Tag Archives: rents

Plans for derelict mills to be turned into flats

Two derelict mills in Morley look set to be given a makeover after planners in Leeds agreed there were sufficient grounds for guidelines to be overlooked, which may have prevented the refurbishment from going ahead. Both AHF Projects and Alliance North West Ltd had approached the local authority with a new bid to convert the [...]

Councils turn to private landlords to solve homeless problem

More and more local authorities are turning to the private sector in a bid to tackle homelessness by asking landlords to house their social tenants as the council house waiting lists are getting longer by the month. The Government has plans to allow local councils to relieve them of their homelessness duty if they are [...]

New Service will give buy to let landlord’s early warning over rent arrears

The Collect & Pay service which was recently rolled out nationwide by FCC Paragon to both landlords and managing agents has come just at the right time, according to the company. With all the reductions in funding by local councils, it is supposed that this will more than likely have a knock on effect on [...]

2012 London Olympics look set to hike rents

Buy-to-let property owners with landlord insurance should be seriously thinking about extending their property portfolio by buying flats and houses which are close to London’s Olympic stadium, as the expected increase in rents during the 2012 London Olympics will make owning these properties very profitable. A report by the Daily Telegraph, shows that a large [...]