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West Midlands announced as first landlord 'right to rent' check area
New legislation which will see landlords face fines if they rent homes to illegal immigrants without checking their ‘right to rent’ will be introduced first…
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The Landlord Knowledge editorial team covers UK buy-to-let and property investment news, policy, regulation, and finance. Our reporting focuses on the issues that matter most to private landlords and property investors across the UK.
Headed by Leon Hopkins, author of The Landlord's Handbook.
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Universal Credit – Alternative Payment Arrangements
As Universal Credit slowly starts to roll out over the country, many landlords are feeling threatened by the direct payment of the rental element of…
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Student check-outs
Summer is in full swing and the weather has been good, but for those landlords who predominantly let to students, it has often been a…
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Buy to let mortgages: Know your credit score
Buy to let mortgages are of course, the backbone of landlord house purchase funding, and in recent decades this market has expanded immeasurably. Within the…
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Pests in your rental property
Infestation by pests and vermin such as cockroaches or rats could make any property uninhabitable. Disrepair or poor building design and unhygienic living conditions can…
Buy-to-let Property News
Property to be half landlord's pension
Landlords anticipate that their property investments will contribute up to half of their retirement incomes, equating to around £19,785 according to Platinum Property Partners. After…
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Ultra Savvy Landlords Profit from Social Housing Market
At Orchard and Shipman, our nationwide property services company has a proposition that is satisfying more and more of today’s ‘Ultra-savvy’ Landlords and Investors by…
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Is it Possible to Achieve Growth on Student Property Investments?
There are several factors that have fuelled the student property fire that we find ourselves in today. An increased demand from residential developers, coupled with…
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A challenge to Shelter
The English Housing Survey and Professor Michael Ball of Reading University, (shortly to publish a report on regulation in the private sector) are the brave…
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Beginner’s guide to digital trading
Making Sense of Financial Markets Trading Financial markets trading is the simple process of purchasing and selling financial instruments with the aim of profiting from…
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My spending cost us our house
It started simply enough. I saw a pair of shoes I wanted. They were on offer, too. The shop clerk asked if I wanted to…
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Eviction costs soar
Landlords have always felt that the cost to get rid of the bad tenant was expensive, particularly when often allied to rent arrears and little…
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Investments in Stem cells – the possible cure for your portfolio
Grace Century, FZ LLC is a global company based in the United Arab Emirates which aims to yearly identify two investment opportunities for its membership…
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A guide to selecting the right bridging loan
With the news last week that challenger bank Aldermore is set to enter the bridging sector in 2014 in a bid to take a share…
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Statutory Periodic Tenancies Tenancy Deposit Protection Schemes
Many landlords were extremely worried when the results of Superstrike Ltd vs. Marino Rodrigues recently became known following Lord Justice Lloyd’s judgement on 14th June…
