The developing scandal of misappropriated tenants’ deposits has exposed landlords to millions of pounds of liability. EstateAgentToday.co.uk – 12 Jan 2010 Landlords bear the legal responsibility, even though it is letting agents that have spent, lost or vanished with tenants’ deposits, a London agent has said. Eric Walker, managing director of Bushells, says there are [...]

Confidence in the buy-to-let market is growing, and higher levels of professionalism are being practiced. www.yourmortgage.co.uk – 12 Jan 2010 According to the latest quarterly survey carried out by buy-to-let mortgage lender CHL Mortgages, 81% of landlords now feel positive about buy to let, with many respondents indicating that the sector has shaken off its [...]

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleInquiring minds are reading an interesting document by the San Francisco Fed called Global Household Leverage, House Prices, and Consumption. Mike_Shedlock, marketoracle.co.uk – 12 Jan 2009 “[O]ver-investment and over-speculation are often important; but they would have far less serious results were they not conducted with borrowed money.” —Irving Fisher (1933) In [...]

Celebrating 22 years in business Landmark Systems Limited has grown into a leading supplier of software for any size of property management business and has been there every step of the way as its clients diversified within the sector. Through the software’s brand name “KEY” Landmark began by providing business solutions for the rural sector, [...]

THIS is a difficult time for small businesses and landlords. Landlords are small businesses and have suffered a fall in value by some 30% of their investment value. Kevan Carrick, The Journal nebusiness.co.uk – 6 Jan 2010 In general, rental income has fallen by about the same amount, with some tenants having to vacate, which [...]