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Landlords Urged to Sign up for Tenant Property Passport

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords are being urged to sign up for a new passport scheme for tenants that build a six-year rental history...

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The Pointless Housing Benefit Helpline

Author: HMOLandlady

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 8

I’ve just come off the phone to our local housing benefit “help” line, scraped myself off the ceiling and stopped...

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The Devil is in the Detail

Author: Mary Latham

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 107

The Localism Act 2011 is another heavy piece of legislation and you might be forgiven for missing a very important...

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Landlords Working Guide

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords working guide to housing case law Abandonment etc This is the first of a new and occasional series (In...

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Eyesore Extensions Must Go, Planners Tell Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Planners are cracking down on landlords who have added extensions to 24 homes in just three streets without permission. Manchester...

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NPG offer money back deal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Property management company The National Property Group (NPG) have announced they will refund any management fees after six months if...

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1 in 7 Homes a Buy to Let … and the Number’s Growing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The number of buy to let properties has increased by 756,000 homes since 2007, according to the latest government housing...

Avoiding the Void

Author: Angus Ryan

28th November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Void periods are an occupational hazard of letting property and something that the vast majority of landlords will experience at...

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Protecting a Rental Business Against Rogue Letting Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Dozens of letting agents have gone bust in recent months leaving landlords struggling financial with unpaid rents and unprotected deposits....

Agents Need to Use Technology to Stay a Step Ahead

Author: Mark Reynolds

25th November 2011, 15 years ago | 11

One of the most important aspects of running a business is keeping one step ahead of the competition and providing...

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British Sharers Pay the Highest Rents in Europe

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Sharers pay an average £360 per month for a room – which is 5% more expensive than anywhere else in...

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Landlord Forced Tenants to Share Cramped Rooms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlord Pavlos Chatzinopoulos was fined £2,515 for making tenants share with cramped rooms with tenants they did not know. Swindon...

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Water Damage the Biggest Costs to Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Leaky pipes and sinks cost the UK’s landlords £2million a day and over 9 billion litres of water a year,...

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Don’t Forget Rent’s Not the Only Buy to Let Income

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Landlords might think that rent is the only income generated by their property business – but they may need to...

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Booming Buy to Let Rents Keep on Rising

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents are still rising – but not as fast as over recent months. In October, renters paid...

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Tell Tenants How to Deal with Emergencies, Urges NLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Tenants need to know about how to cope in an emergency to protect rental properties from risk of damage in...

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Should Landlords Pay For An Inventory?

Author: Frazer Fearnhead

16th November 2011, 15 years ago | 11

One thing I have learned from our experiences working with letting agents around the country is that they operate in...

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NALS – “No Agent Loves Sarcasm”

Author: Nick Stott

16th November 2011, 15 years ago | 15

Why does the general public have such a poor perception of agents? Is it because they are often image-conscious, relatively...