Hamilton Fraser Total Landlord Insurance reaches final stages of the Insurance Choice Awards

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After 10 weeks of voting, Hamilton Fraser Total Landlord Insurance
have been named finalists in the “Best Landlord Insurance Provider� category at
the Insurance Choice Awards 2019.

The awards are voted for entirely by consumers, with over 19,000 votes
received so far across all categories. 
Hamilton Fraser Total Landlord Insurance are up against Endsleigh to win
and consumers can still vote up until midnight on 15 September.

Eddie Hooker, CEO of Hamilton Fraser Total Landlord Insurance
says: “The insurance market is very competitive and success comes down to
much more than just beating others on price. The most important aspect is
delivering excellent customer service, supporting the people who have trusted
your business to deliver when they need you. Our customers are at the heart of
everything we do at Hamilton Fraser and we use any customer feedback we receive
as part of our staff training to help the team understand the significance and
impact of delivering great service.  The
fact that so many people have already taken the time to vote for us is
extremely gratifying and we thank you for your ongoing support.�

Now in their fourth year, the Insurance Choice Awards
help to signpost consumers towards products and providers which have been tried
and tested by other consumers. In these uncertain times for landlords, Hamilton
Fraser Total Landlord Insurance’s consistent success at these awards will help
to reassure landlords that they have access to high-quality innovative landlord
insurance cover that is designed with the customer in mind.

Mike Fortis, Founder of Smart Money
People who launched the awards in 2016, said: “Insurance can
sometimes feel like bit of a minefield for many consumers. The Insurance Choice
Awards aim to help customers find the best insurers; those that offer great
products, are customer-centric and ultimately treat their customers fairly.�

Landlords
can vote here
until 15 September and the winners will be announced at an awards
event in London on 3 October. 
Voting takes approximately two minutes, and one lucky voter will win a
£1000 cash prize*.

* Terms and Conditions apply – see here.

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We would be delighted for Property118 readers to join us at our Property Investment Seminar in Brentwood on Wednesday 18th September. Light refreshments will be served upon arrival and guests are encouraged. All we ask is that you let us know beforehand.

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Labour promise to give tenants the right to buy their rented homes at discount.

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Right-to-Buy:

In a continuing war on buy-to-let landlords, Labour’s shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, has said he could give tenants the chance to buy their rented homes from their landlords at a discounted price. He stated that such a policy would be a “great and radical” solution to the “burgeoning buy-to-let market”

McDonnell said he hoped it would reverse the fall in
affordable housing seen after the Thatcher government’s decision to allow
council housing tenants to buy their homes. Speaking to the Financial Times,
Mr McDonnell said:

“We’ve got a large number of landlords who are not
maintaining these properties and are causing overcrowding and problems. In my
street now… a third of the houses are right-to-buy, badly maintained,
overcrowded. It’s horrendous. You’d want to establish what is a reasonable
price, you can establish that, and then that becomes the right to buy.� The
Government would set the criteria. “I don’t think it’s complicated.”

Although this is not yet Labour Party policy Jeremy Corbyn had
raised the prospect of introducing a tenants’ right to buy policy back in 2015
and a report commissioned by Labour earlier this year recommends rent caps for buy-to-let
landlords, indefinite period tenancies and an end to no-fault evictions.

Michael Fabricant a Conservative MP, a former vice-chairman
of the Conservative Party, hit back on the policy, telling the MailOnline:
“McDonnell has promised he would overturn the mixed-economy capitalist
system if he came to power. This manoeuvre is just the start. It would decimate
the rental market in the UK, creating a shortage of properties available to
rent.”

Responding to McDonnell’s proposal, David Smith, Policy Director for the Residential Landlords Association said:

“Labour’s proposal would effectively kill off a large part of
the private rented sector denying a home to many thousands of people. If there
was to be any chance of this becoming law, there would be a mass sell-off of
properties in advance.

“The RLA is all in favour of landlords selling to sitting
tenants but it must be entirely voluntary. Anything else amounts to a form of
compulsory purchase.â€�  

The RICS’ latest Residential Market Survey can be accessed here  It warns of rent increases as a result of the demand for private rented housing outstripping supply.

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