Councils throughout Dorset are already tackling fraud in the wake of the latest coalition money saving proposal. Eric Pickles the Local Government Secretary has revealed a ten point plan which will help counter fraud and also help local authorities in England save around £2 billion per year. The United Kingdom is living through tough times [...]
At a time when private landlords are looking to maximise the potential of the booming rental market, the problems many encounter in getting rid of rogue tenants and the need for excellent buy to let insurance has been highlighted by a firm of letting industry specialists. Legal4Landlords are skilled service providers for most processes in [...]
The second reading of the new Energy Bill in the House of Commons yesterday will seemingly have a great impact on many residential landlords. The new regulations in the bill will mean landlords are compelled in some cases to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. From 2016 landlords will have to comply with reasonable [...]
With less than twelve months to go before the Coalition brings in the cuts to social housing funds, landlords are now increasingly refusing to accept younger tenants on housing benefit. Private landlords are claiming they will soon be forced to stop taking social tenants altogether, and a large number have already started doing so. The [...]
Private landlords from across the UK will be flocking to London’s Olympia Centre over the next 48 hours as they attend the second Property Professional Show. They will find themselves in good company as well because the show will attract professionals from across the spectrum of industries that complement the housing/letting sector. Landlords will be [...]
Landlords with properties in Derby which are covered by rented property insurance were ordered to improve over 250 homes in the last twelve months. The figures which have just been have revealed show Derby Council’s housing enforcement staff paid visits to hundreds of homes which were rented privately to make sure that they were all [...]
As the property market enters the more lucrative summer months for those who depend on seasonal trade, experts in the sector report things have never been better for landlords with second home insurance. Landlords across the UK are reporting record rental increases and lower void periods for many a year and the ever more obvious [...]
The importance of getting good buy to let insurance and checking the credentials of not only your tenant, but the letting agency you employ to find you a tenant, was cruelly highlighted this week for one landlady in the London area. Mrs Finberg, of Barnet, decided to let out her two bedroomed flat in the [...]
Investors in the buy to let market who have large cash deposits are replacing first time buyers as the preferred customers to lenders, who are still reluctant to give out mortgages in the current climate. They are now being drawn to the buy-to-let sector and away from the high loan values required by almost all [...]
A controversial plan by a South Eastern council is meeting with stiff opposition from local landlords with rented properties in the area. Thanet District Council have announced they will be introducing a “selective licensing” scheme for parts of the towns of Cliftonville and Margate in a bid to cut down on anti-social problems in the [...]