Tag: Letting Agent

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London rents soar to double the UK average

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

London landlords are picking up rents that are double the average for the rest of the country. The capital is...

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Rogue letting agent closes owing clients up to £500,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th July 2011, 15 years ago | 19

Police are seeking a letting agent who has disappeared owing landlords and tenants hundreds of thousands in rents and deposits....

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SAFEagent closes on 1,000 member mark

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Around 1,000 letting agents have pledged to offer better protection to landlord and tenant monies by signing up to the...

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Council takes over run down HMO property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A shared house landlord has lost control of his property after a council banned him from holding a house in...

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More tenants in arrears as rents keep rising

Author: Neil Patterson

30th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Around 75,000 buy to let tenants are in rent arrears – a 13% increase on the same period last year,...

What to do if your letting agent goes bust

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th June 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Landlords are regularly falling victim to rogue letting agents who suddenly shut up shop and take their money and run....

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Give buy to let more tax breaks, urges Paragon MD

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd June 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Buy to let movers and shakers have urged the government to consider the private residential landlords as businesses to promote...

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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...

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Rent prices still going up according to LSL

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Rents are raging out of control in some areas of the country as tenants desperate for a home gazump their...

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New app could take industry out of the dark ages

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

New technology should be taking the property market forward but agents aren’t embracing it, an Imfuna Let survey has found....

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Tax expert comments on Paragon Group landlord survey

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

14th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Many landlords are handing unnecessary cash over to the tax man because they do not know what expenses they can...

How landlords can improve their chances in a dispute

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

13th June 2011, 15 years ago | 3

The Tenant Deposit Scheme recently released shocking figures showing that only 19 per cent of disputes over tenants’ deposits are...

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Crunch time for home hunters who can’t buy or rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Britain is careering towards a housing crunch as an increasing number of home hunters cannot afford to rent or buy...

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Our survey says – there are too many property surveys

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Yet another property index is churning out data in a crowded market – this time for buy to let from...

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Top tips on short-term letting this summer

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 4

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) today issued top tips for landlords who are aiming to let their properties...

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Looking for businesses offering services to landlords to test our Directory.

Author: Mark Alexander

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 288

The soft launch of the Property118.com Business Directory is coming soon and we’re looking for businesses offering services to landlords...

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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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Are the Tenancy Deposit Bodies Biased Toward Tenants?

Author: Frazer Fearnhead

3rd June 2011, 15 years ago | 10

Why the legislation was introduced- According to the last Labour government, a significant number of landlords were abusing their position...

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Advice and Guidance on Buying Property at Auction

Author: Mark Alexander

30th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Special thanks to David Humphries of buy-to-let.com for giving us permission to shine the spotlight on two excellent video’s he’s...

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Should I be using an agent to let/manage my property?

Author: Paul Shamplina

27th May 2011, 15 years ago | 5

I regularly give talks all around the country at landlord forums and property events. At the beginning of a talk,...