Last week’s newsletter article “Tenants struggling with Paying rent” was our hottest topic. It has warranted a Part II article with options where lettingaproperty.com can provide uneasy landlords with some help. Demand for rental property is soaring, largely due to the difficult mortgage market facing young house movers and first-time buyers. This, in turn, has [...]
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Damage to Landlord’s property classed as criminal by Police
A landlord who fought to evict his ‘tenants from hell’ left such a trail of ruin that police have classified it as criminal damage. He believes that the tenants, who came via a letting agent, supplied false references. Landlord Glenn Schofield had gone to great expense and trouble to refurbish the property, a four-bedroomed house [...]
Tenants behaving badly won’t be tolerated
Tenants from hell could be kicked out of their homes much faster, housing minister Grant Shapps is proposing. He is to introduce a new mandatory ground for possession of a property where tenants have a track record of anti-social behaviour. Previous convictions would be taken into account to shorten the current lengthy, and often expensive, [...]
Tenant evictions and arrears on the increase
The number of court orders to evict tenants is up 9% in the last year, and look set to rise further. The number of tenants in severe rental arrears is up by 13%. However, the impact of tenants’ arrears has yet to filter through to landlords, with total buy-to-let mortgage arrears cases falling by 12% [...]
What you should know about tenant eviction!
The Lettingaproperty.com blog has looked at various aspects of the rental process. The time has now come to look at one area of the rental business which presents the most fear and stress a landlord or tenant will face…Eviction. Most tenants can only be evicted in specific circumstances. Landlords must follow certain legal procedures before [...]
Avoid Tenant eviction, look after your Landlord’s property!
Especially if your landlord happens to be the Solihull Borough Council in the West Midlands. Mrs Hazel Palmer, aged 49, was evicted from her Council owned property on the 2nd February 2009 for failing to maintain the condition of her rental property, regardless of the fact that she had been given numerous chances to do [...]
Landlords won’t benefit from mortgage holiday scheme
Governments’ recent proposal to assist Homeowners in avoiding repossession by the Banks will not extend to Buy to Let mortgages. PM Gordon Brown, announced the ‘Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme’ last week, which is aimed at supporting households that suffer a “significant and temporary loss of income” caused by the current economic recession. The Treasury announced [...]
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