Killick House Communal Solar Water Heating
Killick House in Sutton, the largest domestic Vacuum Tube Solar Thermal Water Heating installation in the UK
Source: solaruk, Monday, September 28, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:44
Students warned on flat ad scams
Students looking for accommodation are being warned to beware of bogus landlords advertising on the internet.
Source: bbc, Monday, September 07, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:44 13:40
CL Voelcker
Service providers of contaminated land investigations, asbestos survey, dust and air along with other general commercial and industrial property analysis
Source: clv, Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:40 15:34
The Landlords’ Guide to Electrical Safety
Electrical Safety Council launches new guide to help landlords keep tenants safe
Source: esc, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 15:34 15:20
Green for go
the Energy Saving Trust is pushing for a new law to be introduced which would mean that properties with low energy ratings would be banned from being sold or rented from 2015 onwards...
Source: move, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 15:20 14:36
Tenants need to check EPC before renting
Tenants have been urged to check an energy performance certificate (EPC) before signing a contract on a property by an expert in the private rental sector.
Source: est, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:36 14:35
LETTING AGENT COMPLAINTS ON THE RISE
Complaints made to The Property Ombudsman related to lettings now outstrip those made against estate agents.
Source: ms, Monday, July 20, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:35 16:16
Estate agent rapped over 'traps'
A High Court judge has said that fees charged to landlords by letting agent Foxtons when tenants extended their contracts were like a "trap".
Source: passoc., Monday, July 20, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:16 16:15
Landlords warn of homeless rise
Changes to how housing benefit is paid to some private tenants will lead to rising homelessness and waste public money, a landlords' group has warned.
Source: bbc, Monday, July 20, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:15 16:13
Benefit tenants 'rip off' landlords
When the government started paying housing benefit to new private tenants rather than straight to their landlords last year, it was meant to give tenants more choice and help develop their budgeting skills - but instead it just means rents are not being paid, say some landlords.
Source: bbc, Monday, July 20, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:13 16:13
Landlords rights 'complex' in squatting cases
Squatters pose a complex problem for landlords rights, reports the Daily Mail.
Source: lzone, Monday, July 20, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:13 16:09
Burnley tenant shamed as rent dodger with ‘sign of shame'
A TENANT has become the first in Burnley to be named and shamed as a ‘rent dodger’ by a fed-up landlord.
Source: lancs, Monday, July 20, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:09 16:08
Landlords name and shame bad tenants
Landlords and Councillors have supported the measure of naming and shaming rogue tenants who fail to pay their rent and can often leave a property in disrepair!
Source: esg, Monday, July 20, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:08 15:50
For leasehold read stranglehold - now set the peasants free
In response to Question of the Week (Is it time to abolish existing leasehold laws, Cash, 14 June), as one of the "peasants" who live on an RLHA - a not-for-profit housing association - estate, I was interested in the justification of leasehold tenure by Ben Young
Source: guardian, Thursday, June 25, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 15:50 14:09
Cannabis farms: When buy-to-let is high-to-let
The tenants look respectable and pay rent up front. But, increasingly, landlords find their properties are being used as cannabis farms. Tony Levene reports.
Source: guardian, Friday, June 19, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:09 08:30
Slowdown in falling rental charges
The average cost of renting a home in England dropped to £635 during the month of April, just over 6% cheaper than it had been a year earlier, according to letting agent Your Move.
Source: pa, Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 08:30 14:53
Private landlord register confirmed
Every private landlord in England will have to sign up to a national register before they can let their properties to tenants, government proposals confirmed today.
Source: guardian, Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:53 14:48
TSA unveils plans for social landlord regulation
In a discussion document published today, Building a new regulatory framework, the regulator sets out its vision for a system of ‘co-regulation’ that would apply to social landlords across England from April next year.
Source: ihousing, Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:48 14:47
Gardening nudists claim landlord discrimination
A couple of nudists claim their landlord is wrongly discriminating by trying to get them to cover up while gardening.
Source: google, Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:47 14:45
Bad tenants? Meet the enforcer
Telegraph .co.uk: Christopher Middleton follows a man whom landlords love
Source: telegraph, Thursday, May 14, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:45 10:29
Buy-to-let landlords face new tax
Buy-to-let landlords face dealing with more red tape if proposed rules forcing them to be listed on a national register are implemented
Source: telegraph, Thursday, May 14, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:29 10:25
'Good landlords' list proposals
Every private landlord in England will have to put their details on a national register, under government plans.
Source: bbc, Thursday, May 14, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:25 10:23
The lie of the land
The quest for the good life is officially over, at least until things pick up a bit.
Source: times, Friday, May 08, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:23 13:22
Colliers Wood estate agent in running for RBS South London Business Awards 2009
Samuel Estates has been nominated in the best small business category at the RBS South London Business Awards 2009.
