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I need to say sorry to landlords who let in Birmingham

Author: Mary Latham

7th March 2012, 15 years ago | 1

I have organised this important meeting and I forgot to ask NLA to mail out to members to let you...

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Holding your umbrella upside down will not keep off the reign of the taxman

Author: Mary Latham

6th March 2012, 15 years ago | 2

-By Guest Columnist Mary Latham- Landlords may be invisible but their properties are not and neither are their tenants, especially...

What do April ’12 changes to EPC’s mean to us as landlords?

Author: Mary Latham

5th March 2012, 15 years ago | 30

For those who think “More legislation to make life difficult for landlords” let’s first look at why Government need us...

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How do I get rid of my bad tenant?

Author: Mary Latham

14th February 2012, 15 years ago | 17

That is a question that I am asked by landlords all the time and I am pleased when they ask...

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Why landlords won’t take LHA tenants – this brave tenant has gone public.

Author: Mary Latham

11th February 2012, 15 years ago | 51

Government need to take note because this illness has reached epidemic proportions and, in my opinion, is the reason many...

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Rents to be frozen from April 2012

Author: Mary Latham

6th February 2012, 15 years ago | 21

The National Landlords Association announced Friday – “We have just learned from the Department for Work and Pensions that LHA...

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Email ID theft scam – National Statistics / Census

Author: Mary Latham

31st January 2012, 15 years ago | 1

WARNING From Office of National Statistics Bogus email with links that COULD ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION I have checked...

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Here’s a radical idea – Stop Shooting Fish in a Barrel

Author: Mary Latham

13th January 2012, 15 years ago | 32

I am writing this after reading an article with the opening line “A Labour MP says that every MP he...

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Landlords Warning – London Olympics 90 day lettings law

Author: Mary Latham

8th January 2012, 15 years ago | 20

People who are thinking of letting during the Olympics should be aware that it is a criminal offence to let...

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Further Warnings to Landlords about Tenants Deposit Protection

Author: Mary Latham

9th December 2011, 15 years ago | 24

Following my blog The Devil is in the Detail, I want to pass on some information that will help landlords...

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The Devil is in the Detail

Author: Mary Latham

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 107

The Localism Act 2011 is another heavy piece of legislation and you might be forgiven for missing a very important...

Frivolous it might be but I don’t fall out with my tenants because…..

Author: Mary Latham

28th November 2011, 15 years ago | 23

There have been some really interesting comments on the EU Trying To Kill Buy To Let – sign the petition...

Private Landlords Will Need To Be Much More Vigilant if Proposals Go Ahead

Author: Mary Latham

11th November 2011, 15 years ago | 54

Tenants with anti social behaviour orders will be forced into the private rented sector if proposals to give housing associations...

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We Need More Trust Not More Legislation and Regulation

Author: Mary Latham

7th November 2011, 15 years ago | 3

There is a lot of talk these days about tenants needing security of tenure and organisations like Shelter would like...

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I Will Not Say Sorry for Being a Good Landlord

Author: Mary Latham

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 24

An article in the Telegraph last week really offended my sense of justice. I am well aware that only landlords...

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Landlords, Let’s Make December Celebration of Good Tenants Month

Author: Mary Latham

18th October 2011, 15 years ago | 34

Next year I will have been a landlord for 40 years and I am going to throw a boomerang at...

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The Boomerang Effect for Landlords?

Author: Mary Latham

7th October 2011, 15 years ago | 21

“Respect seems to be like a boomerang in the sense that you must send it out before it will come...

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Get Out of Property Now?

Author: Mary Latham

15th September 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Landlords Money Week Magazine are telling us to Get out of Property Now. “Dump property”. “……If you are a property...