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Third of Landlords Ready to Buy More Rental Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Nearly a third of landlords have plans to buy more rental property this year, according to specialist buy to let...

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Task force targets criminal ‘beds in sheds’ landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Beds in sheds landlords are the target of a new government campaign to crack down on shoddy housing. Housing minister...

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Landlord repairs targeted in health and safety crackdown

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Health and safety inspectors are cracking down on landlords who fail to manage building projects on their rental properties –...

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£85,000 ‘missing’ as letting agent traded fraudulently

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Fraud investigators uncovered a ‘missing’ £85,000 from a failed letting agent that ran into financial problems after the supervising franchise...

All change on the buy to let mortgage front

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Co-Operative Bank buy to let mortgage customers can breathe a sigh of relief as the wholesale scrapping of interest only...

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HMO landlord pays £13,000 for ignoring repair order

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A shared house landlord who ignored council orders to upgrade his property was ordered to pay more than £13,000 in...

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Pets are not a landlord’s best friend

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

With former homeowners being forced back into the rental market, The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has warned landlords to...

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Landlords ready to sink more cash in to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords are still purchasing more buy to let homes, according to research by a mortgage lender. Property investors piled cash...

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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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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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Corporates sink millions into student letting

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Corporate investment in student letting was up 50% to £1.15 billion last year as rents and yields continue to go...

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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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The Great PRS Licencing Debate

Author: Mark Alexander

20th April 2012, 14 years ago | 7

Whilst there were only 50 delegates at the event the speakers were all very high profile. The debating panel included...

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Rising number of tenants struggle to pay rent, says ARLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Tenants are facing a financial struggle to pay their rents, according to the latest survey by the Association of Residential...

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It’s love not war between landlords and tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Deposit protection keeper Steve Harriott is promoting a love-in between landlords and tenants over the myth that they are constantly...

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Buy to let rents keep rising as tenants get poorer

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The average UK rent increased by 2.6% in March to £764 a month, according to the latest survey by specialist...

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Meet Mark Alexander at the Property Business Show

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Mark Alexander has been campaigning to make it compulsory for letting agents to have professional indemnity insurance and bonding for...