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Private Rental Sector Booming – Unless Under 21
The last decade has seen a phenomenal growth in the private rental sector, with the numbers having risen by 20% over the last ten years….
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Attracting The Best Tenant for Your Rental Property
Although the tenant should be the one who should be doing their best to persuade a landlord to give them a tenancy, it is quite…
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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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LANDLORDS, WANT 10% OFF MATERIALS?
If you’re a landlord, have we got an offer for you. We want you to have 10% off your first online purchase simply by signing…
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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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Landlord Tax – section 24 and more
The founders of Property118 and The Landlords Union have been prolific campaigners against the restrictions on finance cost relief for individual landlords which are being…
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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…
