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Shock tax checks surprise property businesses

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

14th April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

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

Stubborn sellers let luxury homes rather than drop prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

More stubborn sellers with luxury homes who refuse to drop their house prices are becoming reluctant landlords, according to letting...

Reducing the risk of a rogue tenant

Author: Lorna Rose

8th April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Guest Blog from Lorna Rose of TenantID For some reason mortgage defaults increased during the first 3 months of this...

Announcing our new Guest Blogger Paul Shamplina of Landlord Action

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

7th April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Paul Shamplina has over twenty years experience in the legal field, originally working as a clerk, private investigator, debt collector...

Many landlords are unaware of health and safety laws

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

7th April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

According to The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC), many landlords are still unaware of even basic health and safety...

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2011, 16 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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Will your mortgage go toxic if interest rates rise?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The big worry for buy to let landlords and homeowners is how their finances will cope when mortgage rates start...

Letting agents under siege from home hunters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Thousands of home hunters are besieging letting agents to snap up buy to lets as the mortgage famine bites and...

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Spotlight on Robin Pilley, HMO investor – Part four of a four part story

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2011, 16 years ago | 2

Robin Pilley invests into HMO’s (Houses in multiple occupation) in the Haverhill area and regularly achieves up to 16% yields,...

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Buy to let investors cash in on inflation-busting yields

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The buy to let market has switched from making money on rising house prices to inflation-busting returns on rental yields.

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No more squatters rights

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The news that squatters’ rights are coming to an end and that anyone squatting can be  evicted within days will...

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Third of buy to let landlords have hiked rents this year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords are enjoying more income from the investment property portfolios, according to new figures from a leading...

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Buy to let rents static, but yields and arrears rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Tenants are paying an average £684 per month rent in February – up 3.9% on a year ago but no...

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Hindsight is a wonderful thing, especially in property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.  If we had known how every successive generation was going to hold us up to...

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Rant over tenants “Human Rights” continues

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th March 2011, 16 years ago | 2

Thank you to Chris Birdsall of TenantID for providing this Guest Blog which follows up nicely our report on 24th...

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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...

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Consumer champion urges crackdown on rogue letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Rogue letting agents that swindle landlords and tenants out of hundreds of thousands of pounds a year have come under...

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Spotlight on Robin Pilley, HMO investor – Part three of a four part story

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Robin Pilley invests into HMO’s in the Haverhill area and regularly achieves up to 16% yields, he is also a...

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Countrywide signs up 19,000 renters in a month

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The pent up demand for buying and letting homes is reflected in some new figures that act as barometers for...

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Cannabis farm seizures hit a record high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Cannabis farming is a growing menace for landlords as police seized a record number of plants in raids mainly on...

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Letting agent kitemark aims to identify risky firms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Letting agents are closing ranks against rogue firms that fail to safeguard money handed over by landlords and tenants with...