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UK Landlord magazine

November 2007

Special Feature
The Landlord's Guide to Renting to Housing Benefit Claimants
• Why let to Housing Benefit Tenants?
• What you need to know?

Editorial

• Advertising student lets
• Suppliers - who needs them?
• Landlord Development
• North Cumbria Landlords Association merges with NLA
• More Local Authorities join the NLA
• Praise for Wychavon District Council

Message from the Chairman

• Here we go again

Buying & Selling

• Estate Agents call for indefinite extension of Drop Dead Rate
• Funds for buying at auction
• Green Light for investors in French property market

Planning Issues

• Planning Gain Supplement scrapped
• Dealing with Architects
• Spanish Property Market cleans up its act

Finding Tenants & Reducing Costs

• Guaranteed rent, no empty periods and no hassle!
• Renting to Lodgers
• Not-for-profit Letting Agency seeks London properties
• Hillingdon's Finders Fee
• Online future for estate agents
• Energy savings to be spurred by HIPs
• Islington's new Private Sector Scheme
• Suppliers - who needs them?

Landlord & Tenant Relations

• Tenancy Deposit schemes gain momentum
• Charges cut for online reposession service
• Hidden costs for "No win, no fee" legal arrangements
• Warning on Supplemental Deeds with new tenants
• Tenants with Drug or Alcohol problems?

Social Housing Landlord & Tenant

• Discounts for Landlord Development Manual
• Toolkit helps landlords fight anti-social behaviour
• French interest in new approach to social housing
• Ashfords builds on its own local authority legal expertise

Complying with Property Laws

• HMO Licences well underway

Maintenance & Repairs

• Baxi Duo-tec rated as best buy combi boiler
• Boiler maintenance checks to include energy ratings.

Making your Property Safe

• Met awards best alarm providers

Finance & Tax

• What the 2007 Pre-Budget Report means for Landlords
• Don't get rid of tax relief for landlords

Public Affairs

• NLA promotes the Responsible Landlord to politicians
• Government and Local Authority consultation

Book Reviews

• English Eccentric Interiors
• Sensual Home: liberate your senses and change your life

Landlord Software

• Expert Landlord Lite & Expert Landlord Professional
• Landlord Money 2008 & Landlord Manager version 2
• EZPZ Landlord & EZPZ Property Manager
• Landlords Property Tax Manager

House Prices & Lettings Survey

Rugg Review:
The Independent Review of the Private Rented Sector has been published. See how it affects you.

What's new?
• Government Minister: "No sense over-burdening good landlords with further regulation"
• NLA statement: Barry Markham and Tony Richard
• NLA 2008 Annual Report published
• Scottish government not delivering for landlords
• 'Reluctant landlords' are major risk to rental market
• Latest 'UK Landlord' magazine now online
• NLA responds to OFT survey on sale and rent back