Tag: Letting Agent

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Minister Backs SafeAgent Scheme for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has urged letting agents to join a new money protection scheme for landlords and tenants. Timing...

Government Undermines Our Work, Claims ARLA

Author: Neil Patterson

6th September 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Letting agents have turned up the heat on the government to regulate the private rental sector another notch. The spat...

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Students Don’t Mind the Quality but Opt for the Bandwidth

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Students rate good internet access as their top priority when looking for a home. A good online experience is better...

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Buy to Let Supply Dries Up as Demand Increases

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The availability of homes to rent is drying up as tenant demand continues to outstrip supply, according to letting agents....

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Secret Home Sharers Can Run up Fines for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Sharing digs is booming in popularity as young home-seekers are failing to raise mortgages to buy properties of their own....

Property118 Landlords eNewsletter – Issue 59

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

We are continuing to work on improving our Directory speed and ease of use prior to uploading over 200,000 businesses...

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Buy to Let Clubs Blamed for Ripping Off Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let property clubs that rip off landlords are blamed for rising rental home repossessions. The clubs ran relentless...

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Parking Problems and Neighbours who ‘Own’ the Road

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2011, 15 years ago | 12

Buy to let tenants parking in the streets near their home can spark huge rows with neighbours who think they...

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Ministers Rule Out Regulation for Letting Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Calls for regulating letting agents have met with a clear message from the government that it’s up to the businesses...

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Buy to Let Rents Up for the Sixth Month in a Row

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents are still rising and are unlikely to stop any time soon despite hitting a record high...

Tenants Trashed Home as Landlord Waited for Eviction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The plight of a landlord who had a buy to let home trashed by tenants who faced eviction for failing...

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Buy to Let Demand Shows Signs of Slowing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Tenant demand for buy to let homes is showing some signs of peaking, according to the latest figures from one...

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‘Ghost’ Consumers Push up the Cost of Energy Bills

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th August 2011, 15 years ago | 8

Around 2 million consumers are not paying for gas and electricity due to mix ups over the suppliers. The main...

Green Deal Firm to Pay Agents £1,000 for Landlord Leads

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Landlords who carry out work to upgrade buy to let properties under the Green Deal could be paying out up...

Letting Agent Disputes at a 20 year High, say AIIC

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th August 2011, 15 years ago | 1

After receiving the highest number of complaints against letting agents for 20 years, the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks have...

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Benchmark your Buy to Let Business with ARLA Data

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Property investors looking to benchmark their businesses and profile the buy-to-let market can download a comprehensive professional review from the...

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Seven Tenants Chasing Each Home for Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Up to seven new tenants are competing to rent each home- and the gap between available properties and the number...

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OFT launches new customer code for letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Property Ombudsman finally has government go-ahead to tighten up on rogue letting agents who exploit landlords and tenants. After...

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Peace in the war between landlords and tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Forget the odd moans and gripes between those traditional enemies landlords and tenants – the majority get on just fine....

Landlords lock pets out of the buy to let boom

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th July 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Pets are suffering from a raw deal in the buy to let boom as landlords refuse to allow them to...

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OFT warns letting agents about unfair contracts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Letting agents have been warned that they must offer landlords clear and fair contracts or face action from government consumer...