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Portfolio landlord reveals secret strategy to reduce voids

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

22nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Have you ever made the same mistake I did – and set the rent too high? I remember when one...

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Don’t allow LANDLORDS to be SCAPEGOATS of housing policy failures

Author: Mark Alexander

20th March 2012, 14 years ago | 9

In a country where we have a housing crisis driven by a complete lack of an innovative and all-encompassing housing...

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Reducing/avoiding rent arrears – I’ll have some of that please

Author: Mary Latham

20th March 2012, 14 years ago | 8

After reading Experian launches rent payment profile for tenants, I am perfectly prepared to give a person a chance for...

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Rents drop again for buy to let landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents nudged down by 0.6% in February – the third fall in the past year, according to...

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Experian launches rent payment profile for tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th March 2012, 14 years ago | 35

Missing a rent payment could affect a tenant’s credit rating as one of the largest credit checking firms opens a...

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A choice of two tenants

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

14th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

If you had a choice of the two tenants below which would you choose? A middle-aged couple (one working and...

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Ombudsman Report highlights need for regulation, say ARLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Following the report from the Property Ombudsman that revealed a sharp rise in complaints about lettings agents, ARLA have issued...

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Finding reliable LHA tenants

Author: John Paul

14th March 2012, 14 years ago | 4

LHA Top Tips for landlords. Article 3 in a series of 8 The longer you keep a tenant the less...

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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...