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Taskforce set to tackle beds in sheds scandal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th April 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Beds in sheds landlords face a crackdown by a special government taskforce aimed at closing down criminal landlords and tracking...

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Drugs police raid a cannabis factory once every hour

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Drugs squads are raiding a cannabis factory nearly once every hour and seizing drugs worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger #10

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

30th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

I recently had a long online discussion with Mary Latham, in which we both tried to get to the bottom...

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Property hijacks prompt fraud alert from the FSA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Financial watchdog is alerting landlords to watch out for property hijacking by fraudsters and crooked mortgage brokers. The Financial Services...

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Is your name listed in the fraudster’s phone book?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Property investors targeted by fraudsters are about to receive a letter or email from financial watchdogs warning them crooks are...

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Never mind “The Mouse That Roared” … how about “The tenant that mooooo’d!!”?

Author: Vanessa Warwick

23rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 5

When it comes to being a Landlord, whether you self-manage or have a fully managed service, tenant referencing is a...

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Buy to Let regulation – The EU and CARRP

Author: Mark Alexander

19th April 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Our most popular article to date in terms of both debate a viewers was the prospect of the EU regulation...

Don’t Shoot the Messenger #9 – How the Police can land you in hot water

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

17th April 2012, 14 years ago | 36

Imagine the scenario. You are being threatened or assaulted in the street, your home has been burgled, your car has...

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Article 8 Evictions – Human Rights?

Author: Mark Reynolds

13th April 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Having read Mary Latham’s article about landlord’s not being able to evict due to human rights law, I have been giving...

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HMO raid uncovered 15 tenants living in a filthy flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Fifteen people were found living in an overcrowded and unlicensed house in multiple occupation raised by a team of police...

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Tenants try to block eviction under human rights laws

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Tenants are trying to exploit human rights laws to stop paying rent and block evictions, warns the Residential Landlords Association....

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Landlord jailed after mum and daughter die in arson blaze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd April 2012, 14 years ago | 1

HMO landlord Lookman Adeyemi has been jailed for four months and ordered to pay £10,000 costs after admitting flouting fire...

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Ombudsman boots out rent row letting agent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Letting agent Helen Gregory has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme after a rent row with a buy to...

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Londoners earning less than £52,000 can’t afford to rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Renters in London need to earn around £52,000 to let a buy to let home, according to figures from homeless...

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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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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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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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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...