Cautionary Tales
Ombudsman boots out rent row letting agent
Letting agent Helen Gregory has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme after a rent row with a buy to let landlord client.
Londoners earning less than £52,000 can’t afford to...
Renters in London need to earn around £52,000 to let a buy to let home, according to figures from homeless charity Shelter.
The charity...
New call for government to regulate letting agents
The government needs to take action to protect consumers by regulating unscrupulous letting and estate agents, urges the Royal Institution...
Landlord fined £1,000 after HMO licensing mix-up
A landlord who told a court he misunderstood shared house rules was fined £1,000 for failing to licence his property and fit fire...
To fix or not to fix your Buy to Let mortgage rate?
To fix or not to fix, that is the question so many people are not honest with themselves about.
In the early days of my career I saw...
Portfolio landlord reveals secret strategy to reduce voids
Have you ever made the same mistake I did – and set the rent too high?
I remember when one of my first properties became vacant...
BMV Instant Equity Adverts Unfair says ASA
Consumer champion gets tough on ‘instant equity’ claims
Slick property salesman trying to talk investors in to signing up for cheap...