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In their response to the Rugg Review of the Private Rented Sector the CLG clearly believe that landlordism is word that anyone involved in private lettings should be aware of! Aside from made up words (?) there is quite a lot of good stuff in the response and I will try to summarise the main …
Housing Benefit has often been criticised as an overly complex benefit that does not promote self responsibility and can even act as a deterrent to working. So with a view to improving the current system the government is introducing some major changes. The Local Housing Allowance is a new way of working out how much …
A letting salesperson is more than just a “sales person.” A good lettings agent will act on your behalf and offer suggestions and guidance making sure that you get the best rent for your property. From the point of view of the prospective tenant the lettings agent will help fine tune the search process and …
Although the majority of landlords will not accept tenants on Housing Benefit there are many landlords who will. This situation has the potential to change when the new rules affecting housing benefit take effect from April 2008. There is concern within housing charities such as Citizens Advice and Shelter that the new scheme could result …
Despite a few recent hiccups the UK economy is strong and in particular the UK property market generating excellent returns for investors. The UK property market is not only attractive to overseas institutional investors like banks, but also to individuals. There are three distinct types of foreign investor we can consider; foreign UK residents, ex-pats …
Some confusion exists as to what a buy to let commercial mortgage actually is. Some brokers and lenders used to regard residential buy to let mortgages as commercial propositions, leading to a mindset that all buy to let mortgages were commercial in their nature. With more property investors eager to include commercial property in their …