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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Landlords, How to Protect your Pipes from Freezing
Last year we published an article on how to protect your pipes from freezing. With temperatures reaching minus 4 degrees over the last couple of days, we thought now would be a good time to republish this article. Remember, if you would like to receive our free copy of out “Protect your Pipes from Freezing [...]
Moving Guide – our top tips to getting ready to move!
Moving house is often rated as one of the most stressful events in a person’s life. It need not be that way, however. By following the removals tips in this guide, you can plan out your whole move ahead of time, and make sure everything goes smoothly. If you any other tips that we have [...]
Tenants on Housing Benefit are turning to Private Landlords
The private rental sector is experiencing a soaring demand from tenants on benefits. The latest RICS quarterly rental survey, covering the quarter to the end of July, says that 13% of all new lets were to housing benefit tenants. The statistic is up from 8% the previous quarter and is the highest since the RICS [...]
Student rentals generating highest yields for landlords
Students and young singles generate the highest yields for landlords, buy-to-let mortgage specialist lender Paragon has revealed. Paragon used independent research from The Landlords Panel from BDRC Continental and found that students generated an average yield of 6.45%, while young singles generate 6.22%. Retired people are also high up the table (6.16%), followed by white [...]
Fancy renting a countryside retreat? See our favourite secluded properties!
After a stressful day in the office, there is nothing more enjoyable than the drive home at the end of the day. Especially if it happens to be through fields and rolling countryside. We have a pick of 3 of our latest semi rural properties that have just become available to rent this week in [...]
My tenant has stopped paying rent, what should I do?
A recent survey by the NLA found that more than half of all landlords have experienced late rent payments within the last year. 52% of landlords experiencing rent arrears averaging £730. Picture the situation….Three months into your tenancy and you thought you had done all your due diligence and had selected the perfect tenants for [...]
Tenants struggling to pay increased rents
Nearly a third of landlords have increased rents during the first quarter of the year, research from buy-to-let mortgage specialist Paragon has revealed. The research shows that 32% of landlords have raised rents across their portfolios during the period. One in ten landlords said that rental income across their portfolio rose by up to 2% [...]
Online Letting Boom amongst the gloom!
Landlords and tenants, what do you think of 2011 so far? After the festive period, January and February can be a pretty depressing time for everyone. New Year’s resolutions can often go by the wayside after a couple of visits to the gym while anything we’ve decided to abstain from such as chocolate or ‘drink’ [...]
Is becoming a private landlord the only way to make money in property?
With property developers going under faster than the Titanic, banks calling in bad debts and mortgage providers asking for higher deposits, many in the property sector are feeling the pinch of the recession. However, one of the success stories to emerge from a gloomy recession is the tale of the Private Landlord. Whether in the [...]
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Landlords, protect your pipes from freezing
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My tenant has stopped paying rent, what should I do?
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Is a tenancy agreement legally binding if it is not in writing?
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Tenants on Housing Benefit are turning to Private Landlords
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Office of Fair Trading welcomes ruling over unfair Foxtons terms
