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KEYWORD "Essex" - 57 RESULTS
What Do Landlords Think? - direct experiences revealed

A new survey of over 1,000 landlords has revealed that just over half would consider leaving the market due to the...

28 October 2023

From: Legislation & Compliance

Surprise claim as activists say Section 21 makes tenants age more rapidly

A pressure group claims the threat of being evicted makes tenants age more quickly.  Generation Rent claims there is a study by...

10 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Market Snapshot - is demand still stellar?

The latest Rental Demand Index from the Barrows and Forrester agency has revealed that rental demand has surged during the third...

30 September 2023

From: The Big Issues

Huge fine for landlord behind squalid HMO occupying ex-hotel

The landlord of a former hotel with no working kitchen, unusable toilets, blocked drains, and rats, has been ordered to pay...

25 January 2023

From: Breaking News

EPCs - Which areas have the worst rental energy efficiency?

Home buying agency Spring has analysed which parts of the country have the dubious distinction of having the most rental homes...

19 October 2022

From: Breaking News

Landlords may sell cheaply to avoid EPC upgrade costs

Many landlords who do not want to commit to high levels of expenditure to improve the energy efficiency of their homes,...

15 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Massive fine for landlord failing to maintain two HMOs

A landlord has been hit with a huge £23,000 fine for failing to properly maintain two HMOs. Landlord Lystra Dorval from Ilford...

22 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Pressure mounting on landlords to accept pets in lets

New research from animal welfare charity Battersea - the new name for the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home - claims 50...

05 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Legal Opinion - ending S21 will push up rents, force landlords out

Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning. Lee Pearce...

18 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Salvation Army slammed as a rogue landlord to its private tenants

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...

22 April 2022

From: Breaking News

Community Order for landlord over gas breach

A landlord has been fined and sentenced to a 12-month community order for failing to maintain gas appliances at a rental...

09 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Early signs of strong student rental demand for 2021-22

An online student accommodation platform has identified where demand from students is strongest as they prepare for the next academic year. UniHomes...

07 July 2021

From: Breaking News

HMO landlord fined £70,500 over homes in ‘shocking’ condition

A landlord who failed to properly look after two HMOs has been fined £70,500 by an Essex council. Lystra Dorval, of Ilford,...

16 November 2020

From: Breaking News

Agent in Chelmsford may still be trading despite being expelled by TPO

Landlords and tenants in Chelmsford, Essex, are being warned that a local letting agent appears to be trading, despite being expelled from...

03 September 2020

From: Breaking News

BTL rental yields remain broadly unchanged year-on-year

Buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, increasing by just 0.1% over the past 12 months, according to Sourced Capital. The research...

24 June 2020

From: Breaking News

Letting agents expelled from from TPO

Landlords should be aware that eight estate and letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO), which means...

08 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Syede Cole, Director of Cole Harding Estates.

Who are you? Cole Harding is a community based estate agent, who offers maximum exposure on all the online portals and social...

06 March 2020

From: 60 Second Interview

Estate agent looks to rebuild reputation after firm goes bust owing landlords £28k

The former owner of an estate agency in Ipswich which went bust owing landlords and tenants just over £28,000 after being...

21 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Ban for agent who failed to protect £28k worth of tenants’ deposits and rent

A letting agent who failed to safeguard £28,000 worth of tenants’ deposits and rent destined for landlords has been handed a...

12 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Letting agent goes into liquidation owing a landlord almost £15,000

Ilford-based Kingsman Property has gone out of business after being expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme owing a landlord almost...

28 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Cabinet ministers supplementing salaries via buy-to-let investments

A number of MPs are currently earning rental income from properties let to private tenants, including eight ministers in Boris Johnson’s...

06 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Cowardly man who stabbed his landlord sentenced to over six years in prison

A man has been jailed for a six years and three months for stabbing his landlord in an unprovoked attack. Ainars Jozans,...

25 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Landlord questioned over ‘threatening letter’ to letting agent

A private landlord who was reported to police for sending what has been described as a “threatening letter” to a letting...

10 June 2019

From: Breaking News

New licensing scheme set to cost landlords £1,200

Buy-to-let landlords will need to pay £1,200 for a licence to rent their properties in Bristol as part of the local...

04 April 2019

From: Breaking News

Landlord ordered to pay almost £5k for ‘cutting corners in terms of fire safety’

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay a fine of £2,646, costs of £2,000 and a victim surcharge of £170...

15 March 2019

From: Breaking News

Where can you find the most energy-efficient properties in the UK?

Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...

05 March 2019

From: Breaking News

BTL landlord jailed for forging HMO documents

An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...

18 February 2019

From: Breaking News

TDS becomes first TDP scheme to appoint independent complaints reviewer

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), one of three government-backed tenancy deposit protection (TDP) schemes, has appointed a new external independent complaints...

10 January 2019

From: Breaking News

£20m ‘Ponzi’ property scheme shut down

The High Court has shut down a Ponzi scheme operated by a property investment firm after ruling that it was misusing...

