Property Market News

The 2013 buy to let goldrush

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd April 2013, 13 years ago | 13

I have had a ‘gut feeling’ that the property market would turn in 2013 for at least four years, however,...

Bank of Ireland 2.99% five year fixed rate sparks outrage

Author: Mark Alexander

25th March 2013, 13 years ago | 3

Customers of The Post Office are controversially being offered a 2.99% five year fixed rate by Bank of Ireland just...

Bankers advice resulted in collapse of my property business

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th March 2013, 13 years ago | 4

IRHP stands for Interest Rate Hedging Protection. So how can a form of “protection” result in the collapse of a...

Class Action Litigation BOI + Bristol and West Mortgages

Author: Mark Alexander

5th March 2013, 13 years ago | 28

As you have probably heard, Bank of Ireland (BOI) and Bristol and West have advised borrowers who took tracker rate...

Major buy to let lender shuns benefits tenants

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd February 2013, 13 years ago | 11

Mortgage Brokers across the UK have been advised by Nationwide Building Society’s specialist buy to let mortgage arm (The Mortgage...

Rental Gazumping in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2013, 13 years ago | 2

That ‘G’ word is back in town! Yes, boys and girls, Rental Gazumping in London is here and knocking on...

Innovative New Lettings Portal in Free Trial Phase

Author: Mark Alexander

10th February 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Landlord and Guest House owner Cosmo Anayiotos has launched an innovative new lettings portal to enable landlords to maximise their...

20 Hot Tips for Property Investors

Author: Mark Alexander

31st January 2013, 13 years ago | 0

I’ve put together a secret page called “20 Hot Tips for Buy to Let Property Investors”. This page contains links to...

Rent Guarantee Insurance for LHA Tenants

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd January 2013, 13 years ago | 5

I suspect very few of our readers expected to see the words Rent Guarantee Insurance and LHA Tenants in the same headline!...

Rightmove forecasts 2% house price rise in 2013

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Rightmove have released their December House Price Index and along with that have made some bold predictions for property prices...

Cheval Bridging Finance – lender closes down

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Cheval’s caption “stress free bridging” could not be further from the truth today. Cheval is closing its doors to bridging...

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Rightmove Rental Forecast for 2013

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Rightmove have released their forecasts for the private rental market for 2013. The following is a summary report and their full report...

HMO Licensing Fees – Oxford Council Humiliated

Author: Mark Alexander

17th November 2012, 14 years ago | 16

Further to my rant about HMO Licensing Fees on 16th October one of my readers decided to submit a Freedom...

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Student Buy to Let – 100% mortgages available to students!

Author: Mark Alexander

16th November 2012, 14 years ago | 22

Seriously, this is NOT a wind up! Our regulated mortgage broker of choice has informed us of a deal that...

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Novice Landlords Vulnerable to Deposit Disputes warns AIIC

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Novice landlords are at risk of deposit disputes as many are failing to prepare all the correct paperwork, warns the...

Scottish Landlords – Tenancy Deposit Protection Deadline TODAY!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Do you let out a property in Scotland? The deadline for protecting your tenancy deposits is TODAY, Tuesday the 13th...

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Scotland’s private rents rise to new high

Author: Readers Question

4th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Ahead of Scotland’s largest gathering of landlords in Edinburgh, at the sold-out National Landlord Day Conference on 6 Nov, the...

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Capping rents is not the answer to housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2012, 14 years ago | 1

A Press Release issued today by  suggests that addressing the current housing crisis by capping rents will lead to poorer...