The summer rental market – top tips for landlords
Click here to view the original article ‘The summer rental market – top tips for landlords’ While the UK weather continues to defy all expectation, with scorching temperatures raging across the country, the rental market in London is also beginning to heat up again. According to board company Agency Express, the number of new […]
The criminal business model of ‘Rent to Rent’
Click here to view the original article ‘The criminal business model of ‘Rent to Rent’’ By Ben Reeve-Lewis The business models of criminal landlords explained – Part 5 This short series is a guide to those landlords and professionals working in the PRS who might find it difficult to get their head around the […]
How to be an excellent landlord
Click here to view the original article ‘How to be an excellent landlord (Christmas sherry not mandatory)’ Encouraging good tenants to stay saves you bother and fees, so here are 10 tips to help buy-to-letters be more kind and tolerant. He’s been at it again. The poster boy for terrible landlords, Fergus Wilson, is […]
Fergus Wilson Vows To Evict Single Mothers With Newborn Babies
Click here to view the original article ‘Fergus Wilson Vows To Evict Single Mothers With Newborn Babies’ Controversial and discriminatory landlord Fergus Wilson has vowed to evict single women who become pregnant and single mums with newborn babies. Single mothers are the latest targets for Wilson, who made headlines through his remarks banning ‘coloured’ […]
Comprehensive report says private rented sector is failing landlords and tenants
Click here to view the original article ‘Comprehensive report says private rented sector is failing landlords and tenants’ The private rented sector in England is not fit for purpose, failing both landlords and tenants, plagued by issues of sub-standard accommodation, insecurity and ineffective redress, according to a damning consumer report. The research from consumer […]
Councils are introducing landlord licence schemes costing up to £1,000
Click here to view the original article ‘Councils are introducing landlord licence schemes costing up to £1,000’ Increasing numbers of local councils are introducing licensing schemes for landlords, costing them up to £1,000 to register. One in five boroughs are now operating such schemes, which can require all landlords in a given area to […]
Call for Airbnb regulation follows sharp increase in multi-listed landlords
Click here to view the original article ‘Call for Airbnb regulation follows sharp increase in multi-listed landlords’ A sharp increase in the number of landlords listing multiple properties on Airbnb has led to calls for increased regulation from Colliers International. The property agent reports an 8.4% year-on-year increase in the number of London landlords […]
Landlord who failed to fit smoke alarms is jailed for a year over deaths
Click here to view the original article ‘Landlord who failed to fit smoke alarms is jailed for a year over deaths’ Logan Taylor, three, and Jake Casey, two, died in blaze at home in Huddersfield The jury at Leeds Crown Court was told it was an ’eminently avoidable’ tragedy Mother Emma Taylor said she […]
Landlords nervous about adding to portfolios even in areas where rents are rising
Click here to view the original article ‘Landlords nervous about adding to portfolios even in areas where rents are rising’ Landlords are operating a “buy and hold” strategy with even areas with strong rental growth suffering from a dip in transactions, a proptech platform claims. Online buy-to-let mortgage platform LendInvest’s second quarter Buy-to-let Index […]
How criminal landlords use dodgy contracts and misdirection
Click here to view the original article ‘How criminal landlords use dodgy contracts and misdirection’ Dodgy contracts and misdirection Let’s be clear, the worst of the worst don’t even bother with contracts at all. Not a problem in terms of housing law because a principle called ‘Parol’ kicks in, where you don’t need a […]