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UK Landlord magazine

March 2008

Special Feature
Building a Jet-to-Let Portfolio
• Jet-to-Let: a good bet?
• UIPI: a useful resouce for property owners overseas
• Location, Location: top J-2-L destinations
• Case studies: Turkey & South Africa
• Spanish Land Grab
Buy-to-Let Investor's Guide to UK Holiday Lets

Editorial

• Online testing on the open sea
• Launch of NLA Scotland
• Seven more local authorities join
• NLA appoints its first Media Relations Manager
• NLA in the News
• Paul Gott elected chair of Local Landlords' Forum
• Property Woman of the Year Awards
• Landlords meet in Banbury
• Industry Buy-to-Let Summit
• Northampton Student Lettings meeting
• Richard Price steers Operations
• Void periods fall

Message from the Chairman

• Bring an end to Renewal Fees by Agents!

Buying & Selling

• Low-cost HIPS cause confusion for homeowners
• 2012 Olympics make Hackney a housing hot spot
• Non-specialist mortgages for landlords on the continent

Financial & Tax Matters

• Darling makes concessions on CGT for businesses
• Bank of England gloomy credit outlook
• Quarter point rate cut

Planning Issues

• Massive Manchester development given go ahead

Finding Tenants & Reducing Costs

• NLA campaigns against agents' renewal fees
• Disputes with Lettings Agents
• Free tenant referral service in Richmond
• Remember the Rent Service
• TDSL's step-by-step guide to Tenancy Deposits

Landlord & Tenant Relations

• Difficult Landlords more traumatic than starting new job

Maintenance & Repairs

• Preventing water damage in bathrooms

Complying with Property Laws

• Criminals use rental properties to grow cannabis
• Camden Council issues IMO to protect tenants

Making your property safe

• Protect properties at risk of flooding
• NLA guidance on faulty thermostats

Social Landlords

• £62m investment in Norwich affordable housing

Public Affairs

• NLA presents Landlords' Professional Standards

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