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What is Rent Guarantee Insurance?

Author: Jason McClean

22nd March 2016, 10 years ago | 0

Rent Guarantee Insurance in a nutshell is a financial product that protects you against loss of rent if your tenant...

Student property purchases surge ahead of stamp duty hike

Author: Jason McClean

16th March 2016, 10 years ago | 1

The first quarter of 2016 has seen a surge in investors buying student property in order to beat the imminent...

Average tenant pays £40,000 in rent over five years

Author: Jason McClean

4th March 2016, 10 years ago | 9

The average tenant in England has paid £41,196 to their landlords over the last five years, according to new analysis....

Top locations popular with renters

Author: Jason McClean

24th February 2016, 10 years ago | 0

Buy to let hotspots by location start at £75,000 with good investment opportunities and capital gains available to landlords despite...

Insurance Explained – What is Landlord Insurance?

Author: Jason McClean

22nd February 2016, 10 years ago | 8

Here at Property118 we want to make things as simple and straightforward as possible. That’s why we GUARANTEE to beat...

Demand increases around London tube stations in Zones 5 and 6

Author: Jason McClean

19th February 2016, 10 years ago | 1

Property demand across the London tube network has decreased to 35%, a fall of 3%, according to the latest Property...

Evolution of Bridging Finance

Author: Malcolm Jones

16th February 2016, 10 years ago | 0

Pre-credit crunch, bridging finance was often referred to as lending of last resort. However, this perception has changed dramatically since...

Now is a good time for Landlords to carry out mid-tenancy inspections

Author: Jason McClean

10th February 2016, 10 years ago | 4

Landlords are being urged to carry out mid-tenancy inspections of their rental property, with February being the optimum time to...

Demand from renters to accelerate past a million

Author: Jason McClean

3rd February 2016, 10 years ago | 5

Demand for rented homes will rise by more than one million households over the next five years, according to analysis...

Parking spaces add up to 13% to the cost of new properties

Author: Jason McClean

26th January 2016, 10 years ago | 1

Less than a fifth of new build properties in London include a parking space in the purchase price, compared to...

Shawbrook reduce interest rates and arrangement fees

Author: Malcolm Jones

14th January 2016, 11 years ago | 0

With the proposed increase in stamp duty (additional 3%), restriction of tax relief on interest payments and changes to the...

London falls from the top 10 European cities for property investment

Author: Jason McClean

13th January 2016, 11 years ago | 0

For the first time since 2012, London has slipped out of the top 10 best cities in Europe for property...

Energy efficiency is a top priority for tenants in 2016

Author: Jason McClean

7th January 2016, 11 years ago | 1

A fifth of tenants consider cost-effective central heating to be a must, according to a new study. As the winter...

UK rents decrease by 0.4% in November

Author: Jason McClean

18th December 2015, 11 years ago | 1

The annual rate of increase for residential rents in the UK has fallen from 3.9% to 2.9% after dropping 0.4%...

Buy To Let mortgages could require a 50% deposit in the future

Author: Jason McClean

8th December 2015, 11 years ago | 4

Experts have predicted that the buy to let market is moving towards a situation where only those with a 50%...

UK home buyers consider conveyancing process to be out of date

Author: Jason McClean

4th December 2015, 11 years ago | 0

The legal conveyancing process undertaken as part of buying a home in the UK is often seen as too complicated...

The easiest and hardest places to sell a house in the UK revealed

Author: Jason McClean

2nd December 2015, 11 years ago | 2

The hardest place to sell a house is London’s W postcode, according to new research which has examined 8,500 house...

UK tenants want to be allowed to decorate their properties reveals new survey

Author: Jason McClean

20th November 2015, 11 years ago | 4

Tenants are willing to pay more if they are allowed to decorate their homes, according to new research. Tenants would...