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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...

All change on the buy to let mortgage front

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Co-Operative Bank buy to let mortgage customers can breathe a sigh of relief as the wholesale scrapping of interest only...

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HMO landlord pays £13,000 for ignoring repair order

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A shared house landlord who ignored council orders to upgrade his property was ordered to pay more than £13,000 in...

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Pets are not a landlord’s best friend

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

With former homeowners being forced back into the rental market, The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has warned landlords to...

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Landlord stories – what’s yours?

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Many of the best read articles on Property118 are landlord stories, what’s great, what’s hot and what’s not. This is...

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Landlord hopes sink over buy to let flood insurance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The likely results of losing flood insurance are sinking-in to landlords with at risk property as much of the country...

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Landlords ready to sink more cash in to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords are still purchasing more buy to let homes, according to research by a mortgage lender. Property investors piled cash...

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Property hijacks prompt fraud alert from the FSA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Financial watchdog is alerting landlords to watch out for property hijacking by fraudsters and crooked mortgage brokers. The Financial Services...

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Corporates sink millions into student letting

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Corporate investment in student letting was up 50% to £1.15 billion last year as rents and yields continue to go...

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Buy to let regulation vote delayed again by Eurocrats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

European politicians have delayed voting on buy to let regulation and other key home loan proposals. The vote was scheduled...

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Newham council wants to traffic tenants out of London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th April 2012, 14 years ago | 11

Housing minister Grant Shapps has accused Newham Council, East London, of ‘playing politics with peoples’ lives’ over a radical plan...

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Landlords drop housing benefit tenants as cuts bite

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 22

Tenants on housing benefits are struggling to rent buy to let homes as landlords withdraw from the market. The market...

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Landlords are the wrong target for buy to let regulation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 7

Landlords are the wrong target for buy to let regulation, according to the latest behind-the-scenes thinking. Regardless of the rights...

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Never mind “The Mouse That Roared” … how about “The tenant that mooooo’d!!”?

Author: Vanessa Warwick

23rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 5

When it comes to being a Landlord, whether you self-manage or have a fully managed service, tenant referencing is a...

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The Great PRS Licencing Debate

Author: Mark Alexander

20th April 2012, 14 years ago | 7

Whilst there were only 50 delegates at the event the speakers were all very high profile. The debating panel included...

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Landlord claim for CGT relief kicked out by tax tribunal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2012, 14 years ago | 12

Landlords who have switched personal property investments into a company cannot claim capital gains tax reliefs on the transfers, according...