Tag: rent arrears

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...

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...

Debt Collection for Landlords “No Win No Fee”

Author: Mark Alexander

13th April 2013, 13 years ago | 5

I have negotiated a “No Win No Fee” debt collection service for landlords. It constantly amazes me how many landlords...

Pursuing rent arrears after tenant leaves the property

Author: Readers Question

7th April 2013, 13 years ago | 6

I have a property (on a buy-to-let mortgage) which has been let to a couple for the last six years....

Are Rent Guarantees Worth Buying?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2013, 13 years ago | 15

Increasing rents, a difficult economy and job losses mean a growing number of tenants are struggling to pay their rent....

Some good News for Landlords in Scotland at last

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd February 2013, 13 years ago | 1

I keep in touch with what’s going on in the lives of my fellow landlords North of the border via...

Gateshead landlord murdered over rent arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th February 2013, 13 years ago | 5

A Judge in a Newcastle Upon Tyne has sentenced a man named Karl Bestford to life imprisonment and a minimum...

How private landlords can beat the rent arrears problem

Author: Mark Alexander

24th January 2013, 13 years ago | 4

Rent arrears are every landlords worst nightmare. One bad tenant can leave you unable to pay your mortgage with prospects...

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Is rent hiking a good business model?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

21st January 2013, 13 years ago | 24

It’s been a while since I wrote anything in my ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ series. Mainly because I kept getting...

LHA Tenants and Advice to Landlords from John Paul @TheLHAExpert

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th December 2012, 13 years ago | 1

Both John Paul and the The Castledene Group have earned an enviable reputation of being leading experts in the management...

Maslow’s Theory Applied to Landlords and Tenants

Author: Mary Latham

30th December 2012, 13 years ago | 79

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