Tag: Property management

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Warning: Upsetting Footage For Landlords

Author: Frazer Fearnhead

7th December 2011, 14 years ago | 8

You can reference tenants, you can use your own judgement to select ones you think you can trust and you...

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Landlords Urged to Sign up for Tenant Property Passport

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords are being urged to sign up for a new passport scheme for tenants that build a six-year rental history...

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The Pointless Housing Benefit Helpline

Author: HMOLandlady

5th December 2011, 14 years ago | 8

I’ve just come off the phone to our local housing benefit “help” line, scraped myself off the ceiling and stopped...

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The Devil is in the Detail

Author: Mary Latham

5th December 2011, 14 years ago | 107

The Localism Act 2011 is another heavy piece of legislation and you might be forgiven for missing a very important...

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Landlords Working Guide

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

5th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords working guide to housing case law Abandonment etc This is the first of a new and occasional series (In...

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NPG offer money back deal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Property management company The National Property Group (NPG) have announced they will refund any management fees after six months if...

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Water Damage the Biggest Costs to Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2011, 14 years ago | 1

Leaky pipes and sinks cost the UK’s landlords £2million a day and over 9 billion litres of water a year,...

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Britain’s Looming Housing Crisis

Author: Mark Alexander

19th November 2011, 14 years ago | 3

With people living longer and with less people per household, it is pretty obvious that more housing is needed. But...

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Letting Unlicensed HMO is a Crime, According to Judge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2011, 14 years ago | 6

A London council has won a criminal compensation order against a letting company who failed to licence a house in...

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Property Firm Lines up £2 billion Swoop on Buy to let flats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th November 2011, 14 years ago | 0

The geography of buy to let is due change as corporate investors move into the private letting market. The warning...

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

Author: HMOLandlady

31st October 2011, 14 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, 14 years ago | 0

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

Buying a New Property

Author: Ally Interiors

27th October 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Having worked for about 20 years with new home builders, there are some things you should know. NEVER be pressured...

Why Do People Hate Landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2011, 14 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, 14 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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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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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...

Property118 Landlords eNewsletter – Issue 66

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

With the property market continuing to make headlines we have another great selection of articles for you ranging from the...

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What’s Yours is Mine – Don’t Shoot the Messenger #4

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

4th October 2011, 15 years ago | 2

When a tenant has a beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either...