Tag: Mark Alexander

Open Letter to Dan Neidle – I am not the monster you think I am

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

16th October 2023, 3 years ago | 32

Dear Mr Neidle As you have refused to speak to me on a recorded Zoom call on two separate occasions...

FOS rule West Brom Tracker Rate Hike is fair

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

16th November 2014, 12 years ago | 46

The FOS (Financial Ombudsman Service) have done it again!  In the past the FOS have controversially agreed that rate hikes...

Skipton Building Society Legal Action

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

2nd April 2014, 13 years ago | 34

In 2010 the Skipton Building Society broke a promise to over 60,000 mortgage account holders.  The basis of that promise...

Message from Anthony Wilson of Ashley Wilson Solicitors LLP

Author: Anthony Wilson

13th March 2014, 13 years ago | 0

My name is Tony Wilson. I have today committed £15,000.00 to the fund to enable Mark Alexander and Mark Smith...

Property118 Members vs West Bromwich Mortgage Company

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

3rd March 2014, 13 years ago | 769

UPDATE – 31st March 2014 Since publishing this article our campaign has raised over £450,000 and legal action has now...

Bank of Ireland Tracker Rate Legal Campaign Fundraising re-launched

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

31st January 2014, 13 years ago | 0

The Bank of Ireland Tracker Rate Legal Campaign began in March 2013. History to date 100 affected BoI borrowers each paid...

Campaigns Against Tracker Mortgage Rate Hikes Reach Parliament

Author: Readers Question

22nd January 2014, 13 years ago | 0

The campaigns organised by members of Property118 against hikes to tracker rate mortgage margins moved up a gear yesterday when...

Complaint to ASA re West Brom Tracker Mortgages Website Advertising

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

18th November 2013, 13 years ago | 0

COMPLAINT TO ADVERTISING STANDARDS AGENCY I have just completed my online complaint to the ASA. It is a five step...

West Bromwich Building Society Tracker Margins Legal Action

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

30th September 2013, 13 years ago | 3869

Are you affected by the West Brom Tracker Rate Hike? If your mortgage account number begins with the number 8...

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Bank of Ireland increase differential on tracker rates

Author: Readers Question

28th February 2013, 14 years ago | 1862

The story of the Bank of Ireland decision to increase to the differential (interest rate margin) on  tracker mortgages started...

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Perfect tenant of 6 years turns heroin addicted prostitute – EVICTED!

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

10th August 2012, 14 years ago | 14

I first let to these tenants in 2003. They already had a daughter and later gave birth to a second....

My BuyToLet Portfolio “Vintage 2003” – part 8 of my latest series

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

21st July 2012, 14 years ago | 17

My vintage year was 2003. I was followed for 24 hours by a camera crew to make a TV program...

Lawnmowers – do landlords have to provide them?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

2nd July 2012, 14 years ago | 25

“I need to use grass cutting machine” said my Polish tenant when he called me one Saturday afternoon. You mean...

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My first intentional property investment part 5

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

26th June 2012, 14 years ago | 4

By 1999 I had realised that I needed to put money aside for maintenance. Tenants were moving in and out...

Property Management Checklist

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

20th June 2012, 14 years ago | 4

My first intentional property investment part 4 – “My first Property Management Checklist“ In the last instalment of the story of my first...

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Should buy to let landlords buy life insurance?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

15th June 2012, 14 years ago | 10

I had a really interesting discussion about life insurance yesterday with a lady I’ve respected for many years. I will...

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My first intentional property investment part 3

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

15th June 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Just two years after buying my first intentional property investment I owned 9 more. Buying that first one was like finding...

The tragic story of an HMO tenant

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

14th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

I remember several years back meeting an old farmer boy type landlord in the car park on my way into...

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Part two of the story of my first intentional property investment

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

13th June 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Having agreed to buy my first intentional property investment I soon realised that it’s a bit like a visit to...

My first intentional property investment – part 1

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

11th June 2012, 14 years ago | 15

The story began in 1989 when I purchased a property which I soon realised I couldn’t afford to live in....

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My Tenant Has Died

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

16th April 2012, 15 years ago | 20

Today I received a very sad telephone call to say that my tenant has died. Having been a landlord since...