Legal

Message from Anthony Wilson of Ashley Wilson Solicitors LLP

Author: Anthony Wilson

13th March 2014, 12 years ago | 0

My name is Tony Wilson. I have today committed £15,000.00 to the fund to enable Mark Alexander and Mark Smith...

Property118 Members vs West Bromwich Mortgage Company

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd March 2014, 12 years ago | 769

UPDATE – 31st March 2014 Since publishing this article our campaign has raised over £450,000 and legal action has now...

DCLG review of property conditions in the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2014, 12 years ago | 9

This Department for Communities and Local Government DCLG discussion document considers what more can be done and how best to...

Tax Treatment of Equity Loans for Buy to Let Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

4th November 2013, 12 years ago | 0

I have been posting on numerous forums about the introduction of equity loans into the UK buy to let mortgage...

West Bromwich Tracker Rate Mortgages Legal Action Group

Author: Mark Alexander

29th October 2013, 12 years ago | 0

Nearly 1,000 people have registered an interest in the Class Action groups challenging the legality of the increases to tracker...

Legal Advice – West Bromwich Building Society Class Action

Author: Justin Selig

2nd October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

As you will be aware, we are actively looking for a suitable course of action to oppose the planned increase...

Tenants Charter – Mr Pickles, have you gone completely mad?

Author: Mark Alexander

1st October 2013, 13 years ago | 67

Open Letter to Mr Eric Pickles – Communities Secretary – re Tenants Charter Dear Mr Pickles Have you gone completely...

West Bromwich Building Society Tracker Margins Legal Action

Author: Mark Alexander

30th September 2013, 13 years ago | 3869

Are you affected by the West Brom Tracker Rate Hike? If your mortgage account number begins with the number 8...

ACT NOW to protect the margin on your YOUR tracker mortgage

Author: Mark Alexander

24th September 2013, 13 years ago | 123

If you have a tracker mortgage you may be forgiven for thinking that your mortgage payments will only change when...

Letting Fees MUST be disclosed in advertising as of Nov 1st 2013

Author: Mark Alexander

10th September 2013, 13 years ago | 14

Many of you will be aware of a ruling made by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in March this year...

Student Guarantee with limited liability

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2nd September 2013, 13 years ago | 2

It is that time of year – student tenancies are in the news and up and down the country alert...

Ex tenant problems

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 66

To condense the issues here goes…  Tenant on AST which ran into periodic for some two months Tenant leaves no...

Free guide to finding the very best tenants

Author: Mark Alexander

24th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

My free guide to finding the very best tenants is now available as a PDF download, just see the form...

How to help bring about changes to legislation post “Superstrike”

Author: Mary Latham

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 15

One of the things that are uppermost in landlords’ minds at the moment is the concern that we are vulnerable...

Guidance from tenancy deposit protection schemes following the Superstrike Ltd. vs Rodrigues Court of Appeal case

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

The four tenancy deposit protection scheme providers have collectively issued guidance notes following the Court of Appeal ruling in the...

Bank of Ireland Tracker Mortgage Class Action Update

Author: Justin Selig

9th July 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Yesterday the Treasury Committee published a letter sent to Andrew Tyrie MP from Martin Wheatley, Chairman of the Financial Conduct...

Rent2Rent contracts – if you’re going to do it do it right ….

Author: Mark Alexander

5th July 2013, 13 years ago | 23

Rent2Rent companies are using the wrong letting contracts Whilst I have never been a fan of the Rent2Rent strategy I...

The evolution of the Private Rented Sector – Deed of Assurance

Author: Mark Alexander

27th June 2013, 13 years ago | 116

Why on earth would The Mortgage Works “TMW” agree to three year AST’s? More to the point, why would landlords...