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Paragon lines up £85 million of landlord loans...
Buy to let specialist Paragon has advanced £8.8 million of loans and has a further £75 million of property investment deals in the pipeline, according to the lender’s interim management statement.
Corporate property investors pump cash in to student housing...
Big student housing developments are still continuing apace despite finance problems squeezing the rest of the residential property investment market.
Are you witnessing increasing rent defaults?
I’ve read a number of press releases and quoted many of them here in my Blog articles stating that circa 12% of tenants are in arrears. However, my own experience is less than 5% of my rents were...
What’s rental demand like in your town?
One of my employees is very worried at the moment as her landlord has severed notice to move back into the property and my employee can’t find another to rent in the part of the city she wants to...
Bank mortgage lending plunges to 1999 levels...
Bank mortgage lending slumped to the lowest for more than a decade during December as the housing market stalled.
Why some buy to let investors are losing faith in property...
Some buy to let landlords are having second thoughts about the reliability of property as a long term investment, according to research. Is this logical or is their logic flawed?
Bank of England Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions...
A link to the Bank of England’s latest report is here.
High hopes for more buy to let mortgage lending...
Buy to let mortgage brokers are among the most resilient optimists as more than half expect to help property investors purchase more homes to let this year. ...
Property firms ‘red flagged’ as insolvency risks...
Buy to let investors hiring property firms to refurbish homes should protect their finances by carrying out strict credit controls – especially if they are parting with up-front cash.
City landlords face first HMO selective licensing blitz...
Thousands of shared house landlords in Oxford are the first in England to meet strict new selective licensing guidelines as the city council takes on new powers.
Why you have to pay more than you owe to the taxman...
Taxpayers often ask why they have to pay more income tax than the amount they owe for the year when filing their self assessment returns.
The answer comes down to many taxpayers failing to realise what...
Mortgage lending slumps to lowest level for a decade...
Mortgage lending has slumped to the lowest level for a decade as banks and building societies tighten their grip on the housing market.
Mortgages and remortgage advances added up to £136 billion in 2010...
Councils take Shapps to court over HMO U-turn...
Councils protesting about a government U-turn over shared house planning laws have won the right to challenge the ruling in the High Court.
Landlords take HMO protest online...
Landlords have launched an online campaign against a council’s proposals to micromanage shared houses by introducing planning controls and extra licensing.
New lending rules may change housing market forever...
Poor mortgage market management by governments and greedy lenders is blamed for triggering the global financial crisis and hindering recovery in a blistering study.
Property couple’s £1 billion pound spending spree turns sour...
Property investors Brian and Mary Pat O’Donnell prospered in the boom times by buying up trophy office buildings in prime locations around the world, but are now fighting to hold on to their billion...
How changing interest rates affects inflation...
Prices are rising and the Bank of England is under pressure to raise interest rates to support the economy – but how does changing the interest rate affect what a family has to pay for food, fuel and...
Landlord faces jail for £60,000 benefits fiddle...
Landlord Lynne Hampson faces jail for cheating the benefits system out of thousands of pounds and even spent some of the cash on extending her luxury home with a swimming pool to take in more paying tenants.
House price figures deliver more nonsense values...
The monthly house price charade seems ridiculous when lenders and the government are still crunching the numbers for November when online stores and personal banking web sites can deliver real time stock...
Running a buy to let property – Landlord law FAQ...
Landlords are often fined huge sums in court for failing to maintain their properties. Some deserve their fines but many others are confused by the law and rely on advice from letting agents and other...