Tag: Private Landlords

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Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions – January 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The Bank of England has released the Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions for January 2012, calling the market ‘subdued’. They...

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HMO Landlady Becomes A Letting Agent!!

Author: HMOLandlady

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 8

Last summer I met a very well heeled friend for lunch and listened as she commiserated her devastating investment losses...

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Letting Agents Close Owing Landlords and Tenants Cash

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2012, 15 years ago | 42

Midlands landlords are chasing rents and deposits from a letting agent who suddenly closed for business. Police are looking at...

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Landlords Have High Hopes for Buy to Let in 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

One in five landlords added property to their rental portfolios last year as confidence over interest rates and tenant demand...

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Buy to Let Flood Risk Could Cost Landlords Billions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Thousands of buy to let properties all over the country are at risk of becoming uninsurable and unmortgageable in a...

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Booming Buy to Let Reality Check for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Buy to let mortgage lenders are creaming off the best borrowers and leaving the rest without any real hope of...

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The 21st Century Letting Agent – Letting & Re-letting

Author: Roger Lancaster

23rd January 2012, 15 years ago | 3

In the last article we looked at how a 21st Century Agency can ensure the security of a landlord’s portfolio...

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Cannabis Gangs Target Buy to Lets as Drug Factories

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2012, 15 years ago | 10

Police are warning landlords that crime gangs are looking for rental homes to turn into cannabis factories. A clear trend...

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Landlords Ready for Massive Rise in Rent Arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th January 2012, 15 years ago | 10

Landlords are bracing for a flood of rent arrears cases as renters struggle with their bills over the festive period....

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The 21st Century Letting Agent – Protecting the Landlord’s Interests

Author: Roger Lancaster

19th January 2012, 15 years ago | 11

In the previous article I tried to make the point that a Letting Agent should act like an Asset Manager,...

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Queen Leads the Olympic Rental Gold Rush

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The Queen is leading the Olympic rental gold rush by letting out part of the grounds of Kensington Palace to...

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Developers Switch to Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Developers are looking at renting their homes instead of selling them as demand for buy to let hots up. As...

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Necessity is the Mother of Inventories

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords are losing cases when tenants complain about non-return of deposits because they are failing to take good property inventories....

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A 21st Century Letting Agent

Author: Roger Lancaster

17th January 2012, 15 years ago | 15

What should a landlord expect? ARLA have been complaining that the Government should regulate Letting Agents in the same way...

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Homes at Auction 14% Cheaper than Estate Agent Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Homes under the hammer at auctions ended the year with a widening gap compared with the prices of property sold...

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Property Investment Strategies – Part Two

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17th January 2012, 15 years ago | 5

Following on from yesterday’s Property Investment Strategies part one. Assignment of Contract With “Assignment of Contract”, when done correctly, you...

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Buy to Let Property Club Fraudsters Scammed £1 million

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Buy to let property club fraudsters who raised more than £1 million from selling shoddy properties at inflated prices have...

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Shams, Scams and Blocking Tactics

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

13th January 2012, 15 years ago | 9

By Guest Columnist Ben Reeve-Lewis We live at a time when mortgage repossessions are running at an all time high,...

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Here’s a radical idea – Stop Shooting Fish in a Barrel

Author: Mary Latham

13th January 2012, 15 years ago | 32

I am writing this after reading an article with the opening line “A Labour MP says that every MP he...

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Stick to the Letter of the Law Rather than Abuse

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Responsible landlords are investors and business people who should present a ‘professional’ face to their tenants and letting agents. Not...

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Sellers Sticking Out for High Prices ‘Hinder’ Housing Market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Estate agents are blaming sellers asking unrealistic prices for their homes as one of the reasons for a flatlining housing...