Tag: Private Landlords

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Buy to let market doubled in a decade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The number of private renters is increasing while home ownership is in decline, according to the latest housing survey for...

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Judges block eviction that mars a tenant’s human rights

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2011, 15 years ago | 11

The latest Supreme Court case in to tenant rights may mean landlords may not be able to evict tenants who...

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Claiming car costs against your property business

Author: This article was written by guest author - Steve Sims

22nd February 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Guest Blog provided by Steve Sims, author of “Understanding And Paying Less Property Tax For Dummies”.  Steve and his wife...

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House builders ready to move in to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Britain’s leading house builders are looking at changing their business models by moving in to buy to let as buyers...

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BBC has a cheap bash at landlords yet again!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The BBC has launched another story about substandard buy to let homes and ‘rogue landlords’ – but just who is...

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How I choose my tenants

Author: Mark Alexander

4th February 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Please remember that my properties are all mid range to upper end of the market.  My typical tenant profile is...

Minister pledges to help with housing benefit rent arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Welfare Minister Lord Freud has pledged to look at the problems caused by tenants who refuse to pay their landlords...

Guest Blog – Landlords … more despised than Katie Price?

Author: Vanessa Warwick

2nd February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

  This article was written by Vanessa Warwick @4_Walls on The Property Tribes forum. 

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Mark Alexander’s interview with Paul Spriggins – UK Holiday Lets investor/developer

Author: Mark Alexander

24th January 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Paul Spriggins In this interview Paul explains how he develops brick and tile UK holiday park homes, sells them for £71,000,...

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City landlords face first HMO selective licensing blitz

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Thousands of shared house landlords in Oxford are the first in England to meet strict new selective licensing guidelines as...

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Have your say when MPs debate housing benefit reform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Landlords can have a say about government reforms on local housing benefit for private tenants by taking up an invitation...

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Rent problems threaten to put landlords in to debt

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2011, 15 years ago | 8

Many landlords are worried that they will face problems paying their buy to let mortgages as more tenants are struggling...

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How I maximise the returns on my liquidity fund (cash in the bank)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2010, 15 years ago | 9

In January 2008 I refinanced my entire portfolio in line with my ongoing strategy.  There was an opportunity to release...

More councils take on selective licensing for HMOs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2010, 15 years ago | 1

Two more councils have joined the queue to crackdown on property investors letting shared houses.

Are Property Investors interested in ways to reduce IHT?

Author: Mark Alexander

13th December 2010, 15 years ago | 6

I’ve raised this question is that it’s important to me. Am I in the minority though? I’ve insured my life...

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Buy to let rent arrears up 20%, say advice watchdogs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Tenants struggling to pay rent arrears to buy to let landlords have rocketed by 20% in a year, according to...

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A tenant’s human rights can stop an eviction, rules a court

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 15 years ago | 3

Private landlords may have to bear in mind their tenant’s human rights before they can evict them, according to the...

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CML reports that buy to let mortgage lending is up 12%

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let lending has risen by 12% supported by ongoing demand for rental property fuelled by potential homeowners who...

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Platform signals new fixed rate buy to let deals

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

The Co-op Bank’s buy to let lending arm, Platform Mortgages, has a new range of fixed rate deals for property...

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I’m a landlord – get my problem tenant out of here!

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 15 years ago | 4

A 5,000-signature petition demanding changes in the law to speed up the eviction of problem tenants from buy to let...