Tag: Landlord news

Capita TDP to be taken over by MyDeposits

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The Capita TDP (Tenancy Deposit Protection scheme) has been closed to accepting new deposits since the 14th of September this...

Tax Treatment of Equity Loans for Buy to Let Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

4th November 2013, 13 years ago | 0

I have been posting on numerous forums about the introduction of equity loans into the UK buy to let mortgage...

West Bromwich Tracker Rate Mortgages Legal Action Group

Author: Mark Alexander

29th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Nearly 1,000 people have registered an interest in the Class Action groups challenging the legality of the increases to tracker...

Tracker Rate Class Actions Updates

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Over 1,000 people have registered an interest in the Class Action groups challenging the legality of the increases to tracker...

Calling all Wikipedians

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Neither Property118 nor myself have a page on Wikipedia and that makes me 🙁 Can you help? I understand that...

Tracker Mortgages Press Release

Author: Mark Alexander

1st October 2013, 13 years ago | 10

We are encouraging everybody who has registered for the Tracker Mortgage Class Action campaign to contact their local press with...

Tenants Charter – Mr Pickles, have you gone completely mad?

Author: Mark Alexander

1st October 2013, 13 years ago | 67

Open Letter to Mr Eric Pickles – Communities Secretary – re Tenants Charter Dear Mr Pickles Have you gone completely...

West Bromwich Building Society Tracker Margins Legal Action

Author: Mark Alexander

30th September 2013, 13 years ago | 3869

Are you affected by the West Brom Tracker Rate Hike? If your mortgage account number begins with the number 8...

Tracker Mortgage Class Action Update

Author: Mark Alexander

30th September 2013, 13 years ago | 30

630 people have completed our Tracker Rate Class Action Registration Form as I type this update.  Of those, 300 had...

ACT NOW to protect the margin on your YOUR tracker mortgage

Author: Mark Alexander

24th September 2013, 13 years ago | 123

If you have a tracker mortgage you may be forgiven for thinking that your mortgage payments will only change when...

Rent Controls – London vs the rest of the world

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24th September 2013, 13 years ago | 5

A Landlord Today article this morning says David Orr of NHF (trade body for social landlords) thinks Govt should introduce...

Letting Agent renewed boiler without telling me!

Author: Readers Question

20th September 2013, 13 years ago | 25

I am a long-time reader (and I suppose a ‘silent supporter’) of property118.com (and previous Money Centre client) having been...

Letting agent regulation for Scotland – Scottish Government plans announced

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Scotland’s newly formed Council of Letting Agents (CLA) steering group met for the first time yesterday.  The members of the...

Student Guarantee with limited liability

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2nd September 2013, 13 years ago | 2

It is that time of year – student tenancies are in the news and up and down the country alert...

Prohibitive Covenant restricts occupancy

Author: Readers Question

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 26

OK This is a complex one for all you experts out there. I rented a property on an AST contract. The...

Buy to Let Property Sales – Partnering With Estate Agents

Author: Mark Alexander

24th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

Earlier this year we spotted an opportunity to set up a buy to let Estate Agency. However, due to lack...

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Client Money Protection cover now available to all Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th July 2013, 13 years ago | 11

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has pushed on behalf of the Lettings industry to make Client Money Protection cover (CMP)...

Latest PRS advice concerning ASTs, Voids, Referencing and Rent2Rent (e-news compilation)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Rent2Rent contracts – if you’re going to to it do it right Rent2Rent companies are using the wrong letting contracts...

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Best practice for LANDLORDS (e-news compilation)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

If in doubt ASK Learning from other peoples experiences is often far more cost effective than making mistakes of your...

Choosing the wrong letting agent could cost YOU thousands!

Author: terry lucking

21st June 2013, 13 years ago | 5

It’s devastating when you put your trust and faith into a letting agency, you pay them a monthly management fee; and...

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I am a landlord – Ask Me Anything!

Author: Mark Alexander

19th June 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Hello all, I am a new member of the Inventory Clerks and Energy Assessors Linkedin Group so I thought I...