Tag: rent arrears

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More tenants in arrears as rents keep rising

Author: Neil Patterson

30th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Around 75,000 buy to let tenants are in rent arrears – a 13% increase on the same period last year,...

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Court closures could have knock on effects for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

With buy to let landlords experiencing total rent arrears of £284million from tenants not paying each month, the closure of...

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Buy to let rents hit record high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Rents have bounced back to a record high as the mortgage squeeze forces would-be buyers to rent a home and into...

How to get your property portfolio off “death row”

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

13th May 2011, 15 years ago | 3

With interest rates at a historic low, guest article writer Glen Ackroyd from National Property Group explains the steps he’s...

Beware of serial bad tenants

Author: Paul Shamplina

5th May 2011, 15 years ago | 3

By Paul Shamplina, founder of @LandlordAction Since founding Landlord Action in 1999, we have encountered many tenants who have had...

The most underrated advice in buy to let

Author: Paul Shamplina

20th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Guest article written by Paul Shamplina, Founder of LandlordAction. As an eviction specialist, I am frequently asked for advice on...

What do you do if your tenant won’t leave when their section 21 notice expires?

Author: Tessa Shepperson

8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

This is the ninth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder...

Help! My tenant has stopped paying rent – what do I do?

Author: Tessa Shepperson

22nd March 2011, 15 years ago | 13

This is the seventh in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder...

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Buy to let rents static, but yields and arrears rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Tenants are paying an average £684 per month rent in February – up 3.9% on a year ago but no...

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Rant over tenants “Human Rights” continues

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th March 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Thank you to Chris Birdsall of TenantID for providing this Guest Blog which follows up nicely our report on 24th...

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MPs urged to let benefit tenants choose how to pay their rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th March 2011, 16 years ago | 7

Tenants picking up housing allowances to pay their rents should have the choice to pay their landlords direct, says the...

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Judges block eviction that mars a tenant’s human rights

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2011, 16 years ago | 11

The latest Supreme Court case in to tenant rights may mean landlords may not be able to evict tenants who...

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Buy to let rents waver as more homes hit market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Buy to let rents have dropped slightly for the second month running as landlords offered more homes to let. The...

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Buy to let market expanded by 7% in 2010

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The truth is finally out about how the buy to let market performed in 2010 as the Council of Mortgage...

Minister pledges to help with housing benefit rent arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Welfare Minister Lord Freud has pledged to look at the problems caused by tenants who refuse to pay their landlords...

Are you witnessing increasing rent defaults?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2011, 16 years ago | 2

I’ve read a number of press releases and quoted many of them here in my Blog articles stating that circa...

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Mortgage lending slumps to lowest level for a decade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Mortgage lending has slumped to the lowest level for a decade as banks and building societies tighten their grip on...

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Buy to let lenders offer ‘golden goodbye’ discounts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2011, 16 years ago | 4

Cash-strapped banks are offering to write off huge amounts to encourage landlords and property investors to remortgage to another lender....

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Buy to let rent arrears up 20%, say advice watchdogs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Tenants struggling to pay rent arrears to buy to let landlords have rocketed by 20% in a year, according to...

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Will landlords benefit from universal credit?

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 3

The new universal credit for housing costs may still leave private landlords out on a limb over rent payments. The...

50% of evicted tenants didn’t pay their rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Almost 50% of tenants evicted by private landlords find themselves on the street because they do not pay their rent....