Letting Agent Talk
Female landlords more accepting of diverse tenant types
Female landlords are more sensitive to personal circumstances and more likely to rent to different types of tenant – from single mums to pensioners and students. That’s one of the findings from a new report by Simple Landlords Insurance out today, looking at the rise of women in property and the difference between male and…
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Knowledge is power in the fight against lost revenue
Turn your calendar to June and you may have circled the 2nd in red pen – the deadline when agents must respond to the proposed ban on tenant fees in England. The consultation paper has made it clear that all recouping avenues have been blocked off, with a simultaneous ban on landlords and third parties…
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Don’t be outsmarted by students
Right about know specialist student letting companies and agents in university locations will be busy finding students accommodation for September’s new academic year. Although that sounds like ages away, students are smart enough to line up 12 month tenancies now so they’re not scrambling around for somewhere to live in the summer. Students are also…
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Finding the right tenant, keeping and maintaining a good relationship.
A question on every landlords list, “Is this tenant right for my property?. The simple answer is you can’t always be 100% sure, you can however make sure you have 100% done your research and asked the right questions. Although I have been in the property market for many years I am still a Landlord…
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New Survey Gets Inside Landlords’ Heads
As an estate agent you’ll already be aware that landlords come in all shapes and sizes. They certainly aren’t an easy bunch to categorise. Some are devoutly hands-off and will trust you religiously with the well-being of their tenants’ housing affairs. Others believe delegation is a dirty work and, like PM Teresa May, would prefer…
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Property Analysts Predictions for 2017
Now that we’re well and truly into 2017 no-one can blame buy to let landlords for attempting to forecast ahead to try and predict how the next 11 months or so are going to pan out. It hasn’t been an easy ride for them over the past couple of years, after all. Thanks to the…
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Free lettings advice seminar for small and independent agents
ARPM Outsourced Lettings Support is running a free seminar on Monday 20th February tailored especially for business owners, directors and decision makers at small estate/letting agents and independent property companies. The seminar will take place between 14.00 to 16.30 at the Holiday Inn London Gatwick Airport, Povey Cross Road, Horley, Surrey, RH6 0BA. Attendees will…
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Professional Risk Associated with Property Professionals
What is PI Insurance? Professional Indemnity Insurance, often referred to as Professional Liability Insurance, PI, PII. PI provides cover for legal costs and expenses and compensation payable to a 3rd party in the event of a claim for professional negligence. Why do I need it? PI is usually taken out to satisfy the following: 1….
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Short-term lettings storm at the seaside
The south’s seaside resorts are stealing the headlines for all the wrong reasons and at the heart of the troublesome issue is the lack of professional property management. You may have read about an Airbnb property in Brighton where the balcony collapsed, injuring four people. The news coverage that followed included an interview with a…
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Sappy Dappy and the case of £70,000 of property damage
Landlords need to be clear that the impartially of check ins, check outs, inventories and inspections is just as important as conducting them in the first place.
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New Landlords – where to find them and how to get them
How independent letting agents can attract and convert new landlords by using creative and innovative marketing tactics. Landlords are elusive creatures. Hard to find, difficult to market to, and almost impossible to poach. Most traditional methods of marketing just don’t work on landlords. With a vendor, at least you know where they live. Trying to…
Sam Ashdown
Make 2017 the year you actually increase letting fee income
It’s about now when property experts start looking into their crystal ball to predict what might happen in the coming year. While speculation makes for entertaining reading, it’s planning – not star gazing – that should form the last few weeks of 2016 and into 2017. It’s possible that the proposed ban on letting agent…
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Free podcast to understand landlord obligations as _Right to Rent_ becomes criminal offence
From today, 1st December 2016, under The Immigration Act 2016, there is a new maximum criminal sentence of 5 years_ imprisonment for landlords or agents who fail to carry out _Right to Rent_ checks or remove illegal migrants from their property. With concerns that more than half of landlords don_t understand their obligations, Hamilton Fraser…
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Autumn Statement – Landlord Action & Accommodation for Students comment:
Paul Shamplina, Founder, Landlord Action _Although there had been some whisperings, confirmation of this announcement will be a big shock to the industry. It is realistic to assume that the ban on letting agent fees to tenants, which will leave a black hole in agents_ profits, will need to be partly recuperated through letting and…
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How to finish the year on a sales and lettings high
With less than eight weeks of business realistically left before the Christmas holidays there’s still time to finish the year with a sales and lettings flourish. I guess at this point you’re asking ‘how?’ Good question. Well right now is that crazy time of the year when house builders, chasing their year-end sales targets are…
Kevin Ellis