Tag: Private Landlords

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Call to scrap council tax perks for second homeowners

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

  Homeless charity Shelter is calling for the scrapping of council tax discounts on second homes and property that stands...

Announcing our new Guest Blogger Paul Shamplina of Landlord Action

Author: Mark Alexander

7th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Paul Shamplina has over twenty years experience in the legal field, originally working as a clerk, private investigator, debt collector...

Tenant demand keeps buy to lets full for 50 weeks a year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let homes are standing empty for less time as demand from tenants continues to hot up. Landlords can...

Why Shelter’s ‘rogue landlord’ complaints are misleading

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The media and do-gooders are quick to jump on the ‘rogue landlord’ bandwagon to answer the clarion call of rough...

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Home sellers should pay stamp duty not buyers, says bank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2011, 16 years ago | 2

Landlords selling buy to let property could be hit by a new tax if the government takes up a proposal...

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Singles forced to share as benefit rules change

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Shared house landlords can expect a surge in inquiries from tenants as the government changes the rules on paying housing...

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HMO planning u-turn challenged in High Court

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Councils protesting at how Housing Minster Grant Shapps reversed house in multiple occupation planning rules have started a legal challenge...

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Revealed – where the UK’s property millionaires live

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The number of millionaires in the UK is rising – and is expected to grow by a third by 2020....

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Third of buy to let landlords have hiked rents this year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords are enjoying more income from the investment property portfolios, according to new figures from a leading...

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Use these property tax savers before you lose them

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Guest Blog provided by Steve Sims, author of “Understanding And Paying Less Property Tax For Dummies”.   Little time is...

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MPs urged to let benefit tenants choose how to pay their rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th March 2011, 16 years ago | 7

Tenants picking up housing allowances to pay their rents should have the choice to pay their landlords direct, says the...

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Buy to let tenants expect rents to keep on rising

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2011, 16 years ago | 2

>Private renters expect to hand over more money every month to their buy to let landlords as they continue to...

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Buy to let rents will keep going up, say letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd March 2011, 16 years ago | 2

>Buy to let rents are rising fast as more tenants chase fewer properties, say letting agents.  They returned the highest...

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Buy to let to surge for months, predict letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Letting agents predict that the demand for buy to let rental homes will surge well in to 2012 as desperate...

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Buy to let market doubled in a decade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th February 2011, 16 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, 16 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, 16 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, 16 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, 16 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, 16 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, 16 years ago | 1

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