Tag: HMO
The Mortgage Works withdraws from Buy to let niche markets
From today The Mortgage Works has announced three new Buy to let products, but have also tempered this news with confirmed criteria...
Backpack firm offers £10,000 fee to property sourcers
Property investors who can source backpacking youth hostels for a franchise holiday firm can pick up a £10,000 finders fee.
Journeys...
Council takes over run down HMO property
A shared house landlord has lost control of his property after a council banned him from holding a house in multiple occupation licence.
How Parents Can Avoid Student Digs Tax Traps
Buying a home for a son or daughter to live in while at university seems like a good plan for cash-strapped parents- but watch out...
What to do if your letting agent goes bust
Landlords are regularly falling victim to rogue letting agents who suddenly shut up shop and take their money and run.
The two most...
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Council spends £25,000 on repairing death-trap HMO
A death-trap letting property seized by a council because the tenants lived in...
3 Dangerous Types of Tenant – Part 2: Illegal Suble...
Over the last couple of years, the problem of unauthorised subletting has been growing. From last year alone, our instructions relating...