Source: guardian, Thursday, April 30, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:22 12:34
Foxtons in court fight over 'unfair' contracts
At the heart of the dispute is whether landlords who fill their properties with tenants who are supplied by Foxtons have a continuing financial obligation to the agency once the original letting period finishes.
Source: indi, Thursday, April 30, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 12:34 12:33
Landlords given advice on dealing with tenants
Those who own buy-to-let property have been given some advice on how to deal with tenants who are struggling to pay their rent.
Source: hladder, Thursday, April 30, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 12:33 12:28
'Buoyant letting market' in UK
Even though a number of reports suggest the sales market is picking up again after 12 months of price drops and lower-than-average transactions, rentals are still sought-after.
Source: rman, Thursday, April 30, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 12:28 12:26
UK house price fall dampens recovery hopes
UK house prices continued to slide in April, suggesting that last month’s surprise rise was a blip in a downward trend, according to figures from Nationwide, the British mortgage lender.
Source: times, Thursday, April 30, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 12:26 12:24
South Holland councillor caught by sting
A leading councillor is facing an investigation after an undercover sting by a BBC news crew.
Source: spalding, Wednesday, April 08, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 12:24 15:34
South Holland councillor caught by sting
Three agents rejected a Polish worker sent by the BBC, while a BBC employee was allowed to view the properties.
Source: esg, Wednesday, April 08, 2009 Date and Time of entry: 15:34 15:33
Mortgage rates 'at 2007 levels'
Mortgage rates are back to where they were in August 2007 at the onset of the credit crunch,
Source: bbc, Friday, August 22, 2008 Date and Time of entry: 15:33 23:13
Lenders cut more mortgage rates
Another round of rate cuts has been announced by the Halifax, one of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders.
Source: bbc, Friday, August 15, 2008 Date and Time of entry: 23:13 12:44
Boom-and-bust warning as house prices soar 15%
BOOM and bust could still pose a threat to the property market, experts warned yesterday, as figures showed Scotland's buoyant housing sector continues to outstrip the rest of the UK.
Source: ma, Thursday, April 12, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 12:44 15:00
Electricity market 'still flawed'
The market for electricity is still not fully competitive, according to research from Warwick University.
Source: BBC, Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 15:00 12:17
UK will not meet green housing targets say Mortgage Advisers
Over two thirds (67%) of Mortgage Advisers believe that the UK will not be able to achieve its target of making all new homes carbon neutral within the next 10 years, according to a survey published by UCB Home Loans, the specialist intermediary lender of Nationwide.
Source: uk prop, Wednesday, March 07, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 12:17 14:22
UK mortgage borrowing up by 550 per cent in ten years
Mortgage borrowing in the UK increased from £165 billion in 1987 to £1,078 billion by the end of last year, according to the Motley Fool.
Source: finc news, Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 14:22 12:09
FSA pension rule decision "an absurdity"
RU64 is a provision which means advisers must inform pension savers of low-cost alternatives, but it could lead to misinformation, misinterpretation and customers being mislead, according to EveryInvestor.
Source: lsa, Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 12:09 12:07
Pension costs squeeze pay packets
The rising cost of running final salary pension schemes is leading employers to squeeze the total wage bills of their staff, says a report.
Source: self, Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 12:07 11:38
test of title
lower case small title with link
Source: self, Friday, February 16, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 11:38 18:44
this is a test
lower case small title with no link
Source: self, Friday, February 16, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 18:44 18:43
test of title
this is lower case small
Source: self, Friday, February 16, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 18:43 18:43
Warnings of the dangers of buying with friends
With interest rates predicted to rise further, and house prices still increasing, first time buyers may look at buying a home with friends as an alternative and affordable way to get themselves onto the property ladder.
Source: Moneyfacts, Friday, February 16, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 18:43 16:36
Loan shark teams are biting hard
Two projects funded by the Government to tackle loan sharks have identified over 200 illegal lenders and saved more than �3 million from the pockets of their victims.
Source: media news, Friday, February 16, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 16:36 16:34
FIVE TIMES YOUR PAY.. FIVE TIMES THE GRIEF?
A NEW tracker mortgage from the Leeds Building Society allows borrowers up to five times their salary.
Source: mirror, Friday, February 16, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 16:34 16:33
UK house price growth slows markedly in Jan - RICS
LONDON (AFX) - UK house prices continued to rise in January but the pace of growth eased markedly as the recent interest rate rises by the Bank of England caused demand to cool, according to a survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Source: fxstreet, Friday, February 16, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 16:33 16:31
Nine per cent of mortgages now buy-to-let
Nine per cent of all mortgages outstanding in the UK are buy-to-let products, a report from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed
Source: hsladder, Friday, February 16, 2007 Date and Time of entry: 16:31 16:30
