Tag: rent arrears

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...

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Advanced Rent – is this the ultimate assurance for landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Tenant referencing has now evolved to the extent that insurance companies are prepared to underwrite the risks associated with the...

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RLA welcomes government U-turn on direct payments in Northern Ireland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2012, 14 years ago | 2

RLA welcomes news that the Department for Work and Pensions will allow direct payments of housing benefits to be made...

Tenancy Renewals – what are the complications?

Author: Mark Alexander

17th October 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Tenancy Renewals are causing landlords and letting agents problems and complications due to the new Deposit Protection rules requiring landlords...

Universal Credit Debate

Author: Readers Question

26th September 2012, 14 years ago | 5

The Universal Credit, due to be introduced in October 2013, is a new scheme which aims to simplify the benefits...

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Ben Reeve-Lewis has a possession question for district judges

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

18th September 2012, 14 years ago | 18

Are district judges staging an unspoken rebellion in possession cases? This article is largely based on possession claims brought by...

Can the Housing Benefit Office Do This?

Author: Readers Question

23rd August 2012, 14 years ago | 29

I have a property which I rent to my son who is on Housing Benefit. He has several medical problems...

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Tenants in severe arrears tops 100,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The number of tenants in severe arrears has risen to a massive 100,400 as rents continue to rise while the...

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Landlords still not getting the inventory right

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd July 2012, 14 years ago | 1

With landlords continuing to come off on the wrong side of tenant deposit disputes, the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks...

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Buy to let rents still rising and unlikely to fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Rents are still rising and are unlikely to drop anytime soon, according to one of the UK’s leading letting agents....

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Landlords ask courts to evict 65 tenants every day

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords filed nearly 6,000 claims to evict tenants in the first three months of the year, according...

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Impact of Human Rights on Evictions

Author: Jim Bauld

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Regular readers of the Daily mail will no doubt have a healthy disregard for “human rights” or “yuman rites” as...

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Rising number of tenants struggle to pay rent, says ARLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Tenants are facing a financial struggle to pay their rents, according to the latest survey by the Association of Residential...

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Number of tenants in arrears surges 20% in a year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Thousands of tenants are in rent arrears with a growing number adding to the total every month, according to statistics...

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Landlords warned to be insured against arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

With rents still continuing to rise, insurance provider LetRisks is urging to buy to let landlords to ensure they are...