Letting

Letting Agent won’t release rent (6 months paid in advance)

Author: Readers Question

7th November 2013, 12 years ago | 12

My tenants have paid 6 month rent in advance ( as they did in the previous 6 months with no...

Subletting Scams – why landlords are afraid to report them

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd September 2013, 13 years ago | 6

Many landlords are fearful to seek help from their local authorities in terms of dealing with subletting scams. Just imagine...

Reluctant landlords begin slow exit from private rented sector

Author: Mark Alexander

20th September 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Latest ARLA research also shows regional variation in tenant demand. The number of reluctant landlords in the private rented sector...

Letting Fees MUST be disclosed in advertising as of Nov 1st 2013

Author: Mark Alexander

10th September 2013, 13 years ago | 14

Many of you will be aware of a ruling made by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in March this year...

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Key Property (UK) Ltd fined £47k for damp unlicensed HMO

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th September 2013, 13 years ago | 16

A letting agent who rented out a damp, dangerous and dilapidated property received a hefty fine following a successful council...

Letting agent regulation for Scotland – Scottish Government plans announced

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Scotland’s newly formed Council of Letting Agents (CLA) steering group met for the first time yesterday.  The members of the...

Rental Fraud up by 92%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2013, 13 years ago | 3

The Office of National Statistics reported rental fraud has increased by 92% over the last two years. The total cost...

Deed of Assurance Document Template Download

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd September 2013, 13 years ago | 0

If you have the right type of properties to attract long term, good quality tenants, don’t stitch yourself or your...

Ex tenant problems

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 66

To condense the issues here goes…  Tenant on AST which ran into periodic for some two months Tenant leaves no...

Free guide to finding the very best tenants

Author: Mark Alexander

24th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

My free guide to finding the very best tenants is now available as a PDF download, just see the form...

Can I get out of paying a renewal fee to my agent?

Author: Readers Question

7th August 2013, 13 years ago | 4

I let my flat through an agent in 2007 and signed a Letting Agreement with renewal fees.  I pay the...

How to help bring about changes to legislation post “Superstrike”

Author: Mary Latham

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 15

One of the things that are uppermost in landlords’ minds at the moment is the concern that we are vulnerable...

Guidance from tenancy deposit protection schemes following the Superstrike Ltd. vs Rodrigues Court of Appeal case

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

The four tenancy deposit protection scheme providers have collectively issued guidance notes following the Court of Appeal ruling in the...

Is this “The DSS Landlords Ultimate Letting Package”?

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Letting Supermarket have launched a new scheme which they have labelled “The DSS Landlords Ultimate Letting Package”.  The package includes:-...

Rent to Rent Success Stories

Author: Mark Alexander

26th July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

There have been some real horror stories of Rent to Rent hitting the press of late and that’s not necessarily...

Buy to Let Property Sales – Partnering With Estate Agents

Author: Mark Alexander

24th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

Earlier this year we spotted an opportunity to set up a buy to let Estate Agency. However, due to lack...

Building a letting agency business

Author: Don Holmes

23rd July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

I sold my first letting agency business in 2006. In just 12 years my wife and I had taken the...

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Client Money Protection cover now available to all Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th July 2013, 13 years ago | 11

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has pushed on behalf of the Lettings industry to make Client Money Protection cover (CMP)...