Tag: Landlord Regulation

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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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Lenders Turn Up Buy to Let Heat on the EU

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2011, 15 years ago | 1

One of Britain’s largest landlord mortgage lenders has stepped up the pressure on Brussels not to regulate buy to let....

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Gang-of-five challenges EU buy to let regulation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A gang-of-five of mortgage industry trade bodies has joined forces to challenge European Union proposals for mortgages that include tougher...

Report highlights increased demand for rented properties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Smith Institute has recently published a report by housing policy expert Andrew Heywood entitled “The End of the Affair:...

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New EPC laws postponed after legal time-out

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Upcoming changes to energy performance certificate rules for landlords have been put on hold because they have failed to clear...

3 Dangerous Types of Tenant – Part 2: Illegal Subletting

Author: Paul Shamplina

22nd June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Over the last couple of years, the problem of unauthorised subletting has been growing. From last year alone, our instructions...

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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...

EU mortgage rules could trap buy to let lenders

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

EU rules that aim to tighten up mortgage lending may have an unforeseen impact on buy to let. The draft...

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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, 16 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, 16 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, 16 years ago | 8

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