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The latest Halifax House Price Index report has been released.  House prices in November were 2.1% higher than in the same month a year earlier with the average house price now £234,625. However, on a monthly basis, house prices rose by 1.0% and in the latest quarter (September to November) house prices were 0.2% higher than in the preceding three months (June to August. Russell Galley, Managing Director, Halifax, said: “Average house prices rebounded somewhat in Novembe

Something has come up and I am a tad worried about it, as I am not sure that I have correctly complied with the new laws. Prior to the new legislation, I always asked the tenant to pay the small fee (only £20) for their reference checks, making it clear that I wouldn't entertain renting to them without them being fully reference checked (i.e. their choice). I would of course sell this to them by rightly saying that it not only protected me, but the tenant too, since its an HMO an

Hello fellow landlords, I have a small portfolio of properties in Tower Hamlets. They introduced an Additional Licencing scheme throughout the borough in April. I'm just now starting to get the notices back and find that 3 of my 3-bed properties are only licence-able as 2-bed properties. 2 are with rooms 6square meters (51cm squared too small) and the other is 6.4 square meters, making it just 11 square cm too small for a habitable room. What are other landlords doing in these sit

Hello everyone. My name's Riccardo and I'd love to ask a few questions and hopefully get some good guidelines! A little introduction of me (better say us) We are 4 newbies on our early 30' sharing the dream and goal of running our own business and become entrepreneurs on the property business.We def want to step out the "rat race" we've been living so far and feel finally fulfilled for being able, I'd say, to be the very owners of our own time. We are living in Australia,Melbou

I would suggest it is a good idea to join Shelter’s Facebook page. It gives us the chance to comment and question them. Please be polite and ask simple questions like how many homes do they provide? How much cash reserves do they hold?...

Although the upcoming general election has grabbed all the headlines, letting agencies should not forget the important changes to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules that come into force on January 10th 2020. PayProp says that while the political future remains unsettled...

As we near the end of 2019, Propertymark has analysed its sales and lettings data to reveal trends from the year. ARLA Propertymark’s overview of the private rented sector: – The supply of rental accommodation increased in 2019...

The Crisis Christmas appeal is for donations of £28.87 to reserve someone a place for their support package this Christmas and introduce them to the education, training and support to help end their homelessness for good through Crisis’ year-round services....