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Landlords urged to only deal with ‘safe’ letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Letting agents are urging landlords to make sure they only do business with firms offering a money protection scheme. Firms...

How to calculate the amount you can borrow on a buy to let mortgage

Author: Neil Patterson

16th May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

“How much can I borrow?” is a question I am asked on a daily basis and thought I would assist...

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Housing benefit rules breach disabled rights, says court

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2012, 14 years ago | 4

The government’s housing benefits policy is in disarray as judges have ruled a crucial test to confirm how big a...

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Third of Landlords Ready to Buy More Rental Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Nearly a third of landlords have plans to buy more rental property this year, according to specialist buy to let...

Buy to Let remortgaging is now possible inside 6 months

Author: Neil Patterson

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Mortgage Trust will now consider remortgaging a property inside 6 months of the date of purchase, but only if there...

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MPs urge ministers to open pensions to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Calls to boost buy to let by upgrading pensions to include residential property are gathering momentum in Parliament. An influential...

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Task force targets criminal ‘beds in sheds’ landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Beds in sheds landlords are the target of a new government campaign to crack down on shoddy housing. Housing minister...

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Landlords ask courts to evict 65 tenants every day

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords filed nearly 6,000 claims to evict tenants in the first three months of the year, according...

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Paris Overtakes London for Rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

London has dropped to second in the rankings for most expensive capital to rent in as rents in Paris takes...

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Buy to Let warning over leased solar panels

Author: Neil Patterson

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Landlords looking to install or purchase properties with solar panels using a 25 year lease agreement need to think twice...

Buy to Let Arrangement Fees Reduced by Godiva and Platform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Coventry Building Society has cut rates and fees on buy to let loans through subsidiary Godiva. Two year fixed...

1 in 5 Mortgage Applications are for Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage applications make up one in five of all home loan applications, according to one of the...

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‘Buoyant’ buy to let lending sinks by 5%, lenders report

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let borrowing was down 5% in the first three months of the year after a barnstorming end to...

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Property business pre-nups can stop family feuds

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Money and blood often don’t mix – which is why so many families go to war over their ‘fair share’...

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Tenants quiz landlords over permission to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Let to buy landlords who move and rent out their home because they cannot sell the property are finding more...

Property Values vs Interest Rates

Author: Mark Alexander

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 15

A question that came up in conversation this evening whilst in the car on the way back from my fiancée’s offices...

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Confidence in housing market is falling, say estate agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

House price confidence is dropping away as prices fall and buyers melt away, according to estate agents. One in five...

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Buy to let shines as mortgage lending slumps to 40 year low

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let lending was the only bright point in a year when mortgage lending slumped to the lowest levels...