Tag: Local Authority

Lending Criteria to Consider when Purchasing a Buy to Let Flat

Author: Neil Patterson

11th March 2013, 14 years ago | 2

I had a question concerning this from our reader Dan today, but many Buy to Let investors I talk to...

Alastair Lygate of Irvine

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2013, 14 years ago | 0

Alastair Lygate of Irvine I am a Surveyor with a small portfolio of around 20 properties. My philosophy is that...

Smart investors go to Oxford

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2013, 14 years ago | 8

Guest article from one of Oxford’s leading letting agents I am often asked why Oxford represents such an attractive option...

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London Central Portfolio Ltd report Empty Homes Crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2013, 14 years ago | 1

Central London Landlords are not the villains as thousands are owned and unused by poorest boroughs in an empty homes...

Rent Guarantee Insurance for LHA Tenants

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd January 2013, 14 years ago | 5

I suspect very few of our readers expected to see the words Rent Guarantee Insurance and LHA Tenants in the same headline!...

Landlord Accreditation – what’s the point?

Author: Readers Question

6th December 2012, 14 years ago | 7

We have been asked by Peter Lewis, Chairman of Devon Landlords Association to share his question about the validity of...

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Student Buy to Let – 100% mortgages available to students!

Author: Mark Alexander

16th November 2012, 14 years ago | 22

Seriously, this is NOT a wind up! Our regulated mortgage broker of choice has informed us of a deal that...

Scottish Landlords – Tenancy Deposit Protection Deadline TODAY!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Do you let out a property in Scotland? The deadline for protecting your tenancy deposits is TODAY, Tuesday the 13th...

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Enquiry into Private Rented Sector gives opportunity to voice opinion

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th October 2012, 14 years ago | 1

An Enquiry into the Private Rented Sector by The Communities and Local Government Committee will give us all an important...

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Norwich City Council use Proceeds of Crime Act against Criminal Landlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd October 2012, 14 years ago | 4

Norwich City Council is the first local authority in the country to use Proceeds Of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 against...

Spotlight on John Blackwood of the Scottish Association of Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

John Blackwood has worked in the private rented sector for nearly 20 years and has extensive experience in advising both...

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Private Rented Sector Licencing Debate

Author: Readers Question

25th September 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Richard Cubitt, a reader of Property118 has submitted the following summary of Private Rented Sector Licencing. In an email to...

Question regarding Local Authority Homeless policy

Author: Readers Question

15th August 2012, 14 years ago | 81

I have a property related question regarding Local Authority Homeless policy. My local authority advises tenants to ignore section 21...

Corporate Lets – 5 year deal with FTSE 100 company via NPG

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

26th July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

At National Property Group we are working with a FTSE 100 company which has engaged us to source landlords wanting...

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Empty property rate relief – Changes ahead?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th June 2012, 14 years ago | 2

With more and more commercial property sitting empty, an important judgement in Cardiff could have major ramifications for empty property...

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Property investors face a new £420 million tax blitz

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th May 2012, 14 years ago | 11

Landlords and second home owners who leave their properties standing empty face a new tax blitz. The government is to...

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Tessa Shepperson’s New “Landlord Law Made Easy” Course

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Don’t you get fed up sometimes by the amount of law we are expected to know? We have to comply...

Principality 70% LTV buy to let rate revised

Author: Neil Patterson

19th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Principality has revised one of its two buy to let products upwards. The new rate at 4.99% has a low...

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Article 8 Evictions – Human Rights?

Author: Mark Reynolds

13th April 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Having read Mary Latham’s article about landlord’s not being able to evict due to human rights law, I have been giving...

Spotlight on two 80% Buy to Let products

Author: Neil Patterson

12th April 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Two similar products – look at the detail. This is an example of the terms, criteria and costs I would...

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Landlords face possibility that they may not be able to evict tenants under Human Rights Law!

Author: Mary Latham

11th April 2012, 14 years ago | 56

I have just read a thread on Property Tribes that says Hounslow Council have been prevented so far from evicting a...