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Successful Women In Property

Successful Women In Property...

Thank you to Simple Landlords for putting together this excellent video and also to all of the ladies who participated in it. For many Property118 Readers, this will be the first time you get to see one...

Hamilton Fraser acquires Landlord Action

Hamilton Fraser acquires Landlord Action...

HF Resolution Ltd, a subsidiary of Hamilton Fraser, has acquired one of the industry’s leading tenant eviction solicitor firms, Landlord Action Limited. Landlord Action was founded in 1999 as the first...

Rental deposits to be capped at one month’s rent

Rental deposits to be capped at one month’s rent...

Responding to the announcement in the Queen’s Speech to cap tenancy deposits to no more than one month’s rent, Richard Lambert, CEO at the National Landlords Association (NLA) said: “The decision...

TPO annual report shows awards instructed by agents to pay exceeded £1 million for the first time

TPO annual report shows awards instructed by agents to pay exceeded...

Today (3.30pm), at the House of Lords, The Property Ombudsman (TPO) launches its latest annual report, which reveals an increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a record total...

Iain Duncan Smith Has Spoken Out For Landlords

Iain Duncan Smith Has Spoken Out For Landlords...

On Sunday 18th June 2017, Iain Duncan Smith was quoted by the Sunday Telegraph as saying …. “Finally, it is time to look again at the way we treat private landlords who buy houses to rent. George...

Belvoir issues an open letter to the Prime Minister asking her to consider the appointment of a housing tsar and an ombudsman redress scheme for tenants

Belvoir issues an open letter to the Prime Minister asking her...

Following the recent appointment of another new Housing and Planning minister, Belvoir, which has over 300 High Street Offices in the UK, is suggesting the appointment of a cross-party housing tsar to...

Landlord Tax Webinar In Association With YPN

Landlord Tax Webinar In Association With YPN...

A Property118/YPN/Cotswold Barristers joint webinar will take place at 8pm on Thursday 22nd June 2017. The webinar will be hosted by Ant Lyons, founder of YPN and guest experts will be Mark Smith, Head...

Alok Sharma is the new Minister of State for Housing and Planning

Alok Sharma is the new Minister of State for Housing and Planning...

Alok Sharma, MP for Reading West has replaced Gavin Barwell as the new Minister of State for Housing and Planning. However, this role is not deemed important enough under Theresa May to be a Cabinet position.

Scottish housing output continues to flatline

Scottish housing output continues to flatline...

New housing statistics published today show overall housing output in Scotland continuing to flatline with only 88 more homes ( 1%) built in 2016 than the year before.  Figures also indicate that things...

24% of all UK households are expected to be renting from the PRS by 2021

24% of all UK households are expected to be renting from the...

A recent Knight Frank report predicts that by 2021 there will be 5.79 million households renting from the Private Rental Sector (PRS). With declining home ownership this means UK PRS households will increase...

LettingSupermarket.com independently valued at £3.5 million

LettingSupermarket.com independently valued at £3.5 million...

LettingSupermarket.com has been independently valued by KBS Corporate at £3,500,000. On 15th July 2015 LettingSupermarket.com raised £250,000 via the crowdcube crowdfunding platform. At that time the...

Flagship National Landlord Investment Show – Thursday 15th June

Flagship National Landlord Investment Show – Thursday 15th...

New ‘Expert Property Panel’ to address emerging industry issues at National Landlord Investment Show. Registrations for the flagship National Landlord Investment Show, taking place on Thursday 15th...

LettingSupermarket.com now have 24 hour a day service

LettingSupermarket.com now have 24 hour a day service...

LettingSupermarket.com are now officially open 24 hours a day. Outside of normal office hours there will also be a telephone service from 5.30pm through to 9am to manage viewings and late night landlord...

DUP party manifesto on PRS and Housing Market policies

DUP party manifesto on PRS and Housing Market policies...

Considering the Hung Parliament result in the general election last week, and the subsequent agreement in whatever format it evolves to for the Conservatives to work with the DUP, it is worth a closer...

Two New Property118 Tax eBooks

Two New Property118 Tax eBooks...

If you would like to get hold of a first edition PDF copy of one or both of our latest eBooks, before they go on sale on Amazon Kindle, this is your opportunity to do so. As for all products and services...

What does a Hung Parliament mean for Landlords?

What does a Hung Parliament mean for Landlords?

It is official the 2017 General election will be a Hung Parliament. What Does this mean for Landlords? With the two major parties both being Anti-Landlord could this be a Good thing? Will any new minority...

US portal Zillow cuts out agents trying to do an ‘Uber’

US portal Zillow cuts out agents trying to do an ‘Uber’...

Could it happen in the UK? US property portal Zillow has a new Instant Offer program which allows sellers to receive offers direct from purchasers. It is being piloted in Las Vegas and Orlando. The hundred...

Landlords and Class 2 National Insurance

Landlords and Class 2 National Insurance...

The outcome of the due diligence of our professional advisers on this matter was that Landlords are NOT obliged to pay Class 2 National Insurance, regardless of whether they are running a business,

Revised Memorandum of Understanding between redress schemes to coordinate against rogue agents

Revised Memorandum of Understanding between redress schemes to...

The three government approved redress schemes; The Property Ombudsman (TPO), Ombudsman Services: Property and The Property Redress Scheme have today issued a revised version of their Memorandum of Understanding...

Confusion over rental market prices and demand

Confusion over rental market prices and demand...

Homelet’s recently released rental index shows UK rental prices have fallen in May for the first time since 2009 by 0.3% with the average rent now at £901. This may not be statistically significant...

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