Latest Landlord News

Growth in Student Lets

Posted on August 29, 2012 by N Crane in News

September will see the new university and college terms begin and with it increased demand for student rental accommodation. As thousands of students prepare to leave home and begin a new chapter in their lives, the take-up on rental property in August is set to rise. Many professional landlords view […]

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UK Property renting costs up by 4.3%

Posted on August 21, 2012 by N Crane in News

The cost of renting a home in the UK has risen by over 4.3% in the last year, according to the latest Residential Lettings Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The increase has been put down to the fact that many would-be buyers are struggling to buy […]

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Exclusive audio podcast with the Evening Standard’s …

Posted on August 16, 2012 by N Crane in News

Increasingly people are turning to becoming landlords.  The Evening Standard’s very own accidental landlord, Victoria Whitlock, joined Total Landlord Insurance  to talk about her experience of being an accidental landlord.  

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Rental arrears on the rise

Posted on August 16, 2012 by N Crane in News

Latest figures from the National Landlords Association (NLA) shows rental arrears are on the rise. The NLA has reported that just under 50 per cent (49%) of landlords have experienced rental arrears in the last 12 months and 37 per cent of landlords are worried about instances of arrears in […]

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GREEN DEAL: (PRS) PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR

Posted on August 14, 2012 by N Crane in Knowledge

Traditionally within the private rented sector a landlord would fit the bill for any energy efficiency improvements carried out within or on the property. It is the tenants however that go on to make the savings from the reduced energy bills. The Green Deal scheme is working to bridge this […]

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Landlord insurance is ‘very important’, says expert

Posted on July 16, 2012 by N Crane in News

Prospective and existing landlords have been reminded of the importance they should place on having adequate insurance. Eddie Hooker, managing director of Total Landlord Insurance, has said that while many would-be landlords believe that getting a mortgage and a standard household policy will solve their problems, they are wrong. The […]

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Number of private rented homes rises 1.5m in a decade

Posted on July 13, 2012 by N Crane in News

Some 1.5 million houses and flats have been added to the stock of privately rented homes since 2001, new government figures reveal. This means that for the first time the private rented sector is now almost equal in size to the social housing sector. Data from the English Housing Survey […]

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Positive deposit protection awareness

Posted on July 2, 2012 by James in News

Almost 70 per cent of tenants in England and Wales say they are aware of Tenancy DepositProtection (TDP) legislation, according to research* from tenancy deposit scheme my|deposits. The research, which looks at the impact of TDP five years after its introduction, also shows that just over half (51 per cent) […]

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Greater risk of disputes as 65 % of landlords carrying out …

Posted on June 29, 2012 by N Crane in News

Research revealed in a live broadcast on LetYourProperty.tv, a live web TV show providing advice and guidance for landlords, has found that 65 percent of landlords carry out their own ‘schedule of condition’ inventories, which experts say is exposing them to greater risk of deposit disputes. The independent survey carried […]

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New Landlord Checklist for Tenancy Deposits

Posted on June 28, 2012 by James in Knowledge

my|deposits has released a step-by-step checklist for landlords and letting agents to help them in any dispute with their tenantover the return of the deposit. The checklist gives guidance to landlords and agents on what to do before, during and at the end of the tenancy to ensure they have […]

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