Many people who live in student-centric areas would often like to see their student neighbours in prison, and now it seems it may be a reality. An organisation in Liverpool has been granted permission to convert the former Main Bridewell Prison in Liverpool’s Cheapside into university accommodation. The conversion of […]
HMO landlord must repay £32,000 housing benefits
A landlord who illegally let rooms in unlicensed HMOs has been ordered to pay back £32,000 housing benefit a council paid him for giving homes to tenants.
HMO landlords fined for poorly managing rental homes
Two more landlords have faced the courts for poor standards and failing to licence houses in multiple occupation (HMO) as councils continue to crackdown on offenders.
Neighbours flee buy to let cannabis farm fires
Neighbours have had to flee three separate blazes in buy-to-let homes used as cannabis farms by tenants.
Inventories more important than ever
An Inventory is more than just a list of items; in the property industry we are more concerned with condition. The point of an inventory is ensuring that everything within that property, whether it is furnished or unfurnished, to see what is in the property and what is the condition […]
Landlords have more deposit protection choice
Landlords have more choice over how to safeguard tenant deposits after changes in the market at the start of April 2013.
New tax year is a chance for landlords to make buy-to-let less taxing
With a new tax year commencing, and repeat warnings that HMRC are cracking down on tax evasion amongst residential landlords, the Landlord Syndicate is offering advice to landlords on how to make their tax less taxing in the year ahead. “If you haven’t done so already, the first thing you […]
Land banking scam shut by High Court
Land banking scammers who conned thousands of pounds out of investors have been closed down by the High Court.
Serious rent arrears increase for landlords
Buy to let landlords have had more tenants struggling with serious rent arrears in the past three months, according to a new report from a rent debt firm.
Setting rents is easier with new official data
The mystical art of setting competitive rents has just been made a lot easier with new data about private lettings across England going online.
