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Put Down Your Particulars – Don’t Shoot the Messenger! #3

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

28th September 2011, 15 years ago | 2

When a tenant has a beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either...

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The New Kids on the Block

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

12th September 2011, 15 years ago | 7

What do you think of the way councils operate in relation to housing in your area? Do you think they...

HMO Landlords Warned to Put Their House in Order

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th September 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Councillors have warned HMO landlords to put their house in order or face prosecution. The warning was triggered as magistrates...

Government Undermines Our Work, Claims ARLA

Author: Neil Patterson

6th September 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Letting agents have turned up the heat on the government to regulate the private rental sector another notch. The spat...

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Loan Shark Landlord Fined for Demanding 5,600% APR

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A thug landlord who ruled his tenants with threats and intimidation lent them cash at more than 5,600% APR. Loan...

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Landlords upset over paying £315,000 HMO fees to council

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Disgruntled landlords have paid out £315,000 fees in a year to comply with a council’s new house in multiple occupation...

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How Parents Can Avoid Student Digs Tax Traps

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buying a home for a son or daughter to live in while at university seems like a good plan for...

Landlords launch legal challenges over HMO licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Hundreds of landlords are mounting two legal challenges against council policies over planning and licensing for shared houses. Landlords in...

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Revealed – the councils taking on extra HMO powers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2011, 15 years ago | 5

Student landlords looking to expand their portfolios need to move quickly in many towns and cities to avoid new rules...

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HMO no-go zones branded ‘social engineering’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Neighbourhood no-go zones for houses in multiple occupation are spawning some unholy alliances between former property letting adversaries to fight...

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BBC has a cheap bash at landlords yet again!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The BBC has launched another story about substandard buy to let homes and ‘rogue landlords’ – but just who is...

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City landlords face first HMO selective licensing blitz

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Thousands of shared house landlords in Oxford are the first in England to meet strict new selective licensing guidelines as...

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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...

Landlords take HMO protest online

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Landlords have  launched an online campaign against a council’s proposals to micromanage shared houses by introducing planning controls and extra...

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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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Guest Blog from Ann Ceresa of Suffolk – HMO Investor

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2011, 15 years ago | 5

This is a story of how I will quadruple my gross annual rent in 2011 on a £120,000 property.

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HMO planning and selective licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th January 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Property investors find the complicated rules that govern licensing and planning for shared housing – legally termed a ‘house in...

More councils take on selective licensing for HMOs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2010, 15 years ago | 1

Two more councils have joined the queue to crackdown on property investors letting shared houses.

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HMO investors must not shun planning opportunity

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Time is running out in some cities for house in multiple occupation (HMO) investors to expand their property portfolios. The...

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Councils challenge HMO planning reversal in High Court

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Student landlords and shared house investors planning and licensing rules face scrutiny under a second legal challenge – this time...