05 November 2018

From: Breaking News

Council to pay private landlords £5,000 reward to house tenants

A new landlord reward scheme designed to increase the stock of private rented accommodation in the marketplace in Rochford, Essex, has...

23 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Landlord who kept 23 people in overcrowded conditions fined £7,500

A landlord in Ilford, Essex, who allowed 23 people to live in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500. Tenants in a house...

18 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Landlord fined just over £2,500 for unlicensed property

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £2,525 after failing to obtain a license for a shared house in Thurrock, Essex. Adeola Makinde was...

20 July 2018

From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let hotspots revealed

Luton and Colchester have been named among the best places for buy-to-let investors in the existing market, based on rental yields. The...

18 July 2018

From: Breaking News

New TV series to expose ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’

A new TV show called ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’, a companion series to ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, starts today. Following the success...

05 April 2018

From: Breaking News

Average BTL landlord who sold last year gained £86,651 – Countrywide

The average buy-to-let investor who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it,...

12 March 2018

From: Breaking News

Landlords in Basildon invited to attend free council-run event

Private landlords in Basildon are being invited to attend a free rental workshop this week. The event, which is being run by...

06 March 2018

From: Breaking News

Landlord ordered to pay over £10k for poor property management

A buy-to-let landlord in Tiptree has been fined for poor property management that left a family in Poor living conditions. Mohibur Rahman,...

26 January 2018

From: Breaking News

Landlord jailed for ‘blatant disregard for fire safety’

A landlord in Ilford, Essex, has been sentenced to four months in jail for continuing to rent out his property despite...

22 December 2017

From: Breaking News

The Cambridge reduce rates across its BTL range

The Cambridge has launched a new range of buy-to-let mortgages, as the lender battles to remain competitive. Highlights include a two-year fixed rate...

06 December 2017

From: Breaking News

Tenant had the ‘legal right’ to break back into landlord’s property, says council

Havering Council has defended its decision to advise a tenant to break back into a rental property that she had vacated...

08 November 2017

From: Breaking News

Landlord faced with eviction costs after council tells tenant to break into his flat

A landlord in Essex has had to start eviction proceedings to remove a sitting tenant after she broke back into a...

07 November 2017

From: Breaking News

Two new fee-free mortgage products to help ‘support’ landlords

Buy-to-let landlords looking to acquire properties in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Suffolk, can now apply for two...

11 September 2017

From: Breaking News

Here are the UK’s best letting agents as rated by tenants

The ESTAS, a kite mark of excellent service for property professionals, has announced the winners of the Letting Agents of the...

16 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Landlord fined for letting out ‘dangerous’ property

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined for renting out ‘dangerous and poor’ accommodation after a fire broke out at her property...

11 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Where can you achieve the highest rental yields?

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...

14 April 2017

From: Breaking News

Demand for student accommodation exceeding availability

Student rents look set to increase amid a housing shortage across many of the UK’s main university cities, according to a...

22 December 2016

From: Breaking News

Landlords offered £1,000 to bring empty homes back into use

Owners of vacant homes in the Rochford district in Essex are being offered grants of up to £1,000 by Rochford District...

04 November 2016

From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let enquiries soar

Enquiries from investors seeking to acquire buy-to-let properties have increased by 30% since May, following an initial dip in activity after the...

13 October 2016

From: Breaking News

Council aims to lure private landlords with guaranteed rent scheme

Chelmsford City Council is hoping to attract more buy-to-let landlords in the Chelmsford and the wider Essex area with its Homes2Lease Scheme,...

15 September 2016

From: Breaking News

Landlord falsely claimed council tax support

A landlord has been prosecuted for illegally claiming council tax support for his primary residence while receiving rent from an undeclared...

12 August 2016

From: Breaking News

Lifting the Lid on Deposit Disputes

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

05 August 2016

From: Sponsored Content

Pensioners choose to rent by the sea as property prices soar

British pensioners are increasingly choosing a rent a home by the seaside when they retire because the cost of buying property...

10 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Letting agents ran £2m drugs factory in rented properties

A letting agent in South London has been found to be the front for a cannabis growing operation, with drugs grown...

19 April 2016

From: Breaking News

In-house versus third party inventories

The latest TDS stats show that there has been a steep 25% rise in tenancy deposit disputes, with one-third of agents...

10 March 2016

From: Sponsored Content

Another bed in shed landlord fined

A landlord who let tenants sleep in an outbuilding in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex has been fined nearly £6,000. Syed Junid Ul Hassan Shah...

02 November 2015

From: Breaking News

Halstead in Essex named rental hotspot

Landlords in the East of England are reaping the rewards of strong rental and house price growth in the region over...

09 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Landlord Investment Show Heads to Woking 29 January 2015

Landlord Investment Show heads to Woking in Surrey on Thursday 29th January at the H.G Wells Centre in Woking. We hear much...

23 April 2015

From: Sponsored Content

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