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Right to Rent:
A recent legal case has brought the controversial
Right-to-Rent scheme into further disrepute, given that and existing High Court
judgement* earlier this month deemed the scheme unlawful on discrimination...
Fees Ban:
At the end of 2018, Hamilton
Fraser launched HF Academy, a series of half and full day workshops offering property
professionals advice and education covering the full tenancy lifecycle. The
next workshop, due to take...
Investment Scams:
These scams abound and property, it would seem, has more
than its fair share of these frauds. Glossy brochures, slick looking websites
and smooth talking sales people lure unsuspecting investors...
Private Landlords:
A BBC panorama programme aired on Monday (18th
March) and available on BBC iPlayer shows a less than flattering picture of the
methods used by of Britain’s most controversial private...
Client Money
Protection:
Client Money Protection (CMP) is an insurance product for letting agents.
CMP protects the rental money that a tenant pays their letting agent to...
Buy-to-Let Mortgages:
NatWest has announced that is scrapping the six month
maximum assured shorthold tenancy (AST) letting rules and also its outright ban
on letting to tenants claiming benefits.
Investing:
It seems we witness troubled times no matter in what part of the world we decided to live. From an economic point of view, last year was the very definition of turmoil: The...
Investment Show:
The UK's largest landlord exhibition, the National Landlord Investment Show, will return to London Olympia on the 21st March for its 12th appearance at this location.
The National
Landlord Investment...
Security:
Renovating a buy-to-let
property can be a great way for landlords to increase the rental income on
their property, or to turn a profit from a recent property purchase. Updating
kitchens and bathrooms or redecorating throughout...
Housing Benefit:
Leading UK property website Zoopla is to refuse to take advertisements for lettings from landlords who state “No DSS” or in any way bar people who are receiving...