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Landlords urged to watch for shady solar panel dealings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords maximising income from buy to let properties by leasing their roof space to firms generating energy from solar panels...

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Pictures aren’t worth a thousand words say AIIC

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2012, 14 years ago | 4

Pictures are great, but there’s no substitute for a good description when it comes to inventories according to the Association...

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Resolving LHA rent arrears and overpayments

Author: John Paul

28th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

LHA Top Tips for landlords. Article 7 in a series of 8 If prevention has failed the next best thing...

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New call for government to regulate letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The government needs to take action to protect consumers by regulating unscrupulous letting and estate agents, urges the Royal Institution...

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Tentative reaction to new planning rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Following the release of the amended draft of the National Planning Policy Framework, reaction has been fairly positive. The streamlining...

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Buy to let rents predicted to rise by 20% in five years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let entrepreneurs can only finance around a quarter of the £200 billion investment needed in property over the...

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Landlord fined £1,000 after HMO licensing mix-up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

A landlord who told a court he misunderstood shared house rules was fined £1,000 for failing to licence his property...

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By George! The feel-good tax giveaway is really a con

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Clever Chancellor George Osborne is masking landlord tax increases with smoke and mirror financial tricks that make income tax bills...

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To fix or not to fix your Buy to Let mortgage rate?

Author: Neil Patterson

26th March 2012, 14 years ago | 4

To fix or not to fix, that is the question so many people are not honest with themselves about. In...

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Who updates the buy to let mortgage calculator?

Author: Neil Patterson

26th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Hi it’s me for my sins I started my career in banking in 1990 (when I was 8!) and on...

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London rents hit almost double the rest of the UK

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords are picking up almost double the average monthly rent in London compared to property investors in...

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Insuring against the risks of non-payment of rent

Author: Mark Alexander

25th March 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Tenant Referencing comes in many guises but in this article I am going to focus on how landlords can outsource...

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Buy to Let lead generator

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

A new piece of lead generation software has been created by Property118.com to help businesses providing services to landlords to...

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Budget plan to make accounting easier for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Keeping accounts for a buy to let business could be a lot simpler if the Government adopts cash accounting for...

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Budget 2012 missed a chance for property tax reform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget 2012 was a chance missed for reforming property tax, says the industry. Many are also breathing...

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Landlord Legal Update – for the real Northerners (…Scotland)

Author: Jim Bauld

22nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Are you looking for a legal update in relation to landlord matters north of the border, in particular the tenancy...

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Portfolio landlord reveals secret strategy to reduce voids

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

22nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Have you ever made the same mistake I did – and set the rent too high? I remember when one...

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NAEA Unhappy with Budget Announcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Following George Osbourne’s Budget announcement, NAEA have offered a damning response as Wendy Evans-Scott, President of the National Association of...