Tag: rent arrears

Universal Credit is not a debacle Parliament told by IDS!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th December 2013, 13 years ago | 12

Mr Iain Duncan Smith the Work and Pensions Secretary, admitted to Parliament yesterday that the Universal credit system was not...

Good debt recovery agent?

Author: Readers Question

1st November 2013, 13 years ago | 39

I have recently had an absconding tenant who owes me £5,000 in rent arrears. I have used debt recovery agents...

My tenant is trashing my house!!

Author: Paul Shamplina

17th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

At Landlord Action we just don’t evict tenants for rent arrears or ending the tenancy because the landlord wants the...

The National Audit Office criticise Universal Credit reforms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2013, 13 years ago | 3

The National Audit Office has crticised Universal Credit welfare reforms as being badly managed, overambitious and poor value for money...

Does my Buy to Let lending criteria make sense?

Author: Mary Latham

23rd August 2013, 13 years ago | 9

While fully acknowledging that I am not a financial specialist I do know the residential property market. I have a...

Tenant Referencing Using Common Sense

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd August 2013, 13 years ago | 23

Common sense tenant referencing was pretty much the only option available when I first became a landlord and started letting property...

DPS bond contested

Author: Readers Question

22nd August 2013, 13 years ago | 25

I am a new Landlord and the first tenant has left after she couldn’t pay her rent. Her partner left...

How long does it take for a tenant eviction?

Author: Paul Shamplina

20th August 2013, 13 years ago | 57

This all depends on how obstinate your tenant is, at Landlord Action 61% of the time, when we serve a...

Is the section 21 notice now a risk?

Author: Paula Hebberd

19th August 2013, 13 years ago | 42

Under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, once an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) agreement has come to an end,...

AST’s – what’s best a Contract or a Deed?

Author: Mark Alexander

9th August 2013, 13 years ago | 5

I am working as part of a legal group to solve an issue for landlords which I hope to be...

How not to be treated as a source for cheap credit

Author: Steve Masters

8th August 2013, 13 years ago | 5

We landlords are not in the business of lending money to our tenants but that is in effect what we...

Rent arrears stats are improving says the NLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

According to the latest research from the National Landlords Association (NLA), incidences of arrears have fallen to their lowest level...

Meet The Landlords TV programme – fair representation?

Author: Mark Alexander

30th July 2013, 13 years ago | 73

Last night I finally got around to watching a TV programme I recorded on BBC a few weeks ago called...

Readers account of an ongoing eviction by their agents

Author: Readers Question

12th July 2013, 13 years ago | 14

We have a tenant who is a single mum and she has been in the property since December 2011. One...

Landlords Revenge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd July 2013, 13 years ago | 41

A landlord who came out and told BBC’s The One Show of her troublesome tenant has now had further problems. ...

Landlord’s right to visit his property with or without notice

Author: Readers Question

27th June 2013, 13 years ago | 18

My understanding  of the housing act is that a landlord cannot just visit his property when he likes, he has to give...

Rent arrears on the up again!

Author: Paul Shamplina

25th June 2013, 13 years ago | 0

It is believed that last quarter (Q1, 2013) severe rent arrears, which constitutes those more than two months behind on...

What to do about Tenants with Rent Arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th May 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Watch this video and learn the solution you need to deal with rent arrears in just 60 seconds. Then simply...

Universal Credit will be paid direct to landlords but ….

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2013, 13 years ago | 3

The Residential Landlords Associated revealed yesterday the housing benefit element of Universal Credit may well be paid directly to landlords...

Can I charge tenants for extra admin if they are in arrears?

Author: Readers Question

22nd April 2013, 13 years ago | 16

Following the news from Property118 last week regarding “no win no fee” debt collection for landlords I have been re-thinking...

Are you owed money for rent arrears or damages?

Author: Mark Alexander

20th April 2013, 13 years ago | 0

I don’t think landlords should allow tenants to get away with not paying rent or making good any damages, do...