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		<title>Longer Term Tenancies and Getting the Right Buy to Let Mortgage</title>
		<link>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2012/02/longer-term-tenancies-and-getting-the-right-buy-to-let-mortgage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buy to Let Mortgage Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buy to Let Mortgage Terms and Conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buy to Let Mortgages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Longer Tenancies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Longer Term Tenancies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Brokers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tenancy Agreement Length]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What Is the Standard Variable Rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tenancy Agreements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this LettingFocus blog post, we discuss our research into the potential for buy to let mortgage lenders to allow borrowers to offer longer term assured shorthold tenancies. We also look at the questions borrowers should ask themselves to ensure they get the mortgage that’s right for them. 
Currently, at LettingFocus we are doing research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damage By Water Leaks and How Landlords Can Reduce Their Impact and Save Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2012/01/damage-by-water-leaks-and-how-landlords-can-reduce-their-impact-and-save-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2012/01/damage-by-water-leaks-and-how-landlords-can-reduce-their-impact-and-save-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buy to Let Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance for Let Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlords Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Letting Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letting insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mould Condensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Damage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/?p=1125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this blog post by LettingFocus.com, we explain why smart and insured tenants can cut a landlords repair bills, especially repairs due to damage caused by leaks of water.
It’s that very cold time of the year when landlords are always pretty busy.
As soon as the weather gets cold, the inevitable boiler breakdown will occur and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Private Rented Sector and Some Key Issues for Government</title>
		<link>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2012/01/the-private-rented-sector-and-some-key-issues-for-government-q/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2012/01/the-private-rented-sector-and-some-key-issues-for-government-q/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accredited Landlords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buy to Let Mortgage Terms and Conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Benefit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlord Accreditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlord Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Housing Allowance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tenancy Agreement Length]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tenants Deposits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deposit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deposit Bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlord Accreditation Schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlord license]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landlord licensing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landlord register]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landlord registration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tenancy deposits]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/?p=1118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was quoted extensively at the Guardian Housing Network blog last week and I think it is worth highlighting the key points I made. 
Why the PRS is in the News
1. The private rented sector (PRS) is increasingly in the news and will remain so, partly because of its growing size and partly because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Landlords, Local Authorities and Buy to Let Mortgages</title>
		<link>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2012/01/private-landlords-local-authorities-and-buy-to-let-mortgages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2012/01/private-landlords-local-authorities-and-buy-to-let-mortgages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Old Newsletters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy to let]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy to let loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buy to Let Mortgages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/?p=1110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We thought it would be useful to publish the October 2011 Newsletter right here on our blog. (Our latest, January 2012, Newsletter was published on 29th December and is available free now to those who sign up to receive our newsletter. Just send us an email if you would like to join the mailing list!)
Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV Programmes on the Private Rented Sector Seem to Be Setting Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2012/01/tv-programmes-on-the-private-rented-sector-seem-to-be-setting-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2012/01/tv-programmes-on-the-private-rented-sector-seem-to-be-setting-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/?p=1100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Lawrenson, founder of LettingFocus.com says that TV programmes, which highlight the very worst tenants and landlords, seem to have too much influence on the policy debate on the private rented sector. It’s time for informed debate and sensible policy based on accurate research. 
The facts are that if you know what you are doing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LettingFocus Property Seminar An Opportunity to Learn the Facts About Being a Landlord and Buy to Let</title>
		<link>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2011/12/lettingfocus-property-seminar-an-opportunity-to-learn-the-facts-about-being-a-landlord-and-buy-to-let/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2011/12/lettingfocus-property-seminar-an-opportunity-to-learn-the-facts-about-being-a-landlord-and-buy-to-let/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Landlord Seminar Meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Clubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlord Event and Networking Seminar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seminar on Property]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/?p=1095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to annouce that on Tues. 20th March, we will be running a one off networking and seminar event for landlords.
Due to the pressure of our work with organisations, we now only run one of these a year now &#8211; and always in London.
Here is the link for more info and details on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London Living Rent, Landlord Accreditation and Ken and Boris</title>
		<link>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2011/12/london-living-rent-landlord-accreditation-and-ken-and-boris/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2011/12/london-living-rent-landlord-accreditation-and-ken-and-boris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accredited Landlords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boris Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation Rent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Benefit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Strategy and the PRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Livingstone Rent Cap]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Not for Profit Letting Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Rented Sector Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Register of Landlords]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boris Johnson and the PRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Strategy and the Private Rented Sector]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[landlord licensing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Letting Agency Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Letting Agency Models]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not for Profit Letting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/?p=1080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Lawrenson of LettingFocus worries about Ken Livingston’s idea of rent controls and says that that accreditation and registration schemes for landlords are not needed because the vast majority of landlord and tenants enjoy good relations and the minority of rogue landlords will never register anyway.
Oh dear, oh dear, I spend a nice day at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland Landlord Registration Scheme Review Makes Grim Reading</title>
		<link>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2011/12/scotland-landlord-registration-scheme-review-makes-grim-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2011/12/scotland-landlord-registration-scheme-review-makes-grim-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accredited Landlords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Strategy and the PRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlord Accreditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlord Register and Licensing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Landlords Register]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Rented Sector Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Register of Landlords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland Landlords Registration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Strategy and the Private Rented Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Rugg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlord license]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landlord licensing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landlord register]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landlord registration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Rented Sector Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/?p=1062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report on the Scotland Landlords Registration Scheme confirms what we have long suggested &#8211; that the scheme has failed on many of its objectives says David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.
Many people, in government and elsewhere, would like to see the private rented sector “regulated” more.
Of course they often have different ideas about exactly what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy for Housing and the Private Rented Sector Govt Paper is a Bit of a Let Down</title>
		<link>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2011/11/strategy-for-housing-and-the-private-rented-sector-govt-paper-is-a-bit-of-a-let-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2011/11/strategy-for-housing-and-the-private-rented-sector-govt-paper-is-a-bit-of-a-let-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Build to Let]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Strategy and the PRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investment in the Private Rented Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PRSI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Rented Sector Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Strategy and the Private Rented Sector]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/?p=1053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So how is the Private Rented Sector (PRS) affected by the Government’s recently published new Strategy for Housing?
Well, first of all, there will be an independent review of barriers to investment in the PRS. Doubtless this will be looking closely at new build to let models, where homes are built specifically for the private rental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Freeholders and Managing Agents Can Abuse Leaseholders Legally</title>
		<link>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2011/11/how-freeholders-and-managing-agents-can-abuse-leaseholders-legally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/index.php/2011/11/how-freeholders-and-managing-agents-can-abuse-leaseholders-legally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consent to Let]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consent to Let Fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consent to Let Scam]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freeholder Cons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Block Managing Agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freeholder Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leasehold Problems]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lettingfocus.com/blogs/?p=1035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this piece LettingFocus.com looks at how freeholders and their managing agents can abuse leaseholders and LettingFocus founder, David Lawrenson,  explains why he tends to avoid leasehold properties. 
I contributed to an article for &#8220;The Times&#8221; the other week, which looked at the various ways leaseholders can get &#8220;turned over&#8221; by unscrupulous freeholders and their [...]]]></description>
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