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Compulsory Licencing of UK Letting Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2012, 14 years ago | 7

As stories of Letting Agents who cease trading owing large sums of money continue be reported, Norwich based landlord Mark...

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RLA Counter Shelter’s Five Point Plan

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – Following Shelter’s five point plan to step up its fight against rogue...

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Buy to Let Lending Under the Microscope for 2011

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords added 84,000 rental properties to their portfolios in 2011, according to the latest figures from mortgage...

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Buy to Let Set to Take Over as the New Social Housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

News Sourced by Property118 News Team The rise of buy to let is more about the decline of social housing...

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Cloud Over Builders may have Silver Lining for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Buy to let looks to continue to prosper as surveyors presented a drab picture of the construction industry. The government...

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Best Places to Grab a Discount on House Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let investors searching for homes offering the best value need to look north, according to online portal Zoopla....

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Rents are Lower than Most Landlords Believe, Claims Belvoir

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Too many self-interest groups are inflating the real rents buy to let landlords are picking up, claims letting specialist Belvoir....

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Chance to Have your Say About Regulating Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 14 years ago | 9

Time is running out for buy to let investors in Wales who wish to make their feelings known about proposals...

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Ban for ‘Unfair’ Sale and Rent Back Firms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Firms buying homes and renting them back to struggling home owners who are often trying to avoid repossession have stopped...

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City Landlords Turn Empty Bank Offices into Luxury Flats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Hard pressed landlords are looking at switching tough to let offices in the square mile to swish apartments for City...

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Peterborough is the Buy to Let Star of the East

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Landlords in Peterborough are enjoying the best rental returns of anywhere – even the flying high yields in London, according...

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London Council Opens Letting Agency

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2012, 14 years ago | 9

A London council has set up the first local authority full management lettings agency for rental homes in the capital....

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Fight Fraud by Taking your Property Ex-Directory

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Live away property owners are urged to go ‘ex-directory’ in an anti fraud campaign by the Land Registry. In a...

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Comparing Tenancy Deposit Protection Costs for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st February 2012, 14 years ago | 8

As a new tenancy deposit protection scheme opens for business, some landlords may be confused over the costs and benefits...

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House Prices Fail to Shift for 18 Months

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

House prices have stuck in a rut for 18 months and are unlikely to change much for at least year....

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Courts Crack Down on Landlords Flouting Gas Safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Magistrates are getting tough with landlords who flout gas safety rules by handing down hefty fines. Buy to let homes...

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Buy to Let Yields Outpaced Pensions Over Last Decade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Returns on buy to let have outpaced other investments over the first decade of this century, according to a property...

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Oxford Landlord Fined Over Gas Safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A landlord in Oxford has been fined £2,000 and over £2,000 in costs after repeatedly failing to obtain a gas...