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MP sees red over forcing green repairs on landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2012, 14 years ago | 7

Landlords may have to clear minor repairs with council building inspectors who could force them to carry out extra energy...

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HMO raid uncovered 15 tenants living in a filthy flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Fifteen people were found living in an overcrowded and unlicensed house in multiple occupation raised by a team of police...

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Tenants try to block eviction under human rights laws

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Tenants are trying to exploit human rights laws to stop paying rent and block evictions, warns the Residential Landlords Association....

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Living in a Rented Property

Author: Ally Interiors

12th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The biggest problem for tenants is trying to make a rented property feel like home. You want them to avoid...

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Buy to let did boom in 2011 – it’s official!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let really did boom in 2011 – with the total up 12% on the previous year as 692,766...

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Rental Decorating Tips

Author: Ally Interiors

11th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Know your market. Are you targeting students, couples, professional singles, holiday or executive renters? What level of return are you...

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Shocked Chancellor orders landlord tax scrutiny

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th April 2012, 14 years ago | 24

Shocked Chancellor George Osborne has ordered a closer scrutiny of buy to let tax reliefs after finding out that some...

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Landlords and Tenancy Deposit Schemes – A rocky relationship?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2012, 14 years ago | 1

With the tenancy deposit protection changes coming into force overnight, research by digital inventory platform Imfuna has found 0% of...

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Landlords face tougher deposit protection rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Landlords failing to protect a tenants buy to let deposit face tougher penalties under new laws that come in to...

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Inventories, the easy way

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

5th April 2012, 14 years ago | 1

If you ask 2 different letting agents how they do inventories and condition reports, you’ll probably get 3 different answers....

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Why house prices can go up and down at the same time

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2012, 14 years ago | 1

The lack of a joined up official and independent house price index for the UK is at the root of...

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Green for go on new EPC laws for buy to lets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

It’s green for go for new-style energy performance certificates from April 6 and landlords or letting agents who flout the...

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ARLA guide for reluctant landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Letting agents reporting a rising number of homeowners renting out their properties because they cannot sell has more than doubled...

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Number of tenants in arrears surges 20% in a year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Thousands of tenants are in rent arrears with a growing number adding to the total every month, according to statistics...

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LetAlliance expand to Northern Ireland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

LetAlliance is rolling out its specialist services to the 200 letting agents across Northern Ireland for the first time as...

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2,000 student landlords warned over ‘poor’ standards

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd April 2012, 14 years ago | 2

More than 2,000 Oxford landlords have had warning letters from the city council about repairs to carry out under the...

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Ombudsman boots out rent row letting agent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Letting agent Helen Gregory has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme after a rent row with a buy to...

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First drop in buy to let lending for two years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Demand for buy to let lending has dropped for the first time in two years, according to the latest Bank...