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Letting Agent Signs up 685 New Would-be Tenants Every Day

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

About 500,000 new tenants have registered to rent buy to let homes over the past two years with just one...

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Landlords Should Beware of the Costs of Condensation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2012, 14 years ago | 6

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – Landlords have been told to ensure their tenants know how to deal...

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Will Tenant Passports Help Renters & Housing?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2012, 14 years ago | 4

We have witnessed a variety of different challenges which have impacted upon the housing market at different times and in...

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Compulsory Licencing of UK Letting Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2012, 14 years ago | 7

As stories of Letting Agents who cease trading owing large sums of money continue be reported, Norwich based landlord Mark...

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RLA Counter Shelter’s Five Point Plan

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – Following Shelter’s five point plan to step up its fight against rogue...

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Rents are Lower than Most Landlords Believe, Claims Belvoir

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Too many self-interest groups are inflating the real rents buy to let landlords are picking up, claims letting specialist Belvoir....

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Chance to Have your Say About Regulating Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 14 years ago | 9

Time is running out for buy to let investors in Wales who wish to make their feelings known about proposals...

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HMRC Loses Key Holiday Let Tax Case

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2012, 14 years ago | 4

The tax man has lost a key case that allows holiday let owners claim business property relief against inheritance tax....

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Ban for ‘Unfair’ Sale and Rent Back Firms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Firms buying homes and renting them back to struggling home owners who are often trying to avoid repossession have stopped...

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City Landlords Turn Empty Bank Offices into Luxury Flats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Hard pressed landlords are looking at switching tough to let offices in the square mile to swish apartments for City...

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London Council Opens Letting Agency

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2012, 14 years ago | 9

A London council has set up the first local authority full management lettings agency for rental homes in the capital....

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Fight Fraud by Taking your Property Ex-Directory

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Live away property owners are urged to go ‘ex-directory’ in an anti fraud campaign by the Land Registry. In a...

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Cornwall is UK Property Hotspot for Second Homers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st February 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Cornwall keeps top spot as the favourite UK destination for second homers with 14,000 properties – almost double that of...

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Courts Crack Down on Landlords Flouting Gas Safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Magistrates are getting tough with landlords who flout gas safety rules by handing down hefty fines. Buy to let homes...

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Oxford Landlord Fined Over Gas Safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A landlord in Oxford has been fined £2,000 and over £2,000 in costs after repeatedly failing to obtain a gas...

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First Blanket HMO Licensing Scheme Starts in Oxford

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2012, 14 years ago | 20

The countdown has begun to the start of the UK’s first HMO blanket licensing scheme that starts in Oxford. From...

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Renting Costs £100 a Month More than Buying the Same Home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2012, 14 years ago | 4

Buying a house is still £100 a month cheaper than renting – if you have a credit rating and the...

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Inventory Disputes Could be Reduced, Say AIIC

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The AIIC have told landlords again to ensure their inventories are up to scratch, as landlords continue to end up...