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Screening Tenants for Rent-to-Own

Rent to own properties are becoming very popular. Many tenants are choosing to work on agreements that eventually cede the property to them. In many [...] read more »
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Deadly Rental Lease Mistakes that Every Landlord Must Avoid

If you want your rental lease to be profitable and trouble-free, then it's crucial to know what are the deadly pitfalls to avoid. read more »
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Screening Tenants For Your Rental Property

How to screen tenants for your rental. read more »
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Record 50,000 new tenants enter the UK buy-to-let market

Demand for rental accommodation reached record levels in the second quarter of the year. read more »
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Property Managers Thrive as Rentals Soar

Examines the windfall impact of the booming rental market for Property Managers. read more »
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Landlords to relax pet rules

The recently launched Dogs Trust Lets with Pets campaign, intended to support agents and landlords to welcome tenants with pets, has confirmed a huge[...] read more »
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New tenants` guide for students

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) and the National Union of Students (NUS) have produced a tenants’ guide containing recommendation for students m[...] read more »
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Landlords are reminded of the importance of tenant checks.

Landlords are urged to carry out a full background check on any potential tenants before handing over the keys to their property in order to avoid re[...] read more »
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Private evictions increasing during the recession

According to legal information provider Sweet & Maxwell, private landlords filed 23% more repossession claims against their tenants during the credit[...] read more »
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Third of landlords breaking gas safety laws.

A third of landlords have been found to be breaking gas safety laws putting their tenants at risk from faulty gas fittings. read more »
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Buy–to-let market is facing the highest rent in Western Europe.

UK tenants face the highest rents in Western Europe, with London the second most expensive place to rent, research has showed. read more »
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HMOs cause row between MPs

The new HMO regulations whereby landlords need to apply for planning permission on properties that are newly let out to three or more unrelated peopl[...] read more »
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Private landlords to slash rent in order to keep tenants

Private landlords are facing to slash rents if they want to keep their current tenants because of large cutback on housing benefit by the Chancellor.[...] read more »
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Landlords are still experiencing void but stable periods.

Over half of landlords have experienced void periods for their rental properties over the last 12 months but levels have stabilized, according to the[...] read more »
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Landlords struggle to make mortgage repayments

Four out of ten landlords admit that rents from tenants are barely covering their mortgage repayments and any increase in interest rates could lead t[...] read more »
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