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Are Rental Homes Fit For Study?

The National Union of Students is calling for the government to better regulate letting agents and private landlords in an effort to improve living conditions for students studying in the UK.

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Could Slashing Landlord Tax Breaks Raise Standards?

The Guardian is asking its readers whether they think that cutting tax breaks private landlords currently enjoy will help to improve standards in the private rental sector. The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) believes this is the answer after analysis conducted by

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Landlord and Tenant Disputes

According to recent research carried out by AA Home Membership and published in the Independent, 22% of landlords have had a dispute at some point with one of their tenants. The reasons behind the dispute vary but the main reason why landlords and tenants fell out was over the condition of the

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Eviction Costs Set to Rise

No landlord wants to have to evict a tenant as it is a time consuming and costly process, but if a tenant is refusing to pay the rent, you can only let things slide for so long. The cost of evicting tenants is set to rise rather steeply as of April 22.

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Could You Cope with an Interest Rise?

Mortgage interest rates have been at a historic all-time low for quite some time now. This is one of the reasons why many new investors have entered the buy to let market. Low interest rates combined with rising rents has meant very attractive rental yields in many parts of the country. Demand for

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Beware the Small Print on Letting Agents’ Contracts

Reading the small print is something you should always do, under any circumstances, but the Sunday Telegraph is warning landlords to beware of management agents’ contracts. An investigation by paper has revealed a number of terms and conditions hidden in the small print of many contracts,

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Are Accidental Landlords a Dying Breed?

At the height of the economic recession, 94% of all properties coming on to the rental market were there because the owner was unable to sell. Instead of staying put, they chose to let their home out in the hope that the property market would pick up again. These people were dubbed ‘accidental

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Career Criminal Trashes Rented Flat

A landlord in Stockton had a nasty shock when he went round to inspect his property two weeks after new tenants moved in, only to discover his tenants had ripped up floorboards and stripped out copper piping for the purposes of selling it on to a scrap metal dealer,

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Secrets of the Rental House Doctor

If you want to attract good quality tenants, it pays to do everything possible to make your property more attractive to potential tenants. Letting agents are in a good position to know what makes a property stand out from the crowd, which is why one agent from

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Landlords – Beware of Guaranteed Rent Schemes

You may have heard of guaranteed rent schemes. They are the ones that promise landlords rent for between five and ten years. So instead of finding tenants for your property, you can hand it over to a company or letting agent and enjoy a guaranteed monthly income without having to worry

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Landlord Vision Training Video: How to Migrate from Landlords’ Property Manager

If you have been using our Landlords’ Property Manager software and are thinking of switching to Landlord Vision, you may be wondering whether your existing properties and tenancies can be migrated over. I am happy to announce that a migration path is now available and can be seen in the our new video demonstration: http://www.landlordvision.co.uk/lpm-faq.html […]

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Student Accommodation ‘Unacceptable’

A survey conducted by the National Union of Students of nearly 3,000 students has found that nearly a quarter of them are living in vermin infested accommodation, despite the fact that they could be paying up to £1,000 per month.

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Repeat Offender Landlord Fined Again

A landlord from Darlington has been fined for a second time for continuing to allow tenants to live in a squalid shared house of multiple occupation (HMO). The landlord had previously been taken to court in March of last year for breaching HMO regulations and fined £3,300,but despite the hefty fine and the subsequent

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Landlord Vision Training Videos: Learn How to Record Credit Notes and Refunds

We’ve now put live two great training videos showing you how to record credit notes and refunds in Landlord Vision: How to Record a Supplier Credit Note How to Record a Supplier Refund Balance your books correctly using our informative video support centre!

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