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Tax Breaks for Landlords Needed to Avoid Housing Crisis
Despite the latest news that suggests an improvement on the UK housing market, some organisations are still concerned with scarce availability of housing options, especially, when it comes to social housing. LSL Property Services, a British company specialising in residential property services, recently claimed that UK business landlords have to... Read more
Mr. Panayiotou Says It’s Time to Buy
Andreas Panayiotou, one of the most successful British landlords, who was able to predict the economic downturn and to sell millions of pounds worth of btl property when the market was at its height, is now seeking to once again expand his portfolio. His decision is believed to signify that property prices and the UK property market in general... Read more
Survival Manual for Landlords: How to Make it through Rough Times
At the beginning of June, Allsop, leading London auctioneer, is to sale over 435 residential properties. The reason for that, according to Allsop, is failed buy to let investments. Investors seem to start losing their nerve, since the supply of rental properties exceeds demand in some districts and rents are going down. In the first quarter of... Read more
Female Landlord Awards Launched by NLA
The National Landlords Association (NLA), which is considered the leading landlords organization in the UK, continues to search for a female landlord, who can be called Property Woman of the Year 2009. The survey, conducted among 500 female landlords, showed that women hold a different attitude towards their business than man. For example, female... Read more
NLA Appoints New Member to Its Board of Directors
Sussanne Chambers has been appointed the new member of the National Landlords Association (NLA) board of directors. Mrs. Chambers has been a Worcestershire landlord for almost 21 years; also, she is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Mrs. Chambers is being described as a passionate property manager and a professional letting... Read more
Grainger Made £0.2 Million in Profit
Grainger, the UK's biggest listed residential landlord, possessing about £2.3 billion and more than 14,000 UK property assets observes the improvements on the wounded property market. Grainger made its forecast after it had revealed first-half figures for the six months to the end of March. The figures demonstrate a loss of £143 million,... Read more
Landlord Action Saw a 20% Increase in Turnover
Paul Shamplina, a partner of Landlord Action claimed that even smart and experienced landlords are left without thousands of pounds that unwanted tenants owe them, before landlords can actually get a possession order.Paul Shamplina has a profound experience of dealing with problem tenants as he has been responsible for almost 14,000 tenant... Read more
Landlord Action’s Advice to UK Landlords
Landlord Action is an organisation that specialises in dealing with tenant evictions and represents one of the largest and experienced organisations in the UK residential property sector when it comes to providing landlords with help and advice. Most landlords hate the thought of going through the lengthy and unpleasant eviction process if the... Read more
Landlords to Star in a TV Program
UK landlords are being asked to help in the making of a TV program, that is being shown on channel ITV1’s Tonight with Trevor McDonald. The program is dedicated to pensions. The people, who make the program, want to talk to buy to let investors, who decided that investing their money into residential property is more beneficial and... Read more
BTL Landlords Should Improve Their Credit History
As the availability of buy to let and general mortgages remains very poor and is expected to stay as such for the rest of the year, financial advisors recommend that UK buy to let landlords pay greater attention to their credit history. Before applying for a buy to let mortgage, buy to let landlords are encouraged to improve their credit rating... Read more