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Tenants Feel the Pinch as Housing Benefit Cuts Come into Effect

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2012, 14 years ago | 16

Existing tenants will start to feel the pinch this month as their benefits are reduced by an average of £83...

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Communal Areas of Apartments

Author: Ally Interiors

1st February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

We have all seen the dreaded coir carpet that has shrunk around the edges in trendy apartment blocks. The concrete...

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Email ID theft scam – National Statistics / Census

Author: Mary Latham

31st January 2012, 14 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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Stand Out in Rental Market

Author: Ally Interiors

30th January 2012, 14 years ago | 1

If you have purchased a property “off plan”, and intend to let it out, the chances are that so have...

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The 21st Century Letting Agent- Transparency

Author: Roger Lancaster

27th January 2012, 14 years ago | 3

So far in these articles we have looked at actions, activities and principles a 21st Century Letting Agency can adopt...

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Bedbugs, an HMO landlords story

Author: HMO Cleaning

25th January 2012, 14 years ago | 10

AAaargggh, the very word ‘bedbug’ still sends a chill right through me and here is why… We had an HMO...

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HMO Landlady Becomes A Letting Agent!!

Author: HMOLandlady

25th January 2012, 14 years ago | 8

Last summer I met a very well heeled friend for lunch and listened as she commiserated her devastating investment losses...

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The 21st Century Letting Agent -The Day to Day Management

Author: Roger Lancaster

25th January 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Last issue we looked at how a 21st Century Letting Agent utilises new technologies and techniques to maximise the chance...

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The 21st Century Letting Agent – Letting & Re-letting

Author: Roger Lancaster

23rd January 2012, 14 years ago | 3

In the last article we looked at how a 21st Century Agency can ensure the security of a landlord’s portfolio...

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The 21st Century Letting Agent – Protecting the Landlord’s Interests

Author: Roger Lancaster

19th January 2012, 14 years ago | 11

In the previous article I tried to make the point that a Letting Agent should act like an Asset Manager,...

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A 21st Century Letting Agent

Author: Roger Lancaster

17th January 2012, 14 years ago | 15

What should a landlord expect? ARLA have been complaining that the Government should regulate Letting Agents in the same way...

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Property Investment Strategies – Part Two

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17th January 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Following on from yesterday’s Property Investment Strategies part one. Assignment of Contract With “Assignment of Contract”, when done correctly, you...

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Property Investment Strategies – Part One

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16th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

It’s a fact that more millionaires attain their wealth through property than any other type of investment, so by that...

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

Author: Mary Latham

13th January 2012, 14 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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Article 4 Directions – a Southampton Perspective

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Article 4 Directions for managing HMOs will only work if they are accompanied by good planning policies – a Southampton...

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To Insure or not to Insure? That is the Question

Author: HMOLandlady

10th January 2012, 14 years ago | 4

January heralds house insurance renewal month. Every year I promise to get excited about it, compare quotes and wallow for...

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Avoiding being ripped off by the Olympics

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

9th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Having written my article on the predicted downside of renting during the Olympics I thought I had better provide a...

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Landlords Warning – London Olympics 90 day lettings law

Author: Mary Latham

8th January 2012, 14 years ago | 20

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