Tag: Landlord Regulation

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EU ready to regulate buy to let mortgages

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 2

The Council of Mortgage Lenders is not commenting on news that a major battle over regulating buy to let mortgages...

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MPs urged to vote for measures to curb landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 3

A proposal urging MPs to vote for tighter regulation of private landlords is likely to be booted out of Parliament...

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Property paupers will rent for life, predicts think tank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Millions of would-be householders will turn in to a generation of property paupers as all hope of buying a home...

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Letting agent’s slug out a ‘regulation’ turf war

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Opposing groups of letting agents are lining up to fight over who takes the official title of industry regulator. In...

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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...

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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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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...

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,...

The various and wondrous ways that tenancies end

Author: Tessa Shepperson

13th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

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

Tenants from Hell (Part 2). Every Landlord’s Nightmare

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Sequel to Frazer Fearnhead’s popular Guest Blog It’s amazing what you uncover upon conducting a check out inspection. Below are the...

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Check your rental properties for common damages warns AIIC

Author: This article was written by guest author - Association of Independent Inventory Clerks

17th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is warning all landlords and management companies to check each rental property thoroughly...

How to increase rent the proper way

Author: Tessa Shepperson

16th March 2011, 15 years ago | 2

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

All about tenancy deposits

Author: Tessa Shepperson

9th March 2011, 15 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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Buy to let landlord pays £1,400 for failing to check gas safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2011, 15 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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Buy to let to surge for months, predict letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

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

Why you need to have the right tenancy agreement for your letting

Author: Tessa Shepperson

2nd March 2011, 15 years ago | 1

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

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Claiming car costs against your property business

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

22nd February 2011, 15 years ago | 2

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

Make sure your property is legal before you rent it out

Author: Tessa Shepperson

16th February 2011, 15 years ago | 3

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

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BBC has a cheap bash at landlords yet again!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

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