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Whether you are a landlord with a portfolio of properties to be let out or just a single property, one common denominator shared by both landlord types is that let properties are an investment that need to be protected. Yet, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents, landlords often overlook a key protection, that […]

Owners of let properties take considerable risk in renting to what are essentially complete strangers, and that risk is arguably greater when renting to beneficiaries of DSS housing benefits. Certainly, insurance companies view this category of renters as high risk, which is why many refuse to provide insurance to landlords with DSS tenants. That is […]

Buy to let property investors in the UK have increased their portfolios by 11% in 2009 despite the recession and thanks to record low interest rates and falling real estate prices, new research shows, according to propertywire.com. Landlords have increased the number of properties they own from 6.3 in the last quarter of 2008 to […]

People become landlords for a variety of reasons, either purposefully buying property with the intention of letting, or unintentionally stumbling upon the role, possibly through owning a property they are forced to let because no buyers are forthcoming or inheriting a property that already has tenants. If you are a landlord, whether by accident or […]

Good landlords know the importance of keeping their rented properties well maintained, since not only are tenants entitled by law to have a safe and habitable living environment, it is also in a landlord’s financial interests to ensure the property is kept in good condition. After all, without a rent cheque coming in regularly every […]