Tag: Letting Agent

Rant About Scottish Letting Regulation

Author: John Gell

13th September 2013, 13 years ago | 30

As the Scottish Government gets set to embark on the regulation of letting agents – regulation which is badly needed...

Our flat could have caught fire

Author: Readers Question

13th September 2013, 13 years ago | 22

My housemate and I attend Greenwich University in London. We live in a two bedroom flat in Charlton, SE7. During...

Bad management by my letting agent

Author: Readers Question

12th September 2013, 13 years ago | 11

I urgently need some advise Due to living outside the country I have put all my faith in a letting...

Alternative to licensing/accreditation? Bad landlords, look away now!

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11th September 2013, 13 years ago | 65

Following on from the discussion entitled “Raising Standards or Raising Funds” it appears that the majority of readers agree that...

Letting Fees MUST be disclosed in advertising as of Nov 1st 2013

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

10th September 2013, 13 years ago | 14

Many of you will be aware of a ruling made by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in March this year...

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Key Property (UK) Ltd fined £47k for damp unlicensed HMO

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th September 2013, 13 years ago | 16

A letting agent who rented out a damp, dangerous and dilapidated property received a hefty fine following a successful council...

Tenancy Notice Period – Scotland – HELP!

Author: Readers Question

9th September 2013, 13 years ago | 2

I am a tenant in Scotland. I rented my property through a letting agent. The let ran for the 6...

Letting agent regulation for Scotland – Scottish Government plans announced

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Scotland’s newly formed Council of Letting Agents (CLA) steering group met for the first time yesterday.  The members of the...

Popular questions from tenants to landlords

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

5th September 2013, 13 years ago | 0

It’s not just landlords and letting agents using our property forum these days. Recently we have had several Readers Questions...

Rental Fraud up by 92%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2013, 13 years ago | 3

The Office of National Statistics reported rental fraud has increased by 92% over the last two years. The total cost...

Landmark Case Shows Scottish Landlords Must Take Deposit Protection Seriously

Author: John Gell

3rd September 2013, 13 years ago | 0

A recent case in Edinburgh Sheriff Court saw a landlord who had failed to protect his tenant’s deposit fined £3,450. ...

Good Landlords Campaign Board of Directors

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

30th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

One of my goals is for The GOOD Landlords Campaign to eventually become a registered charity. For that to happen there...

Does my Buy to Let lending criteria make sense?

Author: Mary Latham

23rd August 2013, 13 years ago | 9

While fully acknowledging that I am not a financial specialist I do know the residential property market. I have a...

Letting Industry Pays Tribute to Northwood MD Nick Cooper

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2013, 13 years ago | 4

Tributes from across the lettings industry have been flooding in following the death of Northwood Managing Director, Nick Cooper, who...

Tenant Referencing Using Common Sense

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

22nd August 2013, 13 years ago | 23

Common sense tenant referencing was pretty much the only option available when I first became a landlord and started letting property...

DPS bond contested

Author: Readers Question

22nd August 2013, 13 years ago | 25

I am a new Landlord and the first tenant has left after she couldn’t pay her rent. Her partner left...

Retaliatory Eviction – Unlicensed HMO

Author: Readers Question

20th August 2013, 13 years ago | 20

In a similar situation to the excellent discussion on Retaliatory Eviction, I can report that I have encountered similar practices...

Guarantee for natural void periods?

Author: Readers Question

19th August 2013, 13 years ago | 45

I’m sure I’ve heard a radio advert recently from a letting agent that was offering a type of rent guarantee,...

Switching Letting Agents

Author: Readers Question

16th August 2013, 13 years ago | 6

We currently rent our property through a letting agency; however the service provided has been nothing short of appalling.  We...

Tenant Disappeared

Author: Readers Question

15th August 2013, 13 years ago | 13

Hi, hope I am in the correct place!!  I rent out a flat using a letting Agent. I should just...

Buy to let anguish – landlord being repossessed – rent paid 6 months up front!

Author: Readers Question

15th August 2013, 13 years ago | 9

My daughter moved to Manchester for work on a temporary contract in March 2013. She stayed with friends initially but...