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HMO Planning Rules Confuse Student Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Councils are imposing arcane planning rules in an attempt to stop student landlords opening new shared houses. Landlords in Portsmouth...

Disputes Still Favour Tenants According to DPS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th September 2011, 15 years ago | 1

After another bad few months for landlords in tenant disputes, the AIIC have issued more tips to help landlords in...

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Students Don’t Mind the Quality but Opt for the Bandwidth

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Students rate good internet access as their top priority when looking for a home. A good online experience is better...

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Secret Home Sharers Can Run up Fines for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Sharing digs is booming in popularity as young home-seekers are failing to raise mortgages to buy properties of their own....

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Parking Problems and Neighbours who ‘Own’ the Road

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2011, 15 years ago | 12

Buy to let tenants parking in the streets near their home can spark huge rows with neighbours who think they...

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Student City Home Prices Outpace Other Property Values

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

House prices in university towns are increasing faster than average – with property values in ‘new’ university towns rising the...

Buoyant London Market Predicted for Student Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Student landlords in London can look forward to around thousands of students from the UK and overseas seeking private rented...

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Landlords upset over paying £315,000 HMO fees to council

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Disgruntled landlords have paid out £315,000 fees in a year to comply with a council’s new house in multiple occupation...

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How To Furnish Student Let

Author: Ally Interiors

12th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

It’s that time of the year when thoughts turn to student accommodation. Whilst most campuses offer a range of self...

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How Parents Can Avoid Student Digs Tax Traps

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buying a home for a son or daughter to live in while at university seems like a good plan for...

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Landlords pocket £1,200 a night from party flats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords are blamed for the noise and bad behaviour of partygoers who let out city centre flats near nightspots for...

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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...

“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...

Top 20 places for student property investors revealed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A new student letting study has revealed the top 20 university cities in the UK for property investors. London comes...

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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Landlords fined for breaching shared house rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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,...

Commercial conversions boost for HMO developers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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...

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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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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...