Tag: Private Landlords

Buy to Let Cannabis Farm Goes Up in Flames

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord is counting the cost of taking a year’s rent upfront from renters who turned out to be a...

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Landlords Look to Families for the Future

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords are becoming more family orientated and buying bigger homes to rent, according to a buy to let mortgage lender....

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Marketing UK Property Events & Increasing Attendee Numbers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th September 2011, 15 years ago | 7

Over 300,000 people and businesses you want to promote your event to receive our eNewsletters every week. Having organised, promoted...

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Landlords Feel Good About Buy to Let Prospects

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords are feeling good about the prospects of their letting businesses, according to a new survey. Around two-thirds of landlords...

How Free Tenant Referencing Businesses Are Influencing Landlords Strategies

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th August 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Mark Alexander, Property118 founder and landlord since 1989 is updating his lettings strategy to utilise two free tenant referencing services...

Tenants Trashed Home as Landlord Waited for Eviction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The plight of a landlord who had a buy to let home trashed by tenants who faced eviction for failing...

Green Deal Firm to Pay Agents £1,000 for Landlord Leads

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Landlords who carry out work to upgrade buy to let properties under the Green Deal could be paying out up...

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Student City Home Prices Outpace Other Property Values

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

House prices in university towns are increasing faster than average – with property values in ‘new’ university towns rising the...

Letting Agent Disputes at a 20 year High, say AIIC

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th August 2011, 15 years ago | 1

After receiving the highest number of complaints against letting agents for 20 years, the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks have...

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Landlords Refinance Rather than Buy New Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords are realigning their property finances rather than purchasing more homes for their portfolios. The latest buy...

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What’s Your Opinion About Sentiment Surveys?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Around a quarter of UK landlords are feeling more optimistic about the prospects for their property portfolios, rental income and...

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2.4 Million Homeowners Row with Builders Over Shoddy Work

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

More than 2,000 householders a day have a row with builders and decorators – with many forced to turn to...

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Private Landlords Wary of Rate Rises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Official bank rates will stay at 0.5% after the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee voted for no change for...

Student housing problems trigger ‘town v gown’ rows

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Residents are failing to take a shine to glass and steel tower blocks to house students in university towns and...

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London’s calling corporate investors in to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

London buy to let landlords may soon have to fight toe-to-toe with institutional investors for prime residential property. Soaring rents...

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OFT launches new customer code for letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Property Ombudsman finally has government go-ahead to tighten up on rogue letting agents who exploit landlords and tenants. After...

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Peace in the war between landlords and tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Forget the odd moans and gripes between those traditional enemies landlords and tenants – the majority get on just fine....

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MPs slam HMRC for poor customer service

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The tax man is under orders to beef up customer service after an investigation by MPs revealed the frustration of...

Five students chase every university bed space in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

London student rents are rising as students besieging accommodation providers outstrips the supply of available properties. The capital has just...

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Using social media to reduce rental voids

Author: Neil Patterson

22nd July 2011, 15 years ago | 1

In this video blog Mark Alexander, buy to let landlord and founder of Property118.com explains how he uses Social Media...

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Buy to let mortgage market is stuck in a rut

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage availability is seemingly not improving despite the best efforts of property professionals to talk up the...