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Struggling with Losses
A report from BDRC Continental early last week contained some slightly unnerving figures: the proportion of single-property landlords making losses doubled last quarter from 8% to 16%. This is an...
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Worrying Times for Student Lets
The decision by the government to raise tuition fees by the government caused a storm last year amongst students but the new university intake in September will be the first group to be affected by...
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Principles and Practicalities: Making Difficult Decisions
There is a huge amount written on the subject of property letting and it gets added to every day and like all things, some of the advice is good, some of it is not so good! However much reading you do...
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Scammers Hit Rental Market
The rental market is one of the biggest economies in the UK and the majority of us spend the bulk of our money on some sort of property, whether that’s as a rent bill or a mortgage. Of course, the...
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Disappearing Tenants
Most landlords share one major fear: tenants that leave and are never seen again. Tracking down missing tenants can be a near-impossible task and extracting any missing rent from them is even harder....
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Budget 2013: The Just Landlords Guide Part 2
Today is the big day – George Osborne has officially announced his plans for the annual Budget and has also commented on how the British economy has fared over the past year. Unfortunately, it seems as...
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4 ways to protect your business against rent arrears
Yesterday we reported that research carried out by the customer service specialists KANA Software showed that nearly three quarters of all social landlords are concerned that rent arrears will increase...
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3 Ways for Landlords to Handle Rent Arrears
In the past couple of weeks we have seen numerous news stories claiming that the number of tenants in rent arrears has increased rapidly in the UK. Many of these articles focus on the social housing...
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4 things Landlords need to know about Increasing Energy Prices
A few weeks ago a large percentage of the UK received some extremely unwelcomed news – energy provider SSE officially announced that they would be increasing the cost of gas and electricity, which led...
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A Landlord’s Guide to Preparing for Christmas
Christmas is often dubbed ‘the most wonderful time of the year’, however for landlords it can also be one of the most stressful. One of the issues with Christmas is that your tenants can become...
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5 Things Landlords really want for Christmas
Over the past few weeks you’ve probably been asked numerous times what you would like for Christmas, and while you may have asked for a gift that you will enjoy there are some things that all landlords...
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How Landlords can prepare for The Budget 2014
Each year the Chancellor of the Exchequer stands before the pubic and announces their plans for the UK’s economy over the next few years. This year, the Chancellor is Conservative party member George...
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