Many students are starting to look for their accommodation for next year just now and more will do so over the coming months. Renting to students is a bit of a specialism among landlords and some will let only to students. Some of their properties are poor quality but many are not. The best will…
This is day 27 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. Focus on student lets Students are a big part of the lettings market. The previous government increased the numbers getting a degree, and they all have to live somewhere. Many landlords let…
I met two of my Landlord Law members a while back at one of the Landlord & Buy to Let Shows, and we were chatting generally. They rent to students in London and Plymouth and they were saying how different it was in the two places. This struck me as an interesting topic for a…
Reading (rather late) the October issue of Property Investor News, I came across these interesting snippets of news: Insurance Apparently a survey by insurance firm Direct Line for Business has thrown up the fact that many landlords are cancelling their insurance policies ‘to save money’. Presumably these are people who are signed up to their…
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…
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New student accommodation code is launched
A new code for rented property for students has been launched by Accommodation for Students and Unipol to provide higher standards for student lets