New Government economic crime taskforce

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Mark Hayward, Chief Executive, NAEA Propertymark comments on joining the Home Office and Treasury’s new Economic Crime Strategic Board, which launches today.

“The Economic Crime Strategic Board is significant in that for the first time

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My life is finite – Fergus Wilson

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What has become clear is tenants, Councils, and Journalists expect Landlords to live forever!

The reality is that they get older and die! At that point Councils have to house tenants who cannot find alternative accommodation.

Private Sector Landlords (PSL) were encouraged to buy more and more houses to ease the Housing Shortage in the South East.

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24.7% growth over the past 5 years in Liverpool

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With growth on property prices of 24.7% over the past five years, and with no sign of it slowing down any time soon, Liverpool is on an upward trend and proving to be a fantastic place to invest.

42% of Liverpool’s population is below the age of 30

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Letting Agent liquidation – Questions about the tenants deposits?

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I’m a hands off landlord that has been using the same letting agent for 11 years.

On Friday I was informed by another Company that my previous one had gone into liquidation and that they have been selected by the liquidator to take over the previous companies properties.

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Direct payment of Universal Credit to landlords – Online system being developed

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“One third of UC claimants in social rented housing have their rent paid directly to their landlord. But in the private sector, that number is only 5%.

“People in the private rented sector already face a far higher risk of losing their tenancy

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Landlords continue to prosper in 2019 with increased incentives

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Happy New Year, we have great news to start  2019 as it is set to be a prosperous year for those landlords that are interested in dealing with Councils.  The councils are increasing their budgets to further tempt landlords into housing their tenants.

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The terrible position council put benefit renters in

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There is an article in I News yesterday titled “This single mother works full-time, but still needs housing benefit – so landlords refuse to rent to her”: click here to view.

The story is obviously about how difficult it was for a working mum to find a new home to rent after she was served a section 21 notice from her existing landlord.

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Immediately sell a new build house?

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Hi, New here, so apologies if I’m asking an obvious question (though you don’t know, what you don’t know!)

I’m hoping to purchase a plot and have a house built on it (full turn-key). Can I market and sell the house immediately upon completion of new build?

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Tenancy deposit cap to be cut to 5 weeks

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The government confirmed last month that Tenant Fees Bill stipulates that the total deposit that can be taken from a tenant paying up to £50,000 in rental over a 12-month period is being capped at a maximum of five weeks rent.

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What is meant by bi-party Lease?

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I am a landlord of one flat in a converted house of 4. There is a management company for the block which has always been (badly) run by agents. There are now two landlords and two owners in the block.

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