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Under the skin of the letting market

Here we share news and views on both the local letting market in & around Oxfordshire and all planned and recent legislation.


The Tenant Fees Ban 2019 – is your agent increasing your monthly management fee?

“If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs…”
You may be aware of the impending ban on charging tenant fees, which will come into effect on 1st June this year (Tenant Fees Act 2019). At the time of going to print, we have so far seen FIVE examples of agents writing to their landlords to tell them their monthly management fees are increasing by anything from 1% to 5% due to this change. The majority of the letters we have seen are from Oxfordshire-based agents.
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Uncertainty brings opportunities

 

The Letting Market in Oxfordshire has been intriguing in Quarter 1 (January, February and March) 2019. This tends to be a quieter time of year, and although the market has felt broadly similar year-on-year across our eight offices – with the smaller properties letting well – in some areas the family market has come to life much earlier. Overall, our teams have been working hard achieving over 400 lets in the first three months of the year.
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Charity of the Year 2019

Finders Keepers is delighted to announce that we have chosen Oxford Children’s Hospital Charity as our official charity partner for 2019. The new partnership will run throughout the year and we hope to raise £10,000 for the Oxford Children’s Hospital, which is based at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
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You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails

Given the level of uncertainty surrounding Brexit, making accurate forecasts on what 2019 holds for landlords is tricky to say the least. As such, our annual ‘predictions’ will be more of an outlook on the year ahead, based on what has happened across our eight offices over the last few months, and pure common sense.
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Have you got the right tool for the job?

It’s often more convenient to just use the implement in front of you to get a job done rather than spend time (and possibly money) sourcing the best one for the task. For example, you could hammer a screw into a piece of wood but it will likely make quite a mess. In the long run, you would be better off (in terms of both money and time) sourcing the right tool for the job.
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The Father Christmas of Trees

 

At Finders Keepers we are always keen to support our local communities whether that is through promoting local school fairs, getting involved in charity fundraising or organising our own events. During the Christmas period we thought it would be nice to donate something festive, so Sarah Carroll, Deputy Office Manager of our Central Oxford office contacted local schools to ask whether they would like any help with their Christmas activities.
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How to let your property in January

 

Tick off a New Year’s Resolution before Christmas

We are fast approaching the time of year when we all start to think about which goals we want to accomplish in the coming year. We make bold – but broad – claims about exercising more, stopping smoking, saving money or taking up a hobby. If your goal is to find a great tenant for your property we’ve got good news – we can help you tick this off your list before Christmas.

How you can tick off a resolution now
It’s a surprising fact that millions of people across the UK
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