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SEO Made Easy – Marketing Your Business Online

Author: Mark Alexander

6th November 2012, 14 years ago | 20

I have produced a set of training notes called “SEO Made Easy – Marketing Your Business Online”. It reveals the...

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5 years of tenancy deposit protection

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Dispute Service “TDS” has released an excellent PDF document summarising the first 5 years of tenancy deposit protection in...

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Private landlords hit by costly damage from Drug Factories

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Private landlords are facing costly property damage and lost rental income from ‘drug factories’, which are on the increase across...

Tenants and Decorating – Tired of being a landlord

Author: Readers Question

4th November 2012, 14 years ago | 21

Hello all I have a bizarre problem.  The tenants of my only rental property are STILL complaining that I had...

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Scotland’s private rents rise to new high

Author: Readers Question

4th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Ahead of Scotland’s largest gathering of landlords in Edinburgh, at the sold-out National Landlord Day Conference on 6 Nov, the...

Tax Status of Buy to Let Profits

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd November 2012, 14 years ago | 10

I have just received an email from a gentleman called Kevyn Davies-Jones about the tax status of buy to let...

BuytoLet Mortgage Calculator Update

Author: Neil Patterson

2nd November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The BuytoLet Mortgage Calculator has recently had every product and lender listed checked and updated. From my observations doing this...

Agents paying landlords 6 months rent

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Since running an article about rent in advance earlier this week I have received a number of telephone calls asking me...

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Property Tax Question – CGT roll-over relief

Author: Readers Question

1st November 2012, 14 years ago | 4

I have just received a property tax question from a lady called Barbara which I’m not sure of the answer....

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WARNING – Your landlords insurance may be invalid

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

1st November 2012, 14 years ago | 5

I wanted to share with you a recent ‘near miss’ with one of our landlord’s. We had taken on a...

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Tenants requesting compensation – ADVICE REQUEST

Author: Readers Question

1st November 2012, 14 years ago | 11

What advice would you offer to Pauline in terms of tenants requesting compensation based on the following scenario? Pauline’s email...

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Capping rents is not the answer to housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2012, 14 years ago | 1

A Press Release issued today by  suggests that addressing the current housing crisis by capping rents will lead to poorer...

Yvonne Hall NLA Property Woman of the Year 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

From a shortlist of 36 from six Regional Award categories and five Principal Award categories, Yvonne Hall has been named...

Zoopla or Rightmove?

Author: Readers Question

31st October 2012, 14 years ago | 16

OK, we know which is the biggest (for now at least), my question is; which do you think is best,...

Green Deal Finance for Landlords – will it be viable?

Author: Mark Alexander

31st October 2012, 14 years ago | 7

Green Deal Finance is likely to become a major discussion topic on forums, especially as it is now being reported...

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Advanced Rent – is this the ultimate assurance for landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Tenant referencing has now evolved to the extent that insurance companies are prepared to underwrite the risks associated with the...

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Charities plea for support to help former squatters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Criminalising squatting has had severe consequences for the homeless, leaving them with no where to go during winter causes mortality...

Charter for Good Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

30th October 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Having spent a lot of time lounging around the swimming pool and on the beach over the last few weeks...