Nightmares Can Come True

Being a landlord isn’t all roses and it would appear landlords get bad press more often than tenants. Whilst most tenancies run smoothly, there will be times in any landlord’s life when they come across not so perfect occupants. Meet the tenants from hell… ‘Living nightmare’ A Liverpool landlord and surveyor, Steve Parry, went through …

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LAR Housing Trust Filling the Mid Market Gap

LAR Housing Trust, in its second year since launch in October 2015, has managed to secure a multimillion pound deal that will give a significant boost to its mid market rental portfolio across Scotland. This game changing funding of £65 million was arranged by Bank of Scotland Commercial Real Estate in partnership with Scottish Widows. …

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For Rental Bliss It’s Got To Be Swiss

Global real estate firm, Savills, recently carried out research on proportions of people owning and renting across different countries around the developed world. Savills discovered that Switzerland was the only country where more people rent their homes than purchase, with 60% of people renting, closely followed by Germany where almost 50% rent homes. Certain factors …

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Yields for University Cities

New research carried out on achievable yields through UK student accommodation showed St Andrews coming out top with 12% per year. Simple Landlords Insurance drew up a league table to show that it was possible to achieve high yields through renting to student tenants. A spokesperson for the company stated: “Unlike other studies, ours centred …

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Rent Payments To Be Included In Credit Histories?

According to a study, 98% of private tenants pay their rent on time. But at present, most credit rating agencies don’t take account of rental payments when calculating credit scores. Keeping up with monthly rent could benefit tenants looking to buy a place of their own and make them more attractive to lenders so there …

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Paving the Way for New Mid Market Homes in Leith

Link Housing Association is to deliver 199 new homes to meet a mid market renting profile. The new development has been designed by 7N Architects and will be erected on brownfield land at Salamander Place. Located between Leith Links and the docks the new homes will be built in partnership with Cruden Homes and the …

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