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Buy to let landlord refitted dangerous gas supply

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Tenants’ lives were at risk when gas was reconnected to dangerous fittings after a safety engineer cut off the supply...

Paragon sees virtues of buy to let lending

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let lender Paragon Mortgages is about to test how markets react to fears about toxic mortgage debt by...

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Fines for landlords who ignored fire safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord who ignored council orders to improve his property was fined £2,000 for putting their lives at risk. He...

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Landlord cleared of knifepoint eviction charges

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th May 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A landlord was cleared of harassment after his son tried to evict two tenants from a shared house at knife-point...

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Landlords can have say over housing benefit changes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has launched a short consultation period asking for views on planned change from landlords, organisations...

“Death trap flat” landlords stripped of HMO licences

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th May 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Husband and wife property investors Michael and Margaret McQueen were branded as unfit landlords by councillors and have lost their...

Revealed – The house starring in BBC’s The Apprentice

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The candidates in this year’s The Apprentice series are living in a luxurious £4.67 million mansion in south-west London. Mark...

Landlords launch legal challenges over HMO licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Hundreds of landlords are mounting two legal challenges against council policies over planning and licensing for shared houses. Landlords in...

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VAT’s the problem for property developers

Author: This article was written by guest author - Steve Sims

9th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

How to handle VAT on labour and materials for property conversions is a recurring problem for landlords and property developers....

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Brokers warned about buy to let mortgage fraudsters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords and first time buyers are in the firing line as the main perpetrators of mortgage fraud....

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Landlords fined for breaching shared house rules

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15th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Two Leeds landlords were fined for failing to comply with house in multiple occupation (HMO) regulations. Brian Davison, of Horsforth,...

TMW hots up buy to let mortgage war with new deals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2011, 15 years ago | 6

A range of new buy to let mortgages is available from leading lender The Mortgage Works from April 13. The...

Commercial conversions boost for HMO developers

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11th April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Property investors could profit from government plans to encourage development of empty offices in to new housing. Communities Secretary Eric...

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Judge throws out HMO challenge from councils

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A High court judge has thrown out a challenge to the government’s decision to review house in multiple occupation planning...

Buy to let mortgage options double for landlords

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8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let borrowers and property investors can choose from almost 300 mortgage packages – more than double the number...

What do you do if your tenant won’t leave when their section 21 notice expires?

Author: Tessa Shepperson

8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

This is the ninth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder...

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Singles forced to share as benefit rules change

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Shared house landlords can expect a surge in inquiries from tenants as the government changes the rules on paying housing...

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HMO planning u-turn challenged in High Court

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1st April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Councils protesting at how Housing Minster Grant Shapps reversed house in multiple occupation planning rules have started a legal challenge...

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Spotlight on Robin Pilley, HMO investor – Part four of a four part story

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Robin Pilley invests into HMO’s (Houses in multiple occupation) in the Haverhill area and regularly achieves up to 16% yields,...

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Landlord lobby kicks off online HMO protest

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Landlord lobbyists have launched an online toolkit to help property investors protest against councils proposing to take on extra powers...

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Spotlight on Robin Pilley, HMO investor – Part three of a four part story

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Robin Pilley invests into HMO’s in the Haverhill area and regularly achieves up to 16% yields, he is also a...