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Pet-Loving Tenants Dogged by Ban on Animals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd September 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Pets are a casualty of the buy to let boom as tenants are forced to make a choice between keeping...

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Call for U-turn on Plan to Pay Rents to Tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st September 2011, 15 years ago | 7

Major housing organisations in the private and social rental sectors have joined forces to fight the government proposals to pay...

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Crooks Have Plagued us for Years, Says Leading Letting Agent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Theft and fraud by letting agents has always been a problem in the industry, claims the managing director of the...

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HMO Planning Rules Confuse Student Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Councils are imposing arcane planning rules in an attempt to stop student landlords opening new shared houses. Landlords in Portsmouth...

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“Don’t Shoot The Messenger!” Harassment vs Chasing Overdue Rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th September 2011, 15 years ago | 30

When a tenant has beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either negotiate...

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Homelet Find Rents Are Still Rising

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Average rents across the UK continue to rise, according to Homelet’s latest rental index for August. London went up a...

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Secret Billionaire Pays £7,857 a Day Rent for London Flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Demand to let prime London property is surging with rents reaching £55,000 per week for the cream of homes. Wealthy...

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Struggling Letting Agent Dipped in to Client Funds

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A letting agent confessed to a judge that he dipped in to rents and deposits paid by tenants to keep...

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Students Don’t Mind the Quality but Opt for the Bandwidth

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Students rate good internet access as their top priority when looking for a home. A good online experience is better...

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Good Local Schools Can Put House Prices up by £12,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Parents are willing to pay more money to buy or rent a property in a good school catchment area, according...

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Ministers Rule Out Regulation for Letting Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Calls for regulating letting agents have met with a clear message from the government that it’s up to the businesses...

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Landlords Warned Over ID Theft as Tenant steals £10,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords who let homes they have previously lived in are urged to tidy up their finances and redirect mail before...

Letting Agent Disputes at a 20 year High, say AIIC

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th August 2011, 15 years ago | 1

After receiving the highest number of complaints against letting agents for 20 years, the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks have...

Buoyant London Market Predicted for Student Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Student landlords in London can look forward to around thousands of students from the UK and overseas seeking private rented...

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Landlords must let tenants keep chickens and rabbits

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2011, 15 years ago | 5

Landlords with a no pets policy for rental properties need to watch out for a little known legal loophole which...

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OFT warns letting agents about unfair contracts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Letting agents have been warned that they must offer landlords clear and fair contracts or face action from government consumer...

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Rental arrears down, say LSL

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Rental arrears decreased for the second month in a row, according to LSL Property Services latest buy to let index....

What to do if your letting agent goes bust

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th June 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Landlords are regularly falling victim to rogue letting agents who suddenly shut up shop and take their money and run....