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Tenants at Risk in 1 Million Shoddy Buy to Let Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 14 years ago | 2

One in three buy to let homes have major safety hazards putting tenants at risk, claims a government survey of...

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Why are Social Housing Tenants Seen As Second Class Citizens?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

29th November 2011, 14 years ago | 44

As I read my way through developments in the housing world on a daily basis I see increasing reference to...

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What if the PRS didn’t exist?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

23rd November 2011, 14 years ago | 5

By Guest Columnist Ben Reeve-Lewis I work for a council in London. I’m the landlord’s nemesis, the bogey man, a...

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Developers can’t afford to build – the consequences?

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd November 2011, 14 years ago | 4

Landlord’s Log, the Personal Blog Of Mark Alexander, the Founder of Property118 Earlier this week a comment was left on...

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Buy to Let Landlords Snubbed Under New Housing Deal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 14 years ago | 0

The Government has launched a make-or-break housing strategy designed to boost the economy, create jobs and help people buy homes...

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Housing Strategy Key Points

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 14 years ago | 3

The much awaited Government housing strategy was unveiled today with many seeing it not as the “radical and unashamedly ambitious...

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When is an AST not an AST?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

21st November 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Answer? – When it’s an Assured Tenancy. Rubbish joke I know. Most conversations I read on Property 118 and other...

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Buy to Let Lenders Forget to Mention the Missing Link

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage lending is going from strength to strength, according to industry trade body the Council of Mortgage...

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger #7 – When a Tenant Takes on a New Partner

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

31st October 2011, 14 years ago | 7

When a tenant has a beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either...

Buying a New Property

Author: Ally Interiors

27th October 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Having worked for about 20 years with new home builders, there are some things you should know. NEVER be pressured...

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Call for U-turn on Plan to Pay Rents to Tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st September 2011, 15 years ago | 7

Major housing organisations in the private and social rental sectors have joined forces to fight the government proposals to pay...

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Get Out of Property Now?

Author: Mary Latham

15th September 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Landlords Money Week Magazine are telling us to Get out of Property Now. “Dump property”. “……If you are a property...

Rogue Landlords Under Attack for Tenant Misery

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th September 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Homeless charity Shelter claims around 1,500 rogue landlords are making life a misery for tenants. The figure was pinpointed from...

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Financial Woes Stop 3 Million from Moving Home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Three million homeowners are staying put rather than moving home over concerns about jobs, money and mortgages. A lack of...

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Buy to Let Supply Dries Up as Demand Increases

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The availability of homes to rent is drying up as tenant demand continues to outstrip supply, according to letting agents....

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Homes ‘Crisis’ Will See Soaring Rents and House Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th August 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Home ownership is set to tumble back to levels last seen 30 years ago as house prices and rents are...

Tenants Trashed Home as Landlord Waited for Eviction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The plight of a landlord who had a buy to let home trashed by tenants who faced eviction for failing...

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Heat is on Improving Cold Buy to Let Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords are under fire for failing to keep buy to let homes warm enough as a tenant’s rights protest coalition...

Landlords lock pets out of the buy to let boom

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th July 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Pets are suffering from a raw deal in the buy to let boom as landlords refuse to allow them to...

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Council wants to invest taxpayer cash in buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd July 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Councillors want to dabble in property investment by spending millions on purchasing ‘substandard’ buy to let homes. The plan is...