Property Market News

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...

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Landlord Possession Claims Increase

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlord possession claims increase as rent arrears are at their highest level for four years. The Government’s quarterly court statistics...

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Rightmove House Price Index Jumps by 3.5%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th October 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Rightmove House Price Index sees asking prices rebound post-Olympics this month by 3.5% an average of £8,310. This reported increase...

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NALS Conference 2012 – Mark Alexander is the closing speaker

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd October 2012, 14 years ago | 1

I’m honoured to have been invited to be the closing speaker at the NALS Conference this year. This is a...

The GOOD Landlords Campaign is Officially Launched

Author: Mark Alexander

27th September 2012, 14 years ago | 2

All GOOD Landlords want to differentiate themselves from the rogues and criminals which seem to get the lions share of...

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SpareRoom reports a massive rise in shared accommodation adverts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th September 2012, 14 years ago | 5

House shares with six or more bedrooms are the fastest-growing property type on the SpareRoom website as landlords react to...

Invitation from the Scottish Association of Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th September 2012, 14 years ago | 0

National Landlord Day, the major conference and exhibition from the Scottish Association of Landlords is now the largest landlord conference...

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NAEA Reports Effects of Olympics on the Housing Market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The housing market experienced an overall decrease