Tag: PRS

Oven Cleaning is one of the biggest issues in a rented property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th March 2013, 13 years ago | 11

Oven cleaning is one of the biggest issues and this article is to help Landlords present this particular item in...

Universal Credit trial increases arrears by a factor of seven!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th March 2013, 14 years ago | 49

A Universal Credit trial of a first group of tenants in Torfaen South Wales has resulted in an increase in...

Angela Scarlett-Marshall of Bedfordshire

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2013, 14 years ago | 0

Angela Scarlett-Marshall of Bedfordshire I am Landlord based in Bedfordshire, with a small portfolio of properties throughout the Midlands. My...

Smart investors go to Oxford

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2013, 14 years ago | 8

Guest article from one of Oxford’s leading letting agents I am often asked why Oxford represents such an attractive option...

How to create incentives for the PRS to grow

Author: Readers Question

1st February 2013, 14 years ago | 4

Mark Garner, a regular reader of Property118 has very kindly written in to share these thoughts on simple changes the government could...

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Landlords and Tenants Becoming more Energy Conscientious

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2013, 14 years ago | 0

The number of energy inefficient properties owned by landlords is steadily decreasing, according to research from the Association of Residential...

Landlords investing more according to new data from ARLA

Author: Readers Question

17th January 2013, 14 years ago | 0

The latest market data from the Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) has revealed an upward trend in landlord investment...

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NLA concerned by cap on Local Housing Allowance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2013, 14 years ago | 2

Yesterday the House of Commons gave a second reading to the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill which caps future increases to...

Petition to criminalise none payment of rent to landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd January 2013, 14 years ago | 37

Housing Charity “Crisis” report that only 1.5% of private landlords will let their properties to housing benefits claimants. This is...

Maslow’s Theory Applied to Landlords and Tenants

Author: Mary Latham

30th December 2012, 14 years ago | 79

In the West Midlands we are addressing the issue of educating the young to understand their future housing options, financial...

ARLA Predictions for 2013

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st December 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) today revealed its predictions for the UK property market over the next 12...

ARLA asks government to reconsider regulation following census data

Author: Mark Alexander

12th December 2012, 14 years ago | 26

The surge in private rental sector (PRS) tenants reported in the latest census highlights the need for immediate government regulation,...

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All in a days work for a PRS landlord

Author: Mark Alexander

4th December 2012, 14 years ago | 0

I thought I would share a few of lifes little challenges that I’ve had to deal with recently as a landlord. This...

Spotlight on Michelle Reid CEO of TPAS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Michelle Reid Position: CEO of TPAS (Tenant Participation Advisory Service) Michelle has kindly answered the following questions:- How would you...

Spotlight on Michael Gelling OBE CIHM Hon of T.A.R.O.E

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Michael Gelling OBE CIHM Hon Organisation: Tenants And Residents Organisations of England “T.A.R.O.E.” Status: Chairperson of the T.A.R.O.E. Board Career to date:...

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Scotland’s private rents rise to new high

Author: Readers Question

4th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Ahead of Scotland’s largest gathering of landlords in Edinburgh, at the sold-out National Landlord Day Conference on 6 Nov, the...

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Homelessness suitability order and PRS landlords by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

29th October 2012, 14 years ago | 12

A bombshell was dropped recently. Admittedly an expected Bombshell, but it took all us people working in the public sector...

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FSA Mortgage Market Review and the PRS

Author: Neil Patterson

25th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The FSA Mortgage Market Review rules will come into effect on 26 April 2014 and I have listed the FSA’s...

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Spotlight on Christopher Hamer The Property Ombudsman

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Christopher Hamer The Property Ombudsman took up his current post in 2006. Prior to this he was the Private Secretary...

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Spotlight on Peter Lewis of Devon Landlords Association

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Peter Lewis of Devon Landlords Association  and his wife have been landlords for about fifteen years as a result of...

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Spotlight on Peter Davis of Eastern Landlords Association

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Peter Davis of Eastern Landlords Association has been in the post nearly three years as CEO of the regional membership...