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Here’s a radical idea – Stop Shooting Fish in a Barrel

Author: Mary Latham

13th January 2012, 14 years ago | 32

I am writing this after reading an article with the opening line “A Labour MP says that every MP he...

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Letting Agent Plans £8 Million Stock Market Float

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Lettings firm Belvoir intends to join the City’s Alternative Investment Market to raise capital for further expansion. The specialist lettings...

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Avoiding being ripped off by the Olympics

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

9th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Having written my article on the predicted downside of renting during the Olympics I thought I had better provide a...

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Frustrated Sellers Forced to Consider Let-to-Move

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2012, 14 years ago | 11

Frustrated sellers are turning into reluctant landlords as the stagnating housing market in some areas has driven buyers away. Around...

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A Tale of Two Toilets

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

5th January 2012, 14 years ago | 24

A strange case came my way today and I thought it a grand example of the sort of world I...

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Benefit Cuts Price Poor Families Out of Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Rents of around a third of private rented homes in Britain are beyond the financial reach of the poorest families...

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Santander Joins Buy to Let Mortgage Frenzy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2011, 14 years ago | 6

Santander has joined the buy to let lending frenzy with a range of purchase and remortgage deals for landlords. The...

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Cleaning Costs are Adding Up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2011, 14 years ago | 72

Landlords are seeing a rising amount of deposit disputes over the cleaning of properties according to The Association of Independent...

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Below Market Value Agent Advertised Misleading House Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2011, 14 years ago | 1

Estate agents quoting misleading below-market-value home sale prices have been reprimanded by the advertising watchdog. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)...

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Getting Letting Agents to Bid for Your Business

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2011, 14 years ago | 1

Landlords can take the strain out of comparing letting agents to find the best deal with a new online service....

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Rip Off Letting Agents Prey on Tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2011, 14 years ago | 6

Letting agents are ripping off tenants with high fees that are not revealed until they come to let a home,...

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Airline Pilot’s Holiday Let Strategy Takes Off

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

As an Airline Pilot, Ray Pearce has a fairly unique perspective on the changing trends of UK holiday makers; “Over...

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Landlord Fined £4,000 after Tenant Flees Buy to Let Blaze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2011, 14 years ago | 1

A landlord was fined £4,000 for failing to carry out fire safety work at a rental property after a tenant...

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Buy to Let Drought Pushes up Yields for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

A shortage of homes to rent is pushing yields up for landlords – and the trend is likely to continue,...

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House prices in Scotland Unmoved

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

House prices in Scotland have remained fairly constant, offering only small rises for larger properties and slight drops in smaller...

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Warning: Upsetting Footage For Landlords

Author: Frazer Fearnhead

7th December 2011, 14 years ago | 8

You can reference tenants, you can use your own judgement to select ones you think you can trust and you...

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Possession Increasingly Obtained Without Money Orders

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th December 2011, 15 years ago | 18

Landlords across the country appear to be changing tack as the amount of successful possession orders appears to be on...

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DPS Smoothing the Return of Deposits

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th December 2011, 15 years ago | 1

The Deposit Protection Scheme has made a raft of changes to make the returning and protection of deposits process easier...