Tag: Landlord news

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Tax clock ticking down for celebs who can’t sell homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Time is running out for celebrities who are trying to sell their £1 million homes before the stamp duty curtain...

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MPs urged to let benefit tenants choose how to pay their rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th March 2011, 16 years ago | 7

Tenants picking up housing allowances to pay their rents should have the choice to pay their landlords direct, says the...

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Couples need to income shift to beat April’s tax changes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Around 750,000 taxpayers face a shock at the end of the month when they are automatically upgraded to the higher...

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Letting agent kitemark aims to identify risky firms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Letting agents are closing ranks against rogue firms that fail to safeguard money handed over by landlords and tenants with...

All about tenancy deposits

Author: Tessa Shepperson

9th March 2011, 16 years ago | 8

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

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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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Buy to let tenants expect rents to keep on rising

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2011, 16 years ago | 2

>Private renters expect to hand over more money every month to their buy to let landlords as they continue to...

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Buy to let landlord pays £1,400 for failing to check gas safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2011, 16 years ago | 5

A landlord who failed to safety check and look after gas appliances in a buy to let house rented to...

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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...

Property Tribes TV video interview with Mark Alexander promoting the Property Investor Show March 2011

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

In this promotional video Mark Alexander explains to Vanessa Warwick of PT TV why he will be attending this years...

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Buy to let rents will keep going up, say letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd March 2011, 16 years ago | 2

>Buy to let rents are rising fast as more tenants chase fewer properties, say letting agents.  They returned the highest...

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EPCs are ignored by everyone, says consumer champion

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2011, 16 years ago | 15

Energy Performance Certificates are a waste of time and money because no one acts on the advice, according to a...

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Buy to let to surge for months, predict letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Letting agents predict that the demand for buy to let rental homes will surge well in to 2012 as desperate...

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Rebel landlords urged to tie HMO planners in red tape

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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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How to handle a property tax compliance letter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Landlords and property investors are receiving letters from  the taxman that seem to ask innocent questions about their property businesses...

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Billions gifted to the government by lazy taxpayers

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

28th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Guest Blog provided by Steve Sims, author of ‘Understanding And Paying Less Property Tax For Dummies’.  Steve and his wife...

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Buy to let homes more affordable for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2011, 16 years ago | 3

Prices of buy to let properties in many large towns and cities have dropped to more affordable levels for investors....

Due Diligence – By Mark Alexander

Author: Mark Alexander

27th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

I am constantly amazed when I hear that people spend a fortune on property education courses or invest their pension...

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Buy to let market doubled in a decade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The number of private renters is increasing while home ownership is in decline, according to the latest housing survey for...

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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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Judges block eviction that mars a tenant’s human rights

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2011, 16 years ago | 11

The latest Supreme Court case in to tenant rights may mean landlords may not be able to evict tenants who...