Tag: Private Landlords

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Squatters in Homes Outlawed as Criminals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Squatters who move into homes will commit a criminal offence under proposals announced by the government. Following consultation, the government...

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Bank Pulls Plug on Britain’s Worst Landlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A buy to let mortgage lender called in more than £1 million of loans when a landlord described as one...

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Economic Woes are Still Pushing House Prices Down

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The housing market is still falling – but the pace of the slide is slowing down, according to the latest...

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Maintenance Men – Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them!

Author: HMOLandlady

31st October 2011, 15 years ago | 10

A couple of weeks ago I started a discussion thread on Property Tribes about the trials and tribulations of dealing...

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Working Out if a Buy to Let Property is Profitable

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A key skill for landlords is knowing how to work out whether an investment is profitable. Yield is the tool...

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Do You Fit the Private Landlord Profile?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A snapshot of landlords and letting has just been released by the Department of Communities and Local Government following a...

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How to Reference Tenants

Author: Tulloch Priest

27th October 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Ideally landlords want a long-term tenant who treats the property as if it is their own, and this is where...

Why Do People Hate Landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2011, 15 years ago | 5

I decided to write this article as a companion piece to Mary Latham’s recent article “I will not say sorry...

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HMO Confusion Could Costs Landlords Fines of £50,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Planning and licensing rules for shared houses could be an expensive trap for landlords as some councils take on new...

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I Will Not Say Sorry for Being a Good Landlord

Author: Mary Latham

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 24

An article in the Telegraph last week really offended my sense of justice. I am well aware that only landlords...

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The HMO Debate – an admission of defeat.

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 32

My last article on Property 118 brought forth a host of questions from landlords wondering whether their property was in...

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How Do You Find Trades People & Professional Contacts?

Author: Mark Alexander

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Having been a relatively “hands off” landlord myself now for over 20 years with a very well spread portfolio in...

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My Tenants Have Done A Midnight Flit – Landlords Log 13

Author: Mark Alexander

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 25

I would very much appreciate your feedback on this video blog and my confessions article below it.

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Buy to Let Lender Reveals Landlord Loan Home Truths

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Buy to let insiders have revealed some home truths behind the property business in an online video for mortgage brokers....

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Auction Homes Still Selling at 30% Below Market Value

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Homes under the hammer are still knocking up strong sales with almost 2,500 properties changing hands for £282 million. Around...

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Landlords, Let’s Make December Celebration of Good Tenants Month

Author: Mary Latham

18th October 2011, 15 years ago | 34

Next year I will have been a landlord for 40 years and I am going to throw a boomerang at...

Winter’s a-Coming

Author: Ally Interiors

18th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

We’ve had our Indian Summer and weren’t some of the sunsets amazing!  Now apparently because the berries were on a...

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Tenant Demand is Still Increasing, Report Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Tenants are still clamouring for buy to let homes, according to the latest survey of landlords. Many landlords (44%) reckon...

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Counting Error Could Hold up Student Developments

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Universities in Oxford may have to put millions of pounds of developments on hold because protesters claim they have broken...

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The Boomerang Effect for Landlords?

Author: Mary Latham

7th October 2011, 15 years ago | 21

“Respect seems to be like a boomerang in the sense that you must send it out before it will come...

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Buy to let Borrowers Braced for New Lenders

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The buy to let mortgage market is set for changes as new lenders are ready to offer loans to property...