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Nov
28

Tenancy Deposit Repair Kit

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With ever more complicated legislation being introduced it is becoming more common for both landlords and agents to make mistakes when it comes to compliance. But what are the consequences of failing to protect a tenants deposit and correctly serve prescribed information within the 30 day period allowed, and more importantly what are the solutions… Read more

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Nov
28

Wolverhampton’s 1st ‘Official’ 5 Star Landlord & Agent

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City of Wolverhampton Council has named its first 5 star landlord under the new ‘Rent with Confidence’ scheme. Lyndon Whitehouse, Director of L&A Lettings, owns several 5 star properties in the city and has also been granted five-star agent status. The rating system is similar to the one used by the Food Standards Agency for… Read more

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Nov
28

Landlord and Lettings Show: Coventry November 2016

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On Wednesday 30th the Richo Arena in Coventry will once again host the Landlord and Lettings Show and the RLA will be out in full force. There is a full schedule of discussions with leading thinkers in the housing industry, and a wide range of seminars from RLA representatives. We will return to stand 65 and look […]

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Nov
28

S21 or S8 but no EPC – Which will be quicker?

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Please be gentle as this is my first post, especially when you get to to EPC part. I have a DSS tenant who is 3 months overdue on her rent. I served S21 and S8 notices a few weeks ago. The s8 notice is due to expire on 29th November and the s21 notice on… Read more

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Nov
28

RLA stands by sell-off statistics

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The Residential Landlords’ Association (RLA) is standing by its claim that up to a quarter of buy-to-let landlords intend to sell of all or some of their properties in the foreseeable future. The RLA is adamant it is standing by the statistics released 2 weeks ago showing that one in four PRS landlords are either […]

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Nov
27

54% of Private Landlords forced to evict tenants

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Nearly 900 landlords have already responded to the latest survey of Property118 members, the UK’s leading online resource for private landlords to share best practice. 54% of respondents said they will be forced by Government tax changes to evict existing tenants, either to sell their properties or to re-let to others who can afford to… Read more

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Nov
26

Tenant In Distress – Mowing The Lawn

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Dear Mark, I hope you don’t mind me contacting, but after doing some research on Google I came across a reply/advice you had given re: Garden Maintenance ” Check with a Landlords Association or a solicitor if you like. If you have a garden and you want the tenants to cut the grass you must… Read more

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Nov
25

Corporate Landlords Corrupting Government?

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You may recall that in December 2015 Property118 researchers exposed the source document behind George Osborne’s tax grab on private landlords –LINK  The young man who wrote the report, which was presented by the Inter Generational Foundation, was David Kingman. We will refer to him as Kingman Jnr. We now know that Inter Generational Foundation is sponsored… Read more

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Nov
25

Disproportionate presence of Conservative Party donors and supporters

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While Section 24 of the Finance Act 2015-16 remains set to restrict the mortgage tax allowance of individual landlords to a mere 20%, thereby forcing many of them to raise rents or evict their tenants and sell-up, the tax-adjustment places no such restriction upon corporate landlords and property rental companies. Corporate letters therefore remain able… Read more

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Nov
25

Landlord accreditation scheme

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There seem to be a number of landlord accreditation schemes- and landlord training programmes- both run by individual councils, ARLA, RLA etc. I just wondered which scheme/ courses, if any, would other PRS landlords recommend? Jill

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