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• Buy-to-let lending rises to £4.2 billion

  
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  Holly Black buytolet.jpg The buy-to-let sector continues to grow, with mortgages accounting for 13 per cent of total mortgage lending in the UK. The buy-to-let sector continues to ...
  1 week ago

• Landlord News on the BBC One Show at 7pm Tonight

  
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  LANDLORD NEWS – private landlord speaks out on housing benefit nightmare tonight on BBC’s The One Show  A landlord from Bracknell, Berkshire, has spoken out about her nightmare ordeal after her housing benefit tenant failed to pass on the payments. This issue has been widely reported and discussed within the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mortgages: 3 different types explained

  
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  Today there have been a number of reports concerning interest only mortgages, which many people took out years ago and are now struggling to pay back. Interest only mortgages were popular mainly due to the fact that you only have to pay off the interest each month, however after a certain period you are expected to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sign up to the Telegraph Property Club fortnightly email

  
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  Need to keep up to date with the buy-to-let property market? Receive news, statistics and offers direct to your inbox, plus insider tips from home-buying guru Phil Spencer.        
  2 weeks ago

• Should I start eviction process?

  
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  I have a lady tenant in one of my flats who has been there for many years, up to now a model tenant. Over the winter she became ill and had to quit her job. She has tried to get housing benefit and I believe that eventually the local authority will meet its obligation. The... Read more The post Should I start ...
  2 weeks ago

• Landlord petitions - the best & the rest!

  
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  Landlords are a lucky lot if you like petitions; there is no shortage of choice.Property Hawk is only a supporter of some of the more worthwhile petitions.  We have set up a few ourselves which we felt passionately about:1. Saving the buy-to-let mortgage2. Our petition against the landlord licenceThere is plenty of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Funding for Lending scheme changes allow BuytoLet investment

  
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  The Bank of England Funding for Lending scheme will now allow Small and Medium sized enterpises (SMEs) to lend the money available on to property investors. The Funding for lending scheme has been extended another year until January 2015 and from 2014 banks will be able to borrow £10 of cheap Bank of England money... ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is he a landlord?

  
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  My partner’s ex-wife & their son reside in the ex-marital home, courtesy of the divorce agreement. She is required to maintain it & keep it in the (good) condition it was in when he vacated in 2006. This situation will remain until 2016. Anecdotally, we know that the property is not being maintained, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Electrical safety and conditions reports – Landlords Question

  
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  Electrical inspections are to me a very grey area. I rent all of my properties unfurnished as over the years I have found that most of my tenants prefer this. Therefore I do not require PAT testing to be carried out. I would like some guidance as to how often I need my properties inspected for... Read more The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Can I charge tenants for extra admin if they are in arrears?

  
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  Following the news from Property118 last week regarding “no win no fee” debt collection for landlords I have been re-thinking my strategy. I have a question though, can I charge tenants for extra admin if they are in arrears? This is my thought process. I prefer to manage my own properties. I do use an online... ...
  3 weeks ago

• HMO Bathroom Provision for 7 people

  
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  For years I have happily operated a 7 bed HMO which has 2 full bathrooms. According to the council bumf a 4 bed house needs one full bathroom. You would therefore think that you can have up to 8 with 2 bathrooms, but no … apparently in order to have 7 people I have in... Read more The post HMO Bathroom Provision ...
  3 weeks ago

• Agent’s breach or tenant’s breach? Please HELP!!

  
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  Our tenants moved in with pets (ferret, cat and a dog) even though we had advised our letting agents that we would not allow tenants to keep pets. We discovered our tenants little zoo when we arrived a month after they moved in to fix a problem with their kitchen taps. We Immediately informed the... Read more The ...
  3 weeks ago

• With the cost of living in London spiralling, the capital will be a Tory city within a decade

  
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  In April, figures showed that private rents in London are at their highest ever level, having risen a staggering eight times as fast than wages in a single year. A recent report from the housing charity Shelter found that in five London boroughs, average monthly rent for a 2-bed property is now 75% or more of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Are you owed money for rent arrears or damages?

  
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  I don’t think landlords should allow tenants to get away with not paying rent or making good any damages, do you? Well the good news is that the “no win no fee” Debt Collection for Landlords service I wrote about last week is now up and running. You can download the claim form and full... Read more The post ...
  4 weeks ago

• Rent2Rent Scheme Gone Wrong

  
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  I rented my property to a company who in turn sub-let the property for the same term. The tenancy was an AST in the company name and I retained a deposit that was not insured. The company provided me via email a tenancy agreement and I introduced additional clauses to accommodate sub-letting but apart from... Read ...
  4 weeks ago

• HMO room sizes – Does size really matter?

  
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  After having read a lot of articles that Mark has posted, some of which are very informative, some of which make me laugh out loud and some of which make me cry (as I have been in similar situations) I find I have come across something that has stumped me completely and hope the Property118... Read more The post ...
  4 weeks ago

• Insolvency compensation rules for deposit and mortgages

  
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  What are the compensation rules when a customer has both deposits (over £85,000) and an outstanding mortgage with the same failed bank (either offset or standalone)? What happened with either B&B or Northern Rock customers in this situation? I wrote the following letter to both Intelligent Finance and the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Top buy-to-let locations revealed

  
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  Hugh Morris housefullofcoins.jpg Southampton takes the crown for the best location for buy-to-let, offering savvy landlords an impressive 7.82% rental yield. Southampton takes ...
  4 weeks ago

• Newbie property investor seeks advice

  
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  I am just getting started off in the property game and my ambition it to set up a small portfolio of properties for a steady rental income. I aim to keep this portfolio long term as a pension for my wife and I and something to leave for my children. I am looking at the... Read more The post Newbie property ...
  4 weeks ago

• Do tenants have choices?

  
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  Am I the only person in the world who is sick to the back teeth of hearing stories of letting agents charging extortionate fees to tenants? Same goes for poor quality properties. Either I’m living in a bubble here in Norfolk or something is wrong with these claims. Very simply, if I were to use the wrong... Read ...
  4 weeks ago

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