Tag: Letting Agent

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2011, 15 years ago | 13

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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Rebel landlords urged to tie HMO planners in red tape

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Oxford law firm Painsmith is suggesting that student landlords should tie planning departments up in red tape to push home...

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How to handle a property tax compliance letter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Landlords and property investors are receiving letters from  the taxman that seem to ask innocent questions about their property businesses...

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Judges block eviction that mars a tenant’s human rights

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2011, 15 years ago | 11

The latest Supreme Court case in to tenant rights may mean landlords may not be able to evict tenants who...

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Claiming car costs against your property business

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

22nd February 2011, 15 years ago | 2

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

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Students want star ratings for buy to lets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Students are asking housing minister Grant Shapps to introduce a star rating system for buy to let homes. Hundreds of...

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Buy to let rents waver as more homes hit market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Buy to let rents have dropped slightly for the second month running as landlords offered more homes to let. The...

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Buy to let bargains for sale as sellers cut prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Investment opportunities for buy to let landlords look good as mortgage availability increases and asking prices for homes continue to...

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Bragging letting agents advert is banned

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A  property agent has had a newspaper advert banned for bragging the firm rented more properties than most. The Advertising...

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Have you got what it takes to be a landlord?

Author: Tessa Shepperson

6th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Have you got what it takes to be a landlord? Often people seem to think that being a landlord  is...

Switching on to finding tenants with a phone app

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Looking for a home to rent online from home or the office is easy – but tracking down properties is...

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Top cop’s buy to let was a cannabis factory

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A red-faced top cop at Scotland Yard rented out his former home to a gang of drug dealers who set...

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Hit-and-run fraudsters prey on empty buy-to-lets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Empty buy to let properties are increasingly targets for hit-and-run fraudsters cheating firms and benefit agencies. Crooks often set up...

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Rightmove profits from Google property disaster

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Property portal Rightmove is tightening up dominance of the UK online property market as search giant Google flees the market.

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Councils take Shapps to court over HMO U-turn

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st January 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Councils protesting about a government U-turn over shared house planning laws have won the right to challenge the ruling in...

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Running a buy to let property – Landlord law FAQ

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords are often fined huge sums in court for failing to maintain their properties.  Some deserve their fines but many...

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Rent problems threaten to put landlords in to debt

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2011, 15 years ago | 8

Many landlords are worried that they will face problems paying their buy to let mortgages as more tenants are struggling...

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Company tax and accounts move on line from April

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Property developers, investors, and letting agents running limited companies face a shake-up in the way they file financial reports with...

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Keeping your property business cash flowing

Author: Mark Alexander

13th December 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let may be booming now – but many full time property investors are still feeling the pinch from...

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Rents set to keep on rising, say letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Letting agents expect buy to let rents to keep edging higher as more tenants snap up the few available rental...