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Landlord News from Property118 comprises breaking news and readers question affecting UK Private Landlords and Letting Agents
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£82.7bn worth of rental properties occupied by fraudsters
The rental sector has long been a leading target for fraudsters, criminals and money launderers with previous research estimating that...
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The ethics vs financial realities of paying a tenant to l...
Hello, We have an awkward freeloader who’s stopped paying. If it takes 6-12 months to evict him we will have a lot of unpaid...
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Inventories provide landlords with a ‘last line of ...
Landlord and agent fears over controversial Government proposals for the private rental sector (PRS) would be eased by the adoption...
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RICS says that the EPC scheme ‘needs improvement’
With residential landlords facing the prospect of meeting an EPC rating of C by 2025 for their rental properties, comes news from the...
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Rents pass £1,200 for the first time
The average rent on a newly let home in Great Britain rose to £1,204 per month in October, up £80 or 7.1% year-on-year, costing the...
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Landlord group pushes for publication of new MEES rules
The landlord association iHowz has written to three Government ministers urging them to publish the new domestic Minimum Energy Efficiency...
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Council tax bills equate to 37.5% of a tenant’s rent
With rumours that the Government might be about to increase council tax bills in its Autumn Statement comes news that hard-up tenants...
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