Landlords Prepare for Commonwealth Games
It is almost just six months until the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and Lindsays, Scottish property law specialists, are…
Serious rent arrears in rental market
Statistics released by leading residential service provider, LSL property services in late 2013 highlighted a rise in tenants in serious…
Landlords Should Focus on Reliable Tenants
The current thriving sales market indicates that landlords should move their focus away from high-paying renters, to reliable long-term tenants,…
Leading Agent Admits London Rent Drop
A leading London letting agent believes that seasonal trends in the rental market can lead to more void periods and…
Increase in Foreign Landlord Investors
An increasing number of overseas landlords are now investing in the UK rental property market. Foreign landlord numbers now exceed…
Rent arrears crisis for thousands of tenants
A recent YouGov survey suggests that thousands of tenants are extremely worried about dropping into rent arrears in the very…
Campaign on letting fees labelled anti-landlord
A campaign from charity group Shelter concerning the abolishment of tenants’ fees has come under fire from the Residential Landlords…
Rents have gone North and Benefits South
A husband and wife who own about 1,000 buy-to-let properties have reportedly told letting agents that they will not take…
Councils to offer license fee refund
In November last year, court judgments clarifying the cloudy areas surrounding licensing of Houses of Multiple Occupation were issued. The…
Landlords plan further rent rises
Demand for rental accommodation has vastly increased during the past five years. Escalating deposit prices for homes, coupled with the…