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Amnesty For Tenancy Cheats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Illegal sub-letters have been given until July by A2Dominion Housing Group to hand over their keys in an amnesty announced...

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The rise and rise of buy to let in figures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The rise of buy to let as a major social phenomenon for households is reflected in the latest housing survey...

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Lenders Turn Up Buy to Let Heat on the EU

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2011, 15 years ago | 1

One of Britain’s largest landlord mortgage lenders has stepped up the pressure on Brussels not to regulate buy to let....

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Bridging lenders aim for £8 billion buy to let boost

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let lending is likely to increase by billions over the next three years as smaller, independent lenders come...

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New tenancy deposit protection laws on the way

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st June 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Discussions to change tenant deposit protection rules for landlords are going on behind closed doors, according to information leaked by...

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Home ownership beyond reach of ‘Generation Rent’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

High housing costs are hitting ‘Generation Rent’ hard, leaving them struggling to make ends meet. When utility bills, council tax...

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EU ready to regulate buy to let mortgages

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 2

The Council of Mortgage Lenders is not commenting on news that a major battle over regulating buy to let mortgages...

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Rent prices still going up according to LSL

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Rents are raging out of control in some areas of the country as tenants desperate for a home gazump their...

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New buy to let lender hits the market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Independent commercial finance and bridging specialist Crystal Mortgages has launched a new range of buy to let products for landlords....

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MPs urged to vote for measures to curb landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 3

A proposal urging MPs to vote for tighter regulation of private landlords is likely to be booted out of Parliament...

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Landlords forced out of housing benefit market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2011, 15 years ago | 5

As MPs debated the Welfare Reform Bill at report stage on Monday, 13 June, a survey by the National Landlords...

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Tenant panels to hold landlords to account

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today launched plans to give tenants greater support to hold their landlords to account. The...

How landlords can improve their chances in a dispute

Author: This article was written by guest author - Association of Independent Inventory Clerks

13th June 2011, 15 years ago | 3

The Tenant Deposit Scheme recently released shocking figures showing that only 19 per cent of disputes over tenants’ deposits are...

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Property paupers will rent for life, predicts think tank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Millions of would-be householders will turn in to a generation of property paupers as all hope of buying a home...

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Crunch time for home hunters who can’t buy or rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Britain is careering towards a housing crunch as an increasing number of home hunters cannot afford to rent or buy...

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Our survey says – there are too many property surveys

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Yet another property index is churning out data in a crowded market – this time for buy to let from...

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Top tips on short-term letting this summer

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 4

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) today issued top tips for landlords who are aiming to let their properties...

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Court closures could have knock on effects for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

With buy to let landlords experiencing total rent arrears of £284million from tenants not paying each month, the closure of...