Landlords, Level Up: Unleashing Tech Tools for Portfolio Domination in 2024

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Forget juggling spreadsheets and chasing late rent calls – 2024 is the year savvy UK property investors embrace tech to transform their portfolios into cash flow-generating juggernauts. Picture yourself, a modern-day Medici, commanding your empire from a digital throne, fueled by the magic of property management software (PMS).

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Royal Greenwich introduces new licence for smaller HMOs

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A licence for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) is now required by most landlords in Royal Greenwich after a new scheme went live on 1 January 2024.

The additional HMO licensing scheme covers properties where three or more residents from different households share a kitchen

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Renting artists and gamers strive to portray landlords in a bad light

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The housing crisis has sparked a wave of ‘creative resistance’ from renters who are using music, video games and novels to vent their anger and frustration, the Guardian reports.

In Manchester, a record label has challenged musicians to create an alternative soundtrack for a promotional video of a luxury apartment block.

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City’s rents soar as council licensing schemes backfire, landlord claims

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A landlord who provides homes to hundreds of homeless benefit tenants says council licensing schemes are making rents rocket and forcing people onto the streets.

Mick Roberts, Nottingham’s biggest private provider for this group, told the Nottingham Post that he has decades of experience in the sector but blames Nottingham City Council’s licensing schemes for the rising rents.

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Here’s to 2024 – a failing Renters (Reform) Bill or landlords voting with their feet?

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Will landlords bail out in 2024 as the Renters (Reform) Bill gets closer or will we stick it out for our tenants?

I only ask because this is the time of year to come up with resolutions.

I’ve explained at length that the Bill effectively transfers the control of a rented property to the tenant.

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Confidence returns to the UK’s prime housing markets after a turbulent year

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Nearly all prime housing markets in the UK have experienced an easing in price falls over the final quarter of 2023, Savills reveals.

This comes after a turbulent year when prime regional house prices fell by just -0.8% in the quarter

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Give yourself a great start to 2024

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As we are about to start 2024, we would like to invite you to a high-value, but no-cost, online Master Class, all about the fastest way to make money from property in 2024.

If you already own investment property you really need to watch this training today

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Help needed with my unauthorised tenant?

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Hello, I have a situation where I was preparing a property for rent and the builder passed a copy of the keys to the neighbour who was their friend, to allow carpet fitters to attend the property. The neighbour then indicated that their daughter would like to rent to the property.

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Spring Budget will take place on March 6 – but landlords look like missing out (again…)

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The Spring Budget has been scheduled for March 6, 2024; Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced.

He has now commissioned a fiscal and economic forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) for Parliament that will be presented with the Budget.

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Agent’s Cancellation Charge even though contract has expired?

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Hi all, My contract with both Agent and tenant has expired and has been running on a monthly rolling basis for several years now.

However, the Agent still trying to charge me £1000 due to the existing tenant still living in it if I try to leave the current Agent.

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