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Why All Tenants Must Be Referenced
I have met many tenants – generally because they have fallen into rent arrears or are anti-social, lacking communication skills and refusing to engage with…
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Changes to Benefits – April 2017
Landlords have a hard-enough time with tenants who fall into rent arrears but it is to be feared that changes in the payment of benefits…
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Paperwork – The Landlord’s Friend
Over many years of working with private sector landlords, perhaps the most misunderstood and disliked aspect of the role, is paperwork. Many landlords have work…
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Mixed Partnerships Landlord Taxation Strategy
The mixed partnership structure is often a good fit for landlords who are already paying higher rate tax or are pushed into the higher rate…
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Assuring Rent to Combat Homelessness
Assuring rent can combat homelessness – and one city council intends to prove it. The coming of the Homelessness Reduction Bill is forcing local authorities…
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Universal Credit – A Shock for Lord Freud
Lord Freud, when Welfare Minister, was the mastermind behind the planning and introduction of Universal Credit, despite opposition from many quarters, not least private sector…
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The Risk for Landlords of Being Under-Insured
Costs of insuring properties are increasing, but the cost of being under-insured can be even higher. In these difficult financial times, nobody wants to spend…
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Are Your Agents Earning Their Keep
It is impossible to work with private sector landlords without hearing complaints being made about agents. Though to be fair, this is often due to…
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The Housing White Paper 2017
The Housing White Paper was finally launched on 6th February, under the ambitious (possibly optimistic?) title of ‘Fixing our Broken Housing Market’. The document is…
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Social Landlords Cut Repair Budgets
A recent survey of 100 social landlord associations by Inside Housing, the trade magazine of the housing profession, has found that social landlords are cutting…
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Landlords and Self-assessment Tax
Over 200 years ago, Benjamin Franklin said words to the effect that ‘the only certain things in life are Death and Taxes’, rather fatalistic but…
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Private Rental Investment Growing – Despite The Government
Despite what is a clear favouring of home ownership as the Governments’ tenure of choice, buy to let investment and the private sector is growing…
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Illegal Immigrants And The Right To Rent
Right to Rent was introduced by the government from 1st February 2016, in an attempt to address the issue of illegal immigrants obtaining property to…
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Deposit Disputes Rising
The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) have revealed that in the year between March 2015 and March 2016, the three deposit protection schemes,…
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The New Housing and Planning Act 2016
The New Housing and Planning Act 2016 has introduced yet more legislation for landlords to wrestle with as they manage their portfolios. With the buzz-words…
