Tag: Estate Agent

ICO Data Protection clampdown on letting and estate agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2013, 13 years ago | 0

A targeted campaign by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to get property agents to register under the Data Protection Act...

The 2013 buy to let goldrush

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd April 2013, 13 years ago | 13

I have had a ‘gut feeling’ that the property market would turn in 2013 for at least four years, however,...

Housing jargon explained by the NAEA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Recent figures show over 40% of people looking into buying a home say that housing jargon confuses them. House hunter...

Lending Criteria to Consider when Purchasing a Buy to Let Flat

Author: Neil Patterson

11th March 2013, 13 years ago | 2

I had a question concerning this from our reader Dan today, but many Buy to Let investors I talk to...

Richard Baker – Northampton and Rugby

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Richard Baker is both a landlord and a letting agent and is always pleased to offer free buy to let...

HMO Investment Dilemma – READERS QUESTION

Author: Readers Question

12th February 2013, 13 years ago | 9

Leamington Spa based landlord Steve Gibson has asked us to post the following HMO Investment Dilemma. “I live in Leamington...

Syd Lewis of A+ Inventories Camberley

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th February 2013, 13 years ago | 2

Syd Lewis of A+ Inventories Camberley I am a Landlord and my company A+ Inventories provides reliable, high quality, professional...

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Sourcing BMV Properties – Landlords Question

Author: Readers Question

1st February 2013, 13 years ago | 15

Hi Mark (and all Property118 readers who may wish to chip in with an answer too) I am reading lots...

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E-news Summary for 22/01/2013

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st January 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Is rent hiking a good business model? It’s been a while since I wrote anything in my ‘Don’t shoot the...

Are landlords obliged to provide a cooker in an unfurnished property?

Author: Readers Question

4th January 2013, 13 years ago | 11

We are about to rent out a house that does not have a cooker, just a space for a free...

Does Reality TV affect property prices?

Author: Readers Question

14th December 2012, 13 years ago | 4

Extracts from an intriguing Readers Letter from PR agent Ally Whicher of Woodthorpe Comms asking; “does reality TV affect property...

Paul Forsey FNAEA (Honoured) MARLA of Reads Davies Paignton

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th December 2012, 13 years ago | 0

Paul Forsey FNAEA (Honoured) MARLA of Reads Davies Paignton I have personally been involved with the valuation, sale, letting and...

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Buy to Let Deals in Northampton

Author: Property Hotspots

27th November 2012, 13 years ago | 0

What’s so special about Buy to Let deals in Northampton you might ask. Decent buy to let deals in Northampton are typically...

Zoopla or Rightmove?

Author: Readers Question

31st October 2012, 13 years ago | 16

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

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Charities plea for support to help former squatters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2012, 13 years ago | 2

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

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Open Letter to The Property Ombudsman – Latest Update from TPO

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Last month Mark wrote an open letter to The Property Ombudsman, which is copied below, concerning agents operating illegally. To...

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HMO viewing appointments

Author: HMOLandlady

19th October 2012, 14 years ago | 4

Part Three in HMOLandlady’s series of articles that started with Setting up an HMO from Scratch and Finding Tenants for...

Malcolm Ingham of Saffron Walden Essex

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th October 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Malcolm Ingham of Saffron Walden Essex I have been a landlord since 1988. I believe in keeping up to date...

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The Truth About Buying Repossessed Property

Author: Frazer Fearnhead

18th October 2012, 14 years ago | 11

All the property “gurus” (and I’ve really started to despise that word) advocate buying BMV property – “you make your...

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Rightmove House Price Index Jumps by 3.5%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th October 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Rightmove House Price Index sees asking prices rebound post-Olympics this month by 3.5% an average of £8,310. This reported increase...