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To issue or not to issue an AST

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3rd January 2017, 10 years ago | 4

Can I please have your advice on a matter that a mate of mine has found herself in? She has...

Tax advantages/disadvantages in selling a property company vs selling the properties individually

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1st January 2017, 10 years ago | 19

When I first became a landlord I was advised of the tax advantages in holding buy to let properties in...

Has anyone taken another landlord to court for loss of rent due to their tenant?

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29th December 2016, 10 years ago | 10

I got a problem with a landlord of a property next door to mine and I would like some advise...

Stupid stupid Banking systems!

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28th December 2016, 10 years ago | 12

Could not get a £30k BTL mortgage on a £380k house that has had a >95% occupancy since 2002. The...

Mortgage to buy an SPV Ltd Company and property it sits in?

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28th December 2016, 10 years ago | 11

I want to buy an HMO which is already held in a SPV Ltd company. I want to retain the...

What to do when your sole trader letting agent dies?

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27th December 2016, 10 years ago | 7

I’m a landlord of two houses. I use an agent to manage them. He is a sole trader and really...

Online Estate Agents seem too good to be true?

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23rd December 2016, 10 years ago | 10

Hello an online estate agent is offering a hard to believe marketing deal to advertise property on all the big...

Landlord being repossessed and letting agency burying heads in the sand!

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22nd December 2016, 10 years ago | 10

So, the short of this is, my partners rented property is being repossessed. She passed on information that the mortgage...

Impossible to Get a Remortgage?

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22nd December 2016, 10 years ago | 12

Hi there. I have been renting a property out for the last 15months (having lived in it beforehand) and have...

Ongoing new build flat window leak saga?

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19th December 2016, 10 years ago | 7

I have a 5th floor flat which for a number of years has had a leak, the leak only happens...

Ending a tenancy and sorting out a subletting mess?

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19th December 2016, 10 years ago | 4

I have a property which I have had tenants in for 9 years. The rent is now well below market...

Unable to obtain mortgage on auction purchased ex-local authority flat?

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19th December 2016, 10 years ago | 14

I’m in a bit of financing conundrum and was hoping your good selves might be able to provide some potential...

Can’t get in to rental property due to domestic violence team putting in mortice locks and alarms?

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19th December 2016, 10 years ago | 11

My brother has been letting out a mid terrace house privately to a tenant for three years, lady with children...

Negative equity and end of mortgage term?

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19th December 2016, 10 years ago | 22

I have 2 properties both in negative equity to the tune of about £30K each on interest only mortgages. They...

Freehold directors removed me under company law and MOA?

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19th December 2016, 10 years ago | 3

I have been ganged up on by two directors who are acting improperly and have conspired and colluded to remove...

Can they pull the rug out this fast ??

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19th December 2016, 10 years ago | 4

I have had fully licensed 6 bed HMO for 5 years ( Basinghall finance mortgage ) who granted the change...

Problem with drunk and threatening tenant

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16th December 2016, 10 years ago | 7

We have a problem with a new tenant in an HMO house who has come in drunk and used threatening...

Can the system really be so stacked against the landlord?

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16th December 2016, 10 years ago | 9

I’d like confirmation please that we are doing everything we can here. We let our buy-to-let property through an estate...

Council want their housing money back – £15,000!

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16th December 2016, 10 years ago | 8

Tenant of over 20 years on housing benefit. Been paying their rent ok up to some months ago and then...

Second Floor Extension to my First Floor Flat

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16th December 2016, 10 years ago | 7

I live in block of flats with my family (wife and 2 daughters). The block has got 47 flats in...

How do we restore RTM company that was struck off?

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16th December 2016, 10 years ago | 1

We are a block of 28 flats in north London. Some years ago, we formed a Right to Manage company...