BBC 1 Panorma – The Universal Credit Crisis on iPlayer if you missed it tonight 7:30 Monday 12th November. “As the government’s controversial new benefits system, universal credit, is rolled out, Panorama is with families as they struggle with their claims. The programme follows one council as it deals with mounting rent arrears and tenants […]

A new refurb buy-to-let proposition has been launched designed to help landlords maximise rental yields by refurbishing a target property before renting it out, as well as enabling them to take value from the property to reinvest elsewhere. The proposition is suitable for a wide range of landlords, including personal, limited company and HMO applicants, […]

I am hoping to create a Deposit Guarantee Scheme, “Choice Deposits”, whereby the prospective tenant would have the option of paying an extra amount of rent, instead of paying a deposit, and the landlord would pay that extra amount of rent charged to Choice Deposits in exchange for a paper bond (deposit guarantee). I think […]

I jointly own with one other individual the freehold of a property via a ltd company. The property comprises of three flats on long leases ( 999 years) and a separate integral self contained garage and separate Garden that is not directly accessible from any flat. The garage and Garden are not on separate leases, […]

Yorkshire Building Society apply to put a restraining order on a customer. The customer as been refused a face to face meeting after (9) years of asking. The evidence he has is bigger than (PPI) and the Lender knows how dangerous his knowledge is. The customer has found the CEOs home address and said if […]

The North-West and Scotland are revealed as the top UK hotspots to invest for yield. New analysis of the BTL market forecasts an opportunity for landlords, revealing exactly where the best investment opportunities are in 2018. In spite of a barrage of tax changes making it harder to make money on buy-to-let, there are still […]

I refer to my open letter to my MP Mr Chris Stephens: Click here to view the original article To update you, I wrestled with the Dwp back and forth via their formal compliant procedures eg stage 1 (by this email address in Scotland scotland.complaintsresolution [email protected] there is a different one for England and Wales I […]

An update for readers on the omission by the government to bring the Abandonment provisions under section 57 – 63 of Housing & Planning Act, 2016 – into force on 6/4/18 as originally planned. The Govt are ‘ keeping it under review ‘ !!! I don’t see it ever coming in, as the Labour opposition […]

All Landlords need to read this, as we could all be close soon to having some Universal Credit (UC) tenants. Some of you will no doubt have been following my posts about DWP’s mishandling of my APA (Alternative Pay Arrangements) requests and substantial loss in rental income I’m experiencing. I have 4 tenants so far […]

In the latest episode of Hamilton Fraser’s podcast series Paul Shamplina, Director at Hamilton Fraser and Eddie Hooker, CEO at Hamilton Fraser, are joined by the Principal of Jeremy Leaf & Co Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents, Jeremy Leaf. Jeremy has years of industry expertise, being a former RICS residential chairman, and started trading with […]

I have a property which is let via an agent. The previous tenancy ended in March 2018 when the tenants decided to move out after the one year fixed term. Under the terms of the AST, I am liable to pay for the check out fee (the tenants paid the check in, I paid the […]

Does the truth not matter to Shelter? Click here On 16 October the campaign of harassment by Shelter’s supporters against Ludlow Thompson (LT) culminated in instructions to the firm from Greg Beales, Director of Communications, Policy & Campaigns. Click here Beales stated that “In order to comply with the Equality Act and genuinely end discrimination […]

Cross Hereditary Lord The Earl of Lytton (Full name: John Peter Michael Scawen Lytton) was taking part in a House of Lords Tenant Fees Bill debate on the 5th November. The Earl admitted to reading briefings from Shelter and Citizens advice, but not from the trade body concerned ARLA. The Earl of Lytton contributed to […]

18:00 – 12:30 The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London W1K 7TN Brought to you by the organisers of the National Landlord Investment Show & publishers of Landlord Investor Magazine, The National LIS Awards celebrate excellence & professionalism in the private rented sector for landlords, property investors and services throughout buy-to-let universe. Join over 500 […]

Open letter to Gareth Johnson MP: Dear Mr Johnson, There is a lot of support among landlords for the above bill that seeks to provide a means by which tenants in clearly substandard Housing “Unfit for Human Habitation” can bring redress against what would be considered a ‘rogue landlord’ through the court. As a (responsible) […]

Prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year earlier, slowing from the 2.5% annual growth recorded in September, and recording the lowest rate of growth since March 2013. House prices in the latest quarter (August – October) were 0.2% higher than in the preceding three […]

We are delighted to confirm that Property118 are finalists in the Property Investors Awards 2018 for the category of Property Website of the Year. Click Here to view the full finalists page. This year the Property Investors Awards received more nominations than any other year. With so many credible nominees, this year the competition has […]

An hour wasn’t long enough for this debate, and like a football fan watching his team losing on National TV I was incredibly frustrated watching it. Many key issues were glossed over, in particular the subject of Selective Licensing which the two largest competing landlords associations oppose each others views on and both are which […]

We have had an excellent 304 responses so far and 290 of these are from landlords. We would very much appreciate your assistance in asking tenants to complete the survey as well please. To all Property118 members and readers please see the Surveymonkey ‘Rent Increase Survey’ and pass on to as many tenants as you […]

From time to time, a lender comes to the fore because of their flexible underwriting and/or unique criteria points. One such lender is Magellan. They popped into our office last week, and they just kept coming out with one gem after another. BTL Ltd Co No floating charges or Personal Guarantees No compulsory legal advice […]

This morning I read about a landlord who failed to make improvements demanded by the local Council through notice under the Housing Act 2004. Apparently, the property required repairs to rectify a number of health and safety issues, including dangerous electrics and damp. There were no more details available than that in the article I read. […]