Tag: HMOs

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

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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

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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, 15 years ago | 0

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

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

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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Slum landlords cash in on homeless by renting sheds with a bed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Renting a shed with a bed to illegal immigrants is the latest money making idea from crooked landlords. Slough Council...

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2011, 16 years ago | 13

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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Rebel landlords urged to tie HMO planners in red tape

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1st March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Oxford law firm Painsmith is suggesting that student landlords should tie planning departments up in red tape to push home...

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Revealed – the councils taking on extra HMO powers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2011, 16 years ago | 5

Student landlords looking to expand their portfolios need to move quickly in many towns and cities to avoid new rules...

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Students want star ratings for buy to lets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Students are asking housing minister Grant Shapps to introduce a star rating system for buy to let homes. Hundreds of...

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HMO no-go zones branded ‘social engineering’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Neighbourhood no-go zones for houses in multiple occupation are spawning some unholy alliances between former property letting adversaries to fight...

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BBC has a cheap bash at landlords yet again!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The BBC has launched another story about substandard buy to let homes and ‘rogue landlords’ – but just who is...

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City landlords face first HMO selective licensing blitz

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Thousands of shared house landlords in Oxford are the first in England to meet strict new selective licensing guidelines as...

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Councils take Shapps to court over HMO U-turn

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Councils protesting about a government U-turn over shared house planning laws have won the right to challenge the ruling in...

Landlords take HMO protest online

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Landlords have  launched an online campaign against a council’s proposals to micromanage shared houses by introducing planning controls and extra...

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Guest Blog from Ann Ceresa of Suffolk – HMO Investor

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2011, 16 years ago | 5

This is a story of how I will quadruple my gross annual rent in 2011 on a £120,000 property.

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HMO planning and selective licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Property investors find the complicated rules that govern licensing and planning for shared housing – legally termed a ‘house in...

More councils take on selective licensing for HMOs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2010, 16 years ago | 1

Two more councils have joined the queue to crackdown on property investors letting shared houses.