Tag: RGI

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...

Referencing Services for Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

8th July 2013, 13 years ago | 4

Referencing services for landlords come in several varieties and with numerous options and price structures.  You can get anything from...

Prospective tenants are diplomats – could this be a problem?

Author: Readers Question

31st May 2013, 13 years ago | 2

I have had an enquiry in respect of diplomat tenants. Where I would stand if I had rent guarantee insurance...

Letting Supermarket provides massive cost saving opportunities for private landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

29th May 2013, 13 years ago | 7

I am a non-exec Director of Letting Supermarket, an ARLA member letting agency which we have been recommending to Property118...

ARLA figures suggest lack of housing supply taking firm hold

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd April 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Tenants are now staying in one property for a record duration of 20 months, according to the latest research from...

Advertise property to let, reference tenants, guarantee rent – one package

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd April 2013, 13 years ago | 0

How difficult can it be to advertise property to let on all the major rental portals, reference the tenants properly...

Guaranteed Rent – A Warning for Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

13th March 2013, 13 years ago | 25

A growing number of Landlords are falling for a “Guaranteed Rent” scam which enables a landlord or an agent to...

Lettings package exclusively for Scottish Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Scottish landlords want at least three things from their tenants:- – Rent paid on time – Respect the property –...

Letting Agent signs up a 17 year old tenant – EEK!

Author: Readers Question

4th February 2013, 13 years ago | 5

We have recently changed letting agent as they were taking weeks to pass the rent on and were difficult to...

Advertise property to let, reference tenants, guarantee rent – one package

Author: Mark Alexander

16th January 2013, 13 years ago | 8

How difficult can it be to advertise property to let on all the major rental portals, reference the tenants properly...

Rent Guarantee Insurance for LHA Tenants

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd January 2013, 13 years ago | 5

I suspect very few of our readers expected to see the words Rent Guarantee Insurance and LHA Tenants in the same headline!...

Property Management from just £14.99 a month

Author: Mark Alexander

10th December 2012, 13 years ago | 41

Just suppose you could buy property management from just £14.99 per month, per property in the vast majority of the lettings hotspots...

Online Letting Agents Review

Author: Mark Alexander

16th November 2012, 13 years ago | 0

I’ve been using Online Letting Agents to advertise my properties for a few years now. For me they are the...

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Advanced Rent – is this the ultimate assurance for landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2012, 13 years ago | 0

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

Charter for Good Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

30th October 2012, 13 years ago | 1

Having spent a lot of time lounging around the swimming pool and on the beach over the last few weeks...

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Landlord Possession Claims Increase

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlord possession claims increase as rent arrears are at their highest level for four years. The Government’s quarterly court statistics...

DSS Tenants and Pets Considered “subject to guarantees”

Author: Mark Alexander

15th August 2012, 14 years ago | 10

If you want to get your phone ringing off the hook next time you advertise a property to let just...

Partial Exit Strategies for Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

28th July 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Is it possible for landlords to have a partial exit strategy without selling the goose that lays the golden eggs,...

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Insuring against the risks of non-payment of rent

Author: Mark Alexander

25th March 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Tenant Referencing comes in many guises but in this article I am going to focus on how landlords can outsource...