Cautionary Tales

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The landlord who could well become a legend

Author: Mark Alexander

18th June 2012, 14 years ago | 5

This weekend I came across a person who could become to landlordism what the legendary Roy Brooks was to the...

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Estate agent secretly tried to let home he should have sold

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

An estate agent tried to make some money on the side by renting an empty home he was trying to...

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Sex spy landlord secretly filmed couples in bed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th June 2012, 14 years ago | 1

A landlord addicted to porn secretly watched couples having sex with a spy camera secreted in an alarm clock on...

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HMO landlord fined £5,500 for letting filthy home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st May 2012, 14 years ago | 5

The landlord of a filthy and overcrowded shared house was fined £5,500 after admitting 23 licensing and management offences to...

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Struck-off solicitor branded slum landlord for house of filth

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

A struck-off solicitor and an estate agent who managed a house shared by 12 tenants who lived in filthy conditions...

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Letting agents may go bust as illegal fees campaign takes off

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th May 2012, 14 years ago | 10

Landlords are warned to check out that their letting agents protect their money as a new scheme helping tenants reclaim...

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Landlords in Wales must sign up for licence to let homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Thousands of buy to let and shared house landlords in Wales will have to sign up to a register before...

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Property firm’s buy to let advert claims ruled misleading

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A property firm’s claims that buy to let was a safe alternative to keeping money in a savings account were...

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If it isn’t Written Down, it Didn’t Happen – The Evidence Is In The Communication

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17th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

A few of you have talked about communication on here before, but today I wanted to talk about communication issues...

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Landlords urged to only deal with ‘safe’ letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Letting agents are urging landlords to make sure they only do business with firms offering a money protection scheme. Firms...

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Landlords ask courts to evict 65 tenants every day

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords filed nearly 6,000 claims to evict tenants in the first three months of the year, according...

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Landlord repairs targeted in health and safety crackdown

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Health and safety inspectors are cracking down on landlords who fail to manage building projects on their rental properties –...

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SAFEagent Launches its Awareness Week

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

SAFEagent is launching a ‘week of activity’ beginning on May 14th until 20th May, aimed at raising awareness of the...

Property Values vs Interest Rates

Author: Mark Alexander

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 15

A question that came up in conversation this evening whilst in the car on the way back from my fiancée’s offices...

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£85,000 ‘missing’ as letting agent traded fraudulently

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Fraud investigators uncovered a ‘missing’ £85,000 from a failed letting agent that ran into financial problems after the supervising franchise...

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Impact of Human Rights on Evictions

Author: Jim Bauld

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Regular readers of the Daily mail will no doubt have a healthy disregard for “human rights” or “yuman rites” as...

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HMO landlord pays £13,000 for ignoring repair order

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A shared house landlord who ignored council orders to upgrade his property was ordered to pay more than £13,000 in...

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Landlord hopes sink over buy to let flood insurance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The likely results of losing flood insurance are sinking-in to landlords with at risk property as much of the country...