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Upad on the Road: Sheffield, Huddersfield, Plymouth, Weston Super Mare, Cardiff

Next week, Upad CEO James Davis will attending and speaking at several meetings of the Guild of Residential Landlords. If you're close to Plymouth, Cardiff or Weston Super Mare, do come along and say hello. You can find out all about these meetings on the Guild website. Upad will also be at two other events organised by the National Landlords Association. The first on Monday in Sheffield will... Read more

Posted by Dan @ Upad on October 20th, 2011 in Ask Upad, Should I use Upad?, Tips for New Landlords

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NLA warning about pre-payment meter scam

The NLA (National Landlords Association) is advising landlords with properties that have pre-payment utility meters to warn their tenants about a scam doing the rounds. The fraud involves energy pre-pay meters that are topped up using Paypoint or Payzone outlets. Fraudsters are going door to door looking for residents with pre-pay meters for gas and electricity and offering them fake... Read more

Posted by Dan @ Upad on September 7th, 2011 in Tenant Scams, Tips for New Landlords

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50% of Landlords will reduce lets to housing benefit tenants

A survey by the National Landlords Association (NLA) reports that over 50% of landlords will be reducing the number of properties they let to housing benefit tenants. According to the survey, 58% stated that they would cut the properties they let to tenants on housing benefits. 90% of those landlords plan to do so in the next 18 months. One third revealed that they would be taking action... Read more

Posted by Dan @ Upad on July 7th, 2011 in Housing Benefit, National Landlords Association NLA, Property Rental

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Upad is a Recognised Supplier of the NLA

Not to blow our own trumpet, but... oh, okay then. We're pretty proud that the National Landlords Association has just chosen Upad as a Recognised Supplier, the first lettings agent to have that honour. The NLA say: "With life as a landlord often being a challenge, especially in the current climate, the partnership with all our NLA Recognised Suppliers has never been so important. Each... Read more

Posted by Sue @ Upad on February 21st, 2011 in Upad

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Rent Arrears down in Q2

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has reported a 3.5% decrease in arrears owed to landlords in the second quarter in comparison to January to March. 21% of landlords surveyed said they has experienced rent arrears. That’s down from 24.5% in the first quarter. Whilst it’s encouraging, it does mean that one in 5 landlords was affected. Perhaps more encouragingly, the average amount... Read more

Posted by Dan @ Upad on July 31st, 2010 in Evicting Tenants, Property Management, Rent Arrears, Tips for New Landlords

Fiona Macaskill, winner of the south-west and green property women awards 2010

“Property’s a service industry: profit is a bonus!”

After last week’s celebrations at the NLA Property Women of the Year Awards, we caught up with Fiona Macaskill, winner of two awards, the NLA Green Property Woman Award and the NLA South West Property Woman Award. I ask Fiona why she thinks she was chosen as the South-West’s Property Woman of the Year. She laughs: “it’s the third year running, so I must be doing something right.”... Read more

Posted by Sue @ Upad on June 30th, 2010 in Events, National Landlords Association NLA, Property Management, Property Market

Fiona Macaskill, winner of the south-west and green property women awards 2010

And the winner is…

Many congratulations to all the winners in this year's NLA Property Women Awards, in particular to Fiona Macaskill who won the South West Property Woman Award sponsored by Upad. A wonderful night was had by all (though James has forbidden any jokes about his Upad-purple bow tie...).... Read more

Posted by Sue @ Upad on June 25th, 2010 in Events, National Landlords Association NLA

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Buy-to-let register is ‘unworkable’

  The National Landlords Association is reported to have announced that it believes the Government’s proposed buy-to-let register will not succeed in rooting out bad landlords.   It said the plan, which would require anyone renting property to register each address, was “well-meaning, but flawed”. It also compared the scheme to a similar one in Scotland, which was branded “a complete... Read more

Posted by James @ Upad on June 5th, 2009 in National Landlords Association NLA, Property Rental

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