Tag: Letting Agent

How to help bring about changes to legislation post “Superstrike”

Author: Mary Latham

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 15

One of the things that are uppermost in landlords’ minds at the moment is the concern that we are vulnerable...

Ending a management contract with a letting agent

Author: Readers Question

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 3

I rent 16 properties out and used an agent to manage them. I instructed them in 2007 and signed T&Cs....

Professional Inventories for Landlords – the devil is in the detail

Author: Mark Alexander

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 4

There have been several discussions here about inventories, why they are necessary and which is the best software to use...

NLA warns landlords of “no win no fee” deposit protection lawyers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Speaking recently on BBC Radio 4 Carolyn Uphill, Chairman of the National Landlords Association (NLA) warned landlords to ensure their...

Updated guidance on Superstrike Deposit Protection case

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

The four tenancy deposit protection scheme providers have collectively issued guidance notes following the Court of Appeal ruling in the...

Guidance from tenancy deposit protection schemes following the Superstrike Ltd. vs Rodrigues Court of Appeal case

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

The four tenancy deposit protection scheme providers have collectively issued guidance notes following the Court of Appeal ruling in the...

Why serve a Section 21 notice just after a tenancy agreement has started?

Author: Readers Question

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 28

I have heard a lot of Letting agents or private landlords tend to serve a section 21 notice at the...

Meet The Landlords TV programme – fair representation?

Author: Mark Alexander

30th July 2013, 13 years ago | 73

Last night I finally got around to watching a TV programme I recorded on BBC a few weeks ago called...

Buy to Let Property Sales – Partnering With Estate Agents

Author: Mark Alexander

24th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

Earlier this year we spotted an opportunity to set up a buy to let Estate Agency. However, due to lack...

Building a letting agency business

Author: Don Holmes

23rd July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

I sold my first letting agency business in 2006. In just 12 years my wife and I had taken the...

Property Investment – what would you buy?

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

Whenever I walk down a high street I can’t help looking through the window of the local estate agents and...

Section 21 issued prior to contract signing

Author: Readers Question

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 22

We have private tenancy managed by a letting agent. It is a one year contract, rent has been paid on time...

Cannabis Factory – Landlords Case Study

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 4

How do you know if your property is being used as a Cannabis factory? I’m writing this, having been involved...

Private Rented Sector Review – Conclusions and recommendations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The Private Rented Sector Review conclusions and recommendations published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: Simplifying regulation 1.  We recommend...

Private Rented Sector Review – Summary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 2

The Private Rented Sector Review summary published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: The private rented sector has seen...

NLA report on the Private Rented Sector Review

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Looking at the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s Report on the Private Rented Sector Review, Richard...

NUS also report on The Private Rented Sector Review

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 2

The National Union of Students (NUS) has welcomed The Private Rented Sector review from the Communities and Local Government Select...

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Client Money Protection cover now available to all Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th July 2013, 13 years ago | 11

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has pushed on behalf of the Lettings industry to make Client Money Protection cover (CMP)...

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TPO report on impact of Consumer Protection Regulations on Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

In The Property Ombudsman’s (TPO) first Interim Report for 2013, Christopher Hamer focuses on the impact of the Consumer Protection...

Readers account of an ongoing eviction by their agents

Author: Readers Question

12th July 2013, 13 years ago | 14

We have a tenant who is a single mum and she has been in the property since December 2011. One...