Tag: Estate Agent

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NAEA want more government help for buyers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th June 2012, 14 years ago | 1

The National Association for Estate Agents is calling for more support for first time buyers as the property market continues...

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Buy to Let Property Hotspots – Calling All Sales and Letting Agents

Author: Mark Alexander

19th June 2012, 14 years ago | 2

We are always very pleased to hear from Sales and Letting Agents up and down the country about what they believe are...

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The landlord who could well become a legend

Author: Mark Alexander

18th June 2012, 14 years ago | 5

This weekend I came across a person who could become to landlordism what the legendary Roy Brooks was to the...

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Letting agents urged to protect landlord cash

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Property Ombudsman wants views from letting agents about setting up client money protection insurance to safeguard rents and deposits....

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Part two of the story of my first intentional property investment

Author: Mark Alexander

13th June 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Having agreed to buy my first intentional property investment I soon realised that it’s a bit like a visit to...

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House sales 40% down on buy to let boom years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The housing market is still trying to shatter the glass ceiling imposed by mortgage lenders restricting home loans, but expectations...

My first intentional property investment – part 1

Author: Mark Alexander

11th June 2012, 14 years ago | 15

The story began in 1989 when I purchased a property which I soon realised I couldn’t afford to live in....

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Estate agent secretly tried to let home he should have sold

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

An estate agent tried to make some money on the side by renting an empty home he was trying to...

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Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 117

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Read the headlines from the past week featuring the latest columns and commentary from the buy to let and housing...

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Struck-off solicitor branded slum landlord for house of filth

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

A struck-off solicitor and an estate agent who managed a house shared by 12 tenants who lived in filthy conditions...

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Property firm’s buy to let advert claims ruled misleading

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A property firm’s claims that buy to let was a safe alternative to keeping money in a savings account were...

1 in 5 Mortgage Applications are for Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage applications make up one in five of all home loan applications, according to one of the...

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Confidence in housing market is falling, say estate agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

House price confidence is dropping away as prices fall and buyers melt away, according to estate agents. One in five...

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Quick walk-up DIY wins that will help you sell your property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

More landlords are expanding than reducing their portfolios in the current climate, but selling needs just as much care. And...

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MP campaigns to ban ‘To Let’ boards

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th April 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Rows of unsightly “To Let’ boards outside buy to let homes could be banned if MPs vote in favour of...

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Systems thinking for the PRS

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

11th April 2012, 14 years ago | 4

An article written in ire is not usually a good thing generally but my ire this time has been growing...

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Ombudsman boots out rent row letting agent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2012, 14 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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New call for government to regulate letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 14 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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NAEA Unhappy with Budget Announcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Following George Osbourne’s Budget announcement, NAEA have offered a damning response as Wendy Evans-Scott, President of the National Association of...

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Letting agent complaints soar by 26% says The Property Ombudsman

Author: Mark Alexander

14th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Complaints against rogue letting agents surged by 26% to more than 7,600 in 2011, according to independent adjudicator The Property...

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Legendary Roy Brooks Agency – is rude still vogue?

Author: Roy Brooks

13th March 2012, 14 years ago | 2

“How We Recruited Our Property Manager” Roy Brooks was probably the most famous British estate agent ever. He was famous...