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Letting agent complaints soar by 26% says The Property Ombudsman

Author: Mark Alexander

14th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Complaints against rogue letting agents surged by 26% to more than 7,600 in 2011, according to independent adjudicator The Property...

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Are ‘rate your landlord’ websites worth the effort?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th March 2012, 14 years ago | 6

New online services are springing up that let property people and renters share information about ‘bad’ landlords and tenants –...

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Landlords conned out of £100,000 in subletting scam

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Fraudster Rose Chimuka conned landlords of out of more than £100,000 by posing as a mum to rent their homes...

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Renting rules for long-distance landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th March 2012, 14 years ago | 4

Letting agents are urging long-distance landlords to make sure they follow six basic renting rules to avoid hassle with tenants....

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Third illegal eviction costs landlord £4,500

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Landlord Mohammed Khubaib needs to change his ways and stop illegally evicting tenants or he’ll end up in jail –...

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Reluctant landlords pay more for mortgage deals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Let to buy mortgage lenders are inflicting stinging interest rates on reluctant landlords who have to rent out their homes...

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Fair wear and tear – downside of longer tenancies?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The good news for landlords that tenancies are getting longer, may well be tempered by the warning from the Association...

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Property investors target better yields

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Property investors are targeting high-yielding HMOs and commercial property in a switch away from buy to let, according to a...

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Let to buy is soaring, say lenders and letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The broken housing market is pushing more accidental landlords into the buy to let market, according to lenders and letting...

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Runaway letting agent disappears owing thousands

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2012, 14 years ago | 16

Landlords and tenants are trying to track down a letting agent who has shut up shop leaving them thousands of...

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Subsidence warning due to drought

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – he warning from the Environment Agency that the South East and London...

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New mortgage deals for HMO and student landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd February 2012, 14 years ago | 3

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – Kent Reliance has launched 80% loan-to-value buy to let and HMO mortgages....

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Get ready for new deposit protection rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2012, 14 years ago | 17

Tough deposit protection rules start soon that close loopholes that let landlords escape fines by returning money to tenants on...

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Be wary of Letting Agents Pushing Rightmove Premium Listings

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

16th February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Rightmove Premium Listings ‘Do they work?’ Rightmove themselves state that their own research indicates that properties with a “Premium Listing”...

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Council hit-team takes on hardcore rogue landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A council hit-team is readying to prosecute rogue landlords who have dodged signing up to a selective licensing scheme. The...

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Business Booms for Letting Agents as Buy to Let Thrives

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

The thriving buy to let market is driving a letting agent boom as firms respond to increasing demand from tenants...

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How do I get rid of my bad tenant?

Author: Mary Latham

14th February 2012, 14 years ago | 17

That is a question that I am asked by landlords all the time and I am pleased when they ask...

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1st March… The New accreditation Scheme is coming

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2012, 14 years ago | 3

The 1st of March will see the launch of the countries first tenant accreditation Scheme, (UK TAS), bred from a...