The LandlordZONE.co.uk web portal for UK Landlords was voted winner of the Landlord Web Site category for 2010 in the prestigious industry-wide Landlord & Letting Awards held at the Hilton Hotel, Birmigham NEC. The Judges included: Oliver Romain, Editor of the Landlord and Buy-to-Let Magazine, Alan Ward, Chairman of the Residential Landlords’ Association (RLA), Ian [...]
The housing waiting lists in Brighton and Hove are being tackled through the intervention of private sector leasing (PSL) with the City Council enlisting the skills and expertise of leading PSL providers Orchard & Shipman in a forward thinking partnership. Rather than waiting for existing housing stock to become available, Brighton and Hove City Council [...]
The Court of Appeal has now clarified the date by which a landlord has to protect a tenant’s deposit in order to avoid a penalty. Under a shorthold tenancy the deposit has be protected by lodging it with one of three tenancy deposit schemes. The landlord then has to notify the tenant of what has [...]
Local Housing Allowance Seminars: After the success of the first seminar and due to high demand from landlords, LandlordAction have added three more Local Housing Allowance seminar dates: 14/May/2010: Manchester 11/June/2010: Birmingham 02/July/2010: London Learn how to make the system work for you: www.LandlordAction.co.uk/LHA. In association with Settled Housing Solutions, LandlordAction have designed a comprehensive [...]
The UK’s leading letting agent has announced the launch of its new mortgages service. The Martin & Co Mortgage service will be offered throughout the UK’s 175 letting agents and also online via www.martinco.com. The service allows landlords to access the buy-to-let mortgage finder which, based on a landlord’s personal circumstances, will search all of [...]
The recession has a positive effect on Edinburgh’s rental market Occupancy levels in rented property reached an all-time high in 2009, with rents set to increase even further in 2010 as a result, according to Edinburgh-based Cullen Property. The flagging property sales market and reduction in approved mortgages has had a positive effect on the [...]
PADZ.com is a new property rentals portal which has been launched and allows users to advertise and find any type of rental accommodation worldwide. Frustrated with the lack of a professional rental property portal that was open to both agents and landlords, the founders who are both private landlords decided to set about developing their [...]
03 February 2010 – The Government today published a consultation document on the role the Private Rented Sector should play in supporting the economic recovery and increasing supply in the housing market. The Private Rented Sector is a vital and growing part of the UK housing market, representing around 14 percent of all households in [...]
During 2009, rents around the Peterborough area fell by 10-15% as extra properties to rent came onto the market from frustrated sellers. This allowed tenants for the first time in some years to ‘pick and choose’ the properties they wanted to rent – and negotiate hard on the price! 2010 however looks like it’ll be [...]
Date of Issue: 13th January 2010 Over the past 12 months Landlord Action, a company specialising in tenant eviction, has seen a 15% increase in the number of overcrowding cases they are dealing with, with more cases in London than anywhere else in the country which, they believe, is a direct result of the recession. [...]
