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Landlord Fined £4,000 after Tenant Flees Buy to Let Blaze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A landlord was fined £4,000 for failing to carry out fire safety work at a rental property after a tenant...

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Buy to Let Drought Pushes up Yields for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A shortage of homes to rent is pushing yields up for landlords – and the trend is likely to continue,...

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Warning: Upsetting Footage For Landlords

Author: Frazer Fearnhead

7th December 2011, 15 years ago | 8

You can reference tenants, you can use your own judgement to select ones you think you can trust and you...

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The Pointless Housing Benefit Helpline

Author: HMOLandlady

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 8

I’ve just come off the phone to our local housing benefit “help” line, scraped myself off the ceiling and stopped...

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The Devil is in the Detail

Author: Mary Latham

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 107

The Localism Act 2011 is another heavy piece of legislation and you might be forgiven for missing a very important...

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Landlords Working Guide

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords working guide to housing case law Abandonment etc This is the first of a new and occasional series (In...

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Drug Dealing Landlord is Worth Just £266

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A drug dealing landlord who planned to run a cannabis factory in a charity hostel has assets of just £266...

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Eyesore Extensions Must Go, Planners Tell Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Planners are cracking down on landlords who have added extensions to 24 homes in just three streets without permission. Manchester...

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Islamic Bank Offers Buy to Let Loans for First Time

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th December 2011, 15 years ago | 5

Islamic Bank of Britain has joined the throng as the latest lender to offer buy to let mortgages to landlords....

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New App to Help Contents Claims

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd December 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Readyclaim.co.uk are making it even more difficult for landlords to avoid adopting new technology as they launch their new online...

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Unwrap a £150 Christmas Gift from the Tax Man

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st December 2011, 15 years ago | 10

Every landlord can unwrap a generous £150 gift to himself courtesy of the taxman. Buried in tax law is a...

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Judge Strips HMO Landlord of £112,500 Illegal Rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord who defied planning laws to convert three houses in to houses of multiple occupation (HMOs) has been stripped...

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1 in 7 Homes a Buy to Let … and the Number’s Growing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The number of buy to let properties has increased by 756,000 homes since 2007, according to the latest government housing...

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Tenants at Risk in 1 Million Shoddy Buy to Let Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 2

One in three buy to let homes have major safety hazards putting tenants at risk, claims a government survey of...

Avoiding the Void

Author: Angus Ryan

28th November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Void periods are an occupational hazard of letting property and something that the vast majority of landlords will experience at...

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Landlord Forced Tenants to Share Cramped Rooms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlord Pavlos Chatzinopoulos was fined £2,515 for making tenants share with cramped rooms with tenants they did not know. Swindon...

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Letting Firm Probe Follows Student Complaints

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 40

A student landlord who charged a tenant £290 for cleaning two flies from a windowsill is under investigation by a...

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What if the PRS didn’t exist?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

23rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 5

By Guest Columnist Ben Reeve-Lewis I work for a council in London. I’m the landlord’s nemesis, the bogey man, a...

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Water Damage the Biggest Costs to Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Leaky pipes and sinks cost the UK’s landlords £2million a day and over 9 billion litres of water a year,...

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Don’t Forget Rent’s Not the Only Buy to Let Income

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Landlords might think that rent is the only income generated by their property business – but they may need to...

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Buy to Let Landlords Snubbed Under New Housing Deal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Government has launched a make-or-break housing strategy designed to boost the economy, create jobs and help people buy homes...