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2,000 student landlords warned over ‘poor’ standards

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd April 2012, 15 years ago | 2

More than 2,000 Oxford landlords have had warning letters from the city council about repairs to carry out under the...

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Ombudsman boots out rent row letting agent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Letting agent Helen Gregory has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme after a rent row with a buy to...

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First drop in buy to let lending for two years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Demand for buy to let lending has dropped for the first time in two years, according to the latest Bank...

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Make way for the millionaires

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The UK’s millionaires are set to up their investment into property according to the latest Millionaire Monitor form Skandia. Of...

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Experian back-track on linking shared tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Renters who flatshare won’t be affected by their housemates who fail to pay their rent and bills following complaints from...

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Landlords warned to be insured against arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

With rents still continuing to rise, insurance provider LetRisks is urging to buy to let landlords to ensure they are...

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Londoners earning less than £52,000 can’t afford to rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Renters in London need to earn around £52,000 to let a buy to let home, according to figures from homeless...

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Landlords urged to watch for shady solar panel dealings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords maximising income from buy to let properties by leasing their roof space to firms generating energy from solar panels...

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Pictures aren’t worth a thousand words say AIIC

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2012, 15 years ago | 4

Pictures are great, but there’s no substitute for a good description when it comes to inventories according to the Association...

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Resolving LHA rent arrears and overpayments

Author: John Paul

28th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

LHA Top Tips for landlords. Article 7 in a series of 8 If prevention has failed the next best thing...

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New call for government to regulate letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The government needs to take action to protect consumers by regulating unscrupulous letting and estate agents, urges the Royal Institution...

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Buy to let rents predicted to rise by 20% in five years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let entrepreneurs can only finance around a quarter of the £200 billion investment needed in property over the...

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Insuring against the risks of non-payment of rent

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

25th March 2012, 15 years ago | 6

Tenant Referencing comes in many guises but in this article I am going to focus on how landlords can outsource...

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Buy to Let lead generator

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2012, 15 years ago | 1

A new piece of lead generation software has been created by Property118.com to help businesses providing services to landlords to...

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Portfolio landlord reveals secret strategy to reduce voids

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

22nd March 2012, 15 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 - Founder of Property118

20th March 2012, 15 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, 15 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, 15 years ago | 0

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