Tag: NLA

FOS rule West Brom Tracker Rate Hike is fair

Author: Mark Alexander

16th November 2014, 11 years ago | 46

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

Milton Keynes abandon Selective Licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th March 2014, 12 years ago | 7

Milton Keynes City Council has abandoned plans to introduce a proposed city-wide Selective Licensing scheme under pressure from the National...

Property118 Members vs West Bromwich Mortgage Company

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd March 2014, 12 years ago | 769

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

Campaigns Against Tracker Mortgage Rate Hikes Reach Parliament

Author: Readers Question

22nd January 2014, 12 years ago | 0

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

Good feedback for Landlords from Tenants reported by NLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st January 2014, 12 years ago | 2

The majority of tenants say their rent provides good value for money, according to the National Landlords Association’s NLA latest...

200 Housing benefits tenants are served section 21 notice by Kent Landlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2014, 12 years ago | 50

Kent based Landlord Mr Fergus Wilson reported to the press that he has served section 21 notices to more than...

Universal Credit is not a debacle Parliament told by IDS!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th December 2013, 12 years ago | 12

Mr Iain Duncan Smith the Work and Pensions Secretary, admitted to Parliament yesterday that the Universal credit system was not...

Complaint to ASA re West Brom Tracker Mortgages Website Advertising

Author: Mark Alexander

18th November 2013, 12 years ago | 0

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

Capita TDP to be taken over by MyDeposits

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2013, 12 years ago | 7

The Capita TDP (Tenancy Deposit Protection scheme) has been closed to accepting new deposits since the 14th of September this...

Should Landlords do immigration checks?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th November 2013, 12 years ago | 2

As it stands, this is precisely what the Government is planning to do by introducing an Immigration Bill to Parliament...

West Bromwich Tracker Rate Mortgages Legal Action Group

Author: Mark Alexander

29th October 2013, 12 years ago | 0

Nearly 1,000 people have registered an interest in the Class Action groups challenging the legality of the increases to tracker...

Tracker Rate Class Actions Updates

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2013, 12 years ago | 0

Over 1,000 people have registered an interest in the Class Action groups challenging the legality of the increases to tracker...

Boiler Theft – Copper and Carpets Too!

Author: Readers Question

23rd October 2013, 13 years ago | 13

I had a call about one of my properties in the Middlesbrough area that has gone downhill quite a way...

Why Aren’t We More Worried About Withdrawal of Benefits?

Author: Readers Question

11th October 2013, 13 years ago | 14

I am interested that I can’t see any response to, or comment about, George Osborne’s announcement last week to withdraw...

West Bromwich Building Society Tracker Margins Legal Action

Author: Mark Alexander

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...

Buy to Let Mortgages to remain legal announces EU

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th September 2013, 13 years ago | 9

The Mortgage Directive, officially known as the ‘Credit Agreements Related to Residential Property Directive’ (CARRP) attempted to create a single...

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...

Alternatives to Landlord Licencing Schemes

Author: Mark Alexander

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 42

The alternatives to Landlord Licensing Schemes require joined up thinking, changes to data sharing protocols within local authorities and revised...

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...

Rent arrears stats are improving says the NLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

According to the latest research from the National Landlords Association (NLA), incidences of arrears have fallen to their lowest level...