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Matthew Fine

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They could make a start by checking the title to make sure it is the owner who is advertising the property. Too many let-2-let idiots in central London who do not care about the local community or their own reputation, some not even paying rent to the actual landlord. Pre-pandemic it was a nightmare in Marylebone and as soon as the pandemic hit, they all ran away-they will be back I am sure of it!

From: Matthew Fine 25 January 2022 10:24 AM

As a company who only rents property in Marylebone I would say they are completely wrong in their assessment of the market in this area. I guess having no office in Marylebone they are just sticking their finger in the air. In fact rental prices are now slightly higher than pre0pandemic levels, the lack of stock is enabling us to let properties within hours of them coming available! I would be delighted to review their evidence of a 13% fall in values and help them out as they plainly have no idea of what is happening in Marylebone!

From: Matthew Fine 16 December 2021 10:26 AM

Why are people still quoting +VAT with their fees!! It shows a lack of awareness of current legislation!

From: Matthew Fine 13 September 2021 09:59 AM

Trouble with that is you have to pay taxes to bring any monies on-shore.

From: Matthew Fine 16 November 2020 10:43 AM

If I am not mistaken repossessions are currently banned and will probably be extended by another 6 months.

From: Matthew Fine 02 November 2020 11:15 AM

Whist I do not disagree with your sentiments Kristjan the reality is that the public do not know/do not ask/do not care about who is an ARLA/NAEA/RICS qualified, they just want the property. They only seem to care when things go wrong. So trying to regulate the cowboy sector of short lets is only a money winner for councils/trade bodies. I gave up my membership of NAEA/ARLA years ago because not one of the public I asked know or cared about it!

From: Matthew Fine 29 October 2020 10:51 AM

At roughly 15% of there total property investment I would hardly call Legal & General switching to residential, they have been in the Build-to-rent market for may years not just because of Covid. This is more an advert than a fact based article.

From: Matthew Fine 17 September 2020 10:40 AM

Paul, correct me if I am wrong but it is not YOUR deposit, you are just a stakeholder until the end of the letting. I guess you will probably run out of estate agents to use if that is your attitude.

From: Matthew Fine 10 September 2020 12:20 PM

How about they check the actual owner of the property is the landlord, not some AST tenant who is illegally sub-letting it-that would go a long way to protect both their clients and customers.

From: Matthew Fine 10 August 2020 10:25 AM

It's very sweet of you Paul to call the city I live & work in a 'hellhole' but just remember this hellhole drives the whole of the UK market and without its engines running on full capacity the game is over. I can not wait for the day you post a positive comment about the property industry on this web site :)

From: Matthew Fine 22 July 2020 11:19 AM

What utter rubbish, no facts just someone spurting their unfounded opinion.

From: Matthew Fine 20 February 2020 10:15 AM

This has been going on in central london for over a decade not a few years. We are usually presented with a company name which has a web site but when you look at who owns the web site and when it was constructed it gives the game away. Regular inspections are a good idea in principle but you can't just turn up at the property you need to book an acceptable time with the tenants and they can manipulate the situation to make sure they are in attendance when you come round. Checking Airb&B from time to time to see if any of your properties appear there is a good idea and we usually find other occupants of the building tip us off. In reality when you speak to them and show them evidence of their sub-letting they stop paying rent and await eviction which costs your client a minimum of 3 months lost rent and ultimately your reputation.

From: Matthew Fine 20 November 2019 12:41 PM

This is just a small taste of what a Labour government would do. No understanding of how the real market works.

From: Matthew Fine 08 November 2019 10:56 AM

I know of one middle eastern country where if you have a debt which is held up in court they will not let you leave the country until the debt is satisfied. Perhaps the UK should adopt this.

From: Matthew Fine 16 September 2019 10:38 AM

How can you compare the Labour party of Blair with this current bunch of left wing nutters - Blair was a middle ground champagne socialist, this lot are communist nutters.

From: Matthew Fine 02 September 2019 10:27 AM

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