Tag: Private Landlords

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HMO landlord fined £5,500 for letting filthy home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st May 2012, 14 years ago | 5

The landlord of a filthy and overcrowded shared house was fined £5,500 after admitting 23 licensing and management offences to...

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Struck-off solicitor branded slum landlord for house of filth

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

A struck-off solicitor and an estate agent who managed a house shared by 12 tenants who lived in filthy conditions...

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Property plays a vital role for funding pensions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Property investors with buy to let rentals and holiday homes expect to supplement their pensions with cash from renting or...

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Letting agents may go bust as illegal fees campaign takes off

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th May 2012, 14 years ago | 10

Landlords are warned to check out that their letting agents protect their money as a new scheme helping tenants reclaim...

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Buy to Let is a Living for Many

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

According to the latest Landlords Panel research by BDRC Continental, one in four buy to let landlords own their property...

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Landlords in Wales must sign up for licence to let homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Thousands of buy to let and shared house landlords in Wales will have to sign up to a register before...

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UK has the highest property taxes in Europe

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Property taxes in the UK are the highest in Europe, according to the latest figures issued by the European Union....

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Possession Orders and Flood Worries Rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Possession orders have been on the rise again, hitting a four year high back in March. Landlords appear to be...

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Bank of England Inflation Report and Economic Roundup

Author: Neil Patterson

18th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

“When is the Bank of England base rate going up?” is the most frequent question I am asked by property...

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London council wants to licence 35,000 buy to lets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Newham Council has completed stage one of a grandiose plan to licence 35,000 buy to let tenancies. The Labour-led council...

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Property firm’s buy to let advert claims ruled misleading

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A property firm’s claims that buy to let was a safe alternative to keeping money in a savings account were...

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If it isn’t Written Down, it Didn’t Happen – The Evidence Is In The Communication

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17th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

A few of you have talked about communication on here before, but today I wanted to talk about communication issues...

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The Ultimate Guide to Attracting a Tenant with a Beautiful Lawn

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16th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

As the sun begins to show its face, we’re all taking our first tentative steps around the garden and the...

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Housing benefit rules breach disabled rights, says court

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2012, 14 years ago | 4

The government’s housing benefits policy is in disarray as judges have ruled a crucial test to confirm how big a...

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Third of Landlords Ready to Buy More Rental Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Nearly a third of landlords have plans to buy more rental property this year, according to specialist buy to let...

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MPs urge ministers to open pensions to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Calls to boost buy to let by upgrading pensions to include residential property are gathering momentum in Parliament. An influential...

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Task force targets criminal ‘beds in sheds’ landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Beds in sheds landlords are the target of a new government campaign to crack down on shoddy housing. Housing minister...

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Landlord repairs targeted in health and safety crackdown

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Health and safety inspectors are cracking down on landlords who fail to manage building projects on their rental properties –...

Buy to Let Arrangement Fees Reduced by Godiva and Platform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Coventry Building Society has cut rates and fees on buy to let loans through subsidiary Godiva. Two year fixed...

1 in 5 Mortgage Applications are for Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage applications make up one in five of all home loan applications, according to one of the...

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‘Buoyant’ buy to let lending sinks by 5%, lenders report

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let borrowing was down 5% in the first three months of the year after a barnstorming end to...