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Buy to Let Cannabis Farm Goes Up in Flames

Buy to Let Cannabis Farm Goes Up in Flames...

A landlord is counting the cost of taking a year’s rent upfront from renters who turned out to be a drugs gang who turned his buy to let home in to a cannabis factory. The house was destroyed in a fire...

Housing Market Boosted by Surge in Buy to Let

Housing Market Boosted by Surge in Buy to Let...

Surging buy to let mortgage applications have boosted mortgage valuations to record summer levels, according to surveyors. Property valuations for landlords were up 85 per cent in August on figures of...

HMO Landlords Warned to Put Their House in Order

HMO Landlords Warned to Put Their House in Order...

Councillors have warned HMO landlords to put their house in order or face prosecution. The warning was triggered as magistrates in Bath fined two local landlords for breaching HMO licensing conditions.

Disputes Still Favour Tenants According to DPS

Disputes Still Favour Tenants According to DPS...

After another bad few months for landlords in tenant disputes, the AIIC have issued more tips to help landlords in adjudications. According to The Deposit Protection Scheme’s findings, June 1st to August...

Unaffordable House Prices Need to Drop 25%

Unaffordable House Prices Need to Drop 25%...

Homes are still 25 per cent too expensive and the market needs to carry on adjusting, according to a new house price survey. Economic analysts Fitch Ratings have introduced yet another house price survey...

Struggling Letting Agent Dipped in to Client Funds

Struggling Letting Agent Dipped in to Client Funds...

A letting agent confessed to a judge that he dipped in to rents and deposits paid by tenants to keep his struggling business afloat. Zulfiqar Hussain, who traded as Charles Lawson Lettings in Oxford, pleaded...

Scottish Market Returning to 2009

Scottish Market Returning to 2009...

The Scottish housing market is still on the slide as house prices have dropped on last years figures but back down to 2009 levels. The research by Dunfermline-based ESPC found the average house price in...

Landlords Look to Families for the Future

Landlords Look to Families for the Future...

Landlords are becoming more family orientated and buying bigger homes to rent, according to a buy to let mortgage lender. Paragon Mortgages research highlights that landlords buying investment property...

Minister Backs SafeAgent Scheme for Landlords

Minister Backs SafeAgent Scheme for Landlords...

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has urged letting agents to join a new money protection scheme for landlords and tenants. Timing his support with the public launch of SafeAgent, the move is seen as massive...

Rich List Builder Fined for ‘Death Trap’ Student Halls

Rich List Builder Fined for ‘Death Trap’ Student Halls...

Builders who took safety shortcuts in a purpose-built private student hall of residence were ordered to pay more than £14,000 in fines and costs in court. Cost Design Ltd and UK Real Estate Ltd –...

Marketing UK Property Events & Increasing Attendee Numbers

Marketing UK Property Events & Increasing Attendee Numbers...

Over 300,000 people and businesses you want to promote your event to receive our eNewsletters every week. Having organised, promoted and presented several highly successful property events I’ve...

Property Auction Due Diligence & How Much To Bid

Property Auction Due Diligence & How Much To Bid...

I have purchased some of my best property deals at auctions but it is not for the faint hearted. When buying at an auction these are the major considerations: Why wasn’t the property sold by an...

Review of Buy To Let Investors Workshop by Landlord Action

Review of Buy To Let Investors Workshop by Landlord Action...

Yesterday (Friday 2nd September 2011) I attended a buy to let investors workshop at the Holiday Inn Kensington, London which was organised by Paul Shamplina of Landlord Action. I had been invited as a...

Students Don’t Mind the Quality but Opt for the Bandwidth

Students Don’t Mind the Quality but Opt for the Bandwidth...

Students rate good internet access as their top priority when looking for a home. A good online experience is better than value-for-money accommodation or a digs in a nice location. Nine out of 10 opted...

Financial Woes Stop 3 Million from Moving Home

Financial Woes Stop 3 Million from Moving Home...

Three million homeowners are staying put rather than moving home over concerns about jobs, money and mortgages. A lack of confidence in the economy is undermining the housing market, a new survey in advance...

Top 10 Places in the UK for Renting a Home

Top 10 Places in the UK for Renting a Home...

Renters are outnumbering home buyers by two to one as buy to let relentlessly moves in to gear as the household of choice, according to a new study. Nine of the top 10 areas for renting are in the south...

Buy to Let Supply Dries Up as Demand Increases

Buy to Let Supply Dries Up as Demand Increases...

The availability of homes to rent is drying up as tenant demand continues to outstrip supply, according to letting agents. Strong demand from frustrated would-be buyers is the key driver behind the rush...

Property118 Landlords eNewsletter – Issue 60

Property118 Landlords eNewsletter – Issue 60...

There’s not much to report about our Directory this week, safe to say that we are now four weeks into Beta testing and have nearly 500 businesses involved in the tests. The expansion of the Directory...

Homes ‘Crisis’ Will See Soaring Rents and House Prices

Homes ‘Crisis’ Will See Soaring Rents and House Prices...

Home ownership is set to tumble back to levels last seen 30 years ago as house prices and rents are set to surge upwards, according to a new study. Buy to let is expected to rise to almost one in four...

Mortgage Lenders and HMRC Team up to Fight Fraud

Mortgage Lenders and HMRC Team up to Fight Fraud...

Mortgage lenders and the tax man are teaming up to beat fraudsters by checking income claims against tax returns and payroll records. Banks and building societies can now ask HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)...

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