This is the subject of an excellent (if worrying) article in today’s Observer. Were you aware that failing to make proper enquiries, or taking in students (which some insurers find particularly objectionable “because the lifestyle of students – bringing friends home and perhaps leaving doors unlocked – poses a greater risk” according to the Bank…
Most students living away from home will need to find living accommodation. And where better to do this than one of the many online property services advertising properties to rent? There is just one problem though. That property you really love, may not actually exist! There is a growing problem of criminals advertising fictional properties…
Reading through the excellent ‘Landlord & Buy-to-Let Magazine’ today (September/October 2009 issue), I particularly enjoyed reading the landlords diary at the back by Barry Brunton. This gave some interesting background information on tenancy deposit arbitration’s, which I thought I would share with you. I was especially interested as a number of readers of this blog…
Rumour has it that quite a few letting agents (although not all by any means) are in financial difficulties. What does this mean for landlords, and what can they do to protect themselves? Here are some tips: 1. Make sure that your agent has payment protection. Ideally all client money should be kept in a…
You are a landlord. You are not a ‘professional landlord’ (i.e. you do not have a large portfolio and landlording is not your main business). You have paid commission to your agent (who may or may not be Foxtons) in the past, even though they were not managing the property. The commission was charged under…
Like many people I suspect, I was concerned to read the recent BBC report about glass ceilings which, the report said, means that “top professions such as medicine and law are increasingly being closed off to all but the most affluent families” However I am not sure I entirely agree with that. I don’t know…
A new report from ARLA gives the unsurprising result that many more tenants are finding it difficult to pay their rent. With the massive number of people being made redundant and the general downturn in the economy this is hardly surprising The question is, what do you to about it? Here are my top tips…
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