Tag: Landlords

The slightly unusual dilemma of a Croydon landlord

Author: Readers Question

18th July 2018, 8 years ago | 23

This is our favourite and most popular ‘Readers Question’ to date, hence we re-bublish it from time to time. Dear...

FOS rule West Brom Tracker Rate Hike is fair

Author: Mark Alexander

16th November 2014, 12 years ago | 46

The FOS (Financial Ombudsman Service) have done it again!  In the past the FOS have controversially agreed that rate hikes...

The Social Housing crisis and Landlords

Author: Paul Shamplina

23rd April 2014, 12 years ago | 10

In May last year I did a TV programme called The One Show, where they filmed me serving a section...

Safety laws should be applied to ALL property owners

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd April 2014, 12 years ago | 10

I am in favour of new regulations which could help to save lives but I don’t understand why only the...

East Midlands Property Owners Expo – Date for your Diary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2014, 12 years ago | 0

East Midlands Property Owners is a professional residential landlords association but also a not-for-profit organisation. Its members own somewhere in...

Message from Anthony Wilson of Ashley Wilson Solicitors LLP

Author: Anthony Wilson

13th March 2014, 12 years ago | 0

My name is Tony Wilson. I have today committed £15,000.00 to the fund to enable Mark Alexander and Mark Smith...

London Housing Solutions Rips off Landlords and LHA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th March 2014, 12 years ago | 2

This report from Channel 4 investigates London Housing Solutions, a Rent to Rent company which is believed to have ripped...

Property118 Members vs West Bromwich Mortgage Company

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd March 2014, 12 years ago | 769

UPDATE – 31st March 2014 Since publishing this article our campaign has raised over £450,000 and legal action has now...

Immigration Minister resigns for employing an illegal immigrant

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2014, 13 years ago | 25

Mark Harper the Immigration Minister who took the Immigration Bill through Parliament in autumn 2013 has resigned for continuing to...

Do landlords have to pay class 2 National Insurance?

Author: Readers Question

4th February 2014, 13 years ago | 48

We have three properties which we let out via a letting agent. My husband works full time and I have...

Bank of Ireland Tracker Rate Legal Campaign Fundraising re-launched

Author: Mark Alexander

31st January 2014, 13 years ago | 0

The Bank of Ireland Tracker Rate Legal Campaign began in March 2013. History to date 100 affected BoI borrowers each paid...

Campaigns Against Tracker Mortgage Rate Hikes Reach Parliament

Author: Readers Question

22nd January 2014, 13 years ago | 0

The campaigns organised by members of Property118 against hikes to tracker rate mortgage margins moved up a gear yesterday when...

Good feedback for Landlords from Tenants reported by NLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st January 2014, 13 years ago | 2

The majority of tenants say their rent provides good value for money, according to the National Landlords Association’s NLA latest...

You may have more funding choices than you think!

Author: Simone Gilks

15th January 2014, 13 years ago | 10

Banks aren’t always the friendliest of places when it comes to borrowing money. All the “hoops” they expect you jump...

Property Research Tool

Author: Mark Alexander

11th December 2013, 13 years ago | 33

UK Property Research Tool What you need to know and where to find the information X This Property Research Tool...

Complaint to ASA re West Brom Tracker Mortgages Website Advertising

Author: Mark Alexander

18th November 2013, 13 years ago | 0

COMPLAINT TO ADVERTISING STANDARDS AGENCY I have just completed my online complaint to the ASA. It is a five step...

Castle Trust Equity Loan Finance

Author: Mark Alexander

14th November 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Castle Trust Equity Loan Finance has the potential to be the biggest game changer in the UK mortgage market since...

Councils lose Court cases over HMO licence fees

Author: Mark Alexander

11th November 2013, 13 years ago | 11

Three cases have recently been tested in the Courts whereby Councils have charged more for HMO licensing then was reasonable....

Paying rent late will hit credit score

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2013, 13 years ago | 12

Of interest, I think, to fellow landlords; Experian expects to include 600,000 rental records by year-end of tenants who pay late,...

Choosing a property location

Author: Readers Question

11th November 2013, 13 years ago | 14

My buy to let property portfolio is within three miles of my main residence but I would venture further out. My...

HMO Question – are basins in bedrooms mandatory?

Author: Readers Question

9th November 2013, 13 years ago | 25

Is it a legal requirement that every bedroom in a licensable HMO has to have a wash hand basin? I...