Landlords Stories
These landlords stories allow you to learn from other peoples experiences instead of your own expensive mistakes

Rent to Rent Tips, Advice and Case Study...
We first published this article back in 2013. It has been resurrected because the information provided within it is just as relevant today as it was back then and the Rent to Rent strategy continues...

Are private landlords going soft in their old age?
Public perception of private landlords is often that they are a tight fisted bunch looking for any opportunity to hike up rents or make tenants homeless. However, a recent Just Giving campaign goes...

Too Honest? – We Shall See...
You may have read about the problems I’ve been having with a property I own in Halifax – LINK.
Here’s an update
The local agents who it’s been let with for years still...

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Research conducted by Property118 members has revealed how up to 4.6 million tenants could be affected by George Osborne’s tax attacks on buy-to-let landlords.
In spite of ever-mounting criticism...

The cost of not seeking for professional advice...
Sometimes ignorance is bliss, at other times it is very expensive!
About a year ago I spoke with a very established landlord who, together with her partner, were in the process of selling many of...

Property118 Action Group Win At The Court of Appeal...
In this article we reveal the detail of:-
The history behind our legal action against West Bromwich Mortgage Company
The Court of Appeal ruling and the knock on implications
Other legal action...

Controversial Landlord Fergus Wilson Sells...
Fergus Wilson, probably one of Britain’s most controversial Landlords, claims to have sold his portfolio of Buy to Let properties in Kent to a foreign consortium for £250 million.
In a...

Landlord faces agent who owes her £20,000...
Channel 5’s ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’ is set to show how one rogue operator gives good letting agents a bad name. Margaret Wilson faces the agent that owes her £20,000 in a perfectly...

Mortgage Express / UKAR calling in instant remortgages...
I am aware of two Mortgage Express / UKAR borrowers who received a letter this weekend calling in their loans, an extract of the letters, which are both identical, can be found below. In both cases...

FOS rule West Brom Tracker Rate Hike is fair...
The FOS (Financial Ombudsman Service) have done it again!
In the past the FOS have controversially agreed that rate hikes applied by Bank of Ireland, Skipton Building Society (Amber Homeloans) and...