- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Buy-to-let landlords in England must now ensure that electrical installation inspections and testing are carried out for all new tenancies in England or from 1 April 2021 for existing tenancies, under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A BTL landlord has proved to be a big social media hit after issuing his tenants with a bonus when returning their deposits. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A young couple who recently turned to the web to find a property to rent have fallen prey to a fraudulent advert, after enquiring about the property. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
The change in customer behaviour driven by technological developments is the biggest trend that marketers believe will offer the greatest opportunities and challenges in digital marketing, and that largely explains why 65% of estate agents plan to harness social media ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Brits are in for a chilly week with temperatures continuing to drop, but that has not deterred a landlord in west London from putting a box around a thermostat in a rental property she owns to stop the tenants from ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
As landlords increasingly feel the squeeze, amid increasing regulation and tax changes, some are questioning more than ever the point of paying letting agents. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A tenant who emigrated to Greece without paying more than £1,000 he owes in rent insists that he will not be “intimidated or bullied” into paying the money. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Tenant referencing has once again been a topic of hot debate over the past few weeks, following a fresh study that found more landlords are turning to social media to garner information about rental applicants. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A growing number of landlords are turning to social media to garner more information about rental applicants, according to the latest sentiment research from Foundation Home Loans. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
With the majority of people’s property searches beginning online, most landlords would naturally expect to see their rental properties listed on the main property websites, dominated these days by Rightmove, Zoopla, and OnTheMarket.com (OTM), but how about Facebook? ...
- Written by: Vik Tara
The introduction of the EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a little over three months away, and the legislation will require landlords to process tenants’ personal data more rigorously and securely than many of us are used to. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A controversial buy-to-let landlord who last year banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of his properties because ‘they make them smell of curry’ is suing a vlogger who posted a video criticising him on YouTube ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A buy-to-let landlord who used to live in his car is offering his flat for free to homeless people over the festive period. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A crooked property manager who pocketed thousands of pounds in rental income which he failed to pass on to landlords has been jailed for 10 months. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
A couple in Plymouth have been scammed out of £1,200 by a fake landlord who copied and pasted pictures and details of a property from a listing from Martin & Co on Rightmove and published it on Facebook. ...
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