock ticking down for celebs who can’t sell homes...
Time is running out for celebrities who are trying to sell their £1 million homes before the stamp duty curtain comes down at the end of the month.
Mortgage borrowing plunged in January, say lenders...
Mortgages for homebuyers were down again in January, according to the major banks and building societies.
Common reasons why inventories fail at adjudication...
Part 1 of a 2 part series.
With over 23,500 deposit disputes last year – a figure that is set to increase as tenants become more aware of their rights – it has never been more important to...
MPs urged to let benefit tenants choose how to pay their rents...
Tenants picking up housing allowances to pay their rents should have the choice to pay their landlords direct, says the Residential Landlords Association.
Couples need to income shift to beat April’s tax changes...
Around 750,000 taxpayers face a shock at the end of the month when they are automatically upgraded to the higher rate tax bracket without earning any more money.
Letting agent kitemark aims to identify risky firms...
Letting agents are closing ranks against rogue firms that fail to safeguard money handed over by landlords and tenants with a new kitemark scheme.
Ipswich Property Network meeting – Mark Alexander, guest...
Ipswich Property Network Meeting
Monday 11th April 2011 – 18:30 – 22:00
Ipswich Holiday Inn, London Road, Ipswich, IP2 0UA
Guest speakers include our very own Mark Alexander, founder of Property118.com...
Spotlight on Robin Pilley, HMO investor – Part two of a four...
Robin Pilley invests into HMO’s (Houses in Multiple Occupation) in the Haverhill area and regularly achieves up to 16% yields, he is also a Director of CXG Property Services, which is a Letting Agents...
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Buy to let tenants expect rents to keep on rising...
Private renters expect to hand over more money every month to their buy to let landlords as they continue to struggle to buy homes of their own.