Maxine Lester's Pedal for Pounds

 Maxine Lester Residential Lettings Sponsor Local charity Bike ride.

The staff at Maxine Lester Residential Lettings are fully behind the cycling team that are taking on this year’s Huge Day out Challenge – Pedal for Pounds  in more ways than...

Home ownership slides for first time in a century

The proportion ofowner-occupied homes in England and Wales has fallen to 64%, say new figuresanalysed from the latest Census conducted in 2011.

In 2001, the proportion was 69% – the peak of home ownership. Since then, the number of households buyi...

Landlord New Immigration Duites Under Fire

Private landlords will have to vet their tenants under new immigration laws announced in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech.

They will be legally responsible for checking the immigration status of potential tenants, with fines running into thousan...

The Best in the Area - Phil says so

PHIL SPENCER TO ANNOUNCE BEST AGENTS IN THE UK Maxine Lester’s the St Ives based agent has for the second year running reached the Finals in the Estate & Letting Agent Awards. The scheme recognises the best agents based on research conducted through...

Great News for Landlords - When is rent, rent?

Court of Appeal decision - when is a payment rent and when is it a deposit?

Just a quick newsflash to let you know that there has been an important Court of Appeal decision on tenancy deposits.

In the case of Johnson v. Old the tenant cl...

Tenants staying put as property shortage continues, says ARLA

Tenants are now staying in one property for 20 months, according to the latest research from the Association of Residential Letting Agents.

This figure is up year-on-year from an average of 19 months in the first quarter of last year, indicati...

Positive rental data for investors

Average rents increased, rent arrears dropped and lettings times became faster in the first quarter (Q1) of 2013, according to Countrywide.

The firm’s latest quarterly lettings index, based on over 50,000 properties, shows that rents rose...

April Newsletter

Firstly a belated thank you to those of you who popped your spare coats to us given the weather we have been having I know they went to some grateful people.Thanks also to those who of who voted for us in the recent ESTA awards. We were delighted to ...

Warning over danger electric appliances in rented properties

Landlords and their agents have been advised to be super-wary about electrical products that are already in their properties, plus any new ones supplied, such as fridge freezers, cookers and tumble dryers.

The warning comes after a continuing spa...

Legal Update

Gas flues

As reported in last year’s Newsletter and therefore from January 2013 it is now compulsory for all gas engineers to be able to inspect and see flues. Where we carry out the gas safety test for you we would have made sure that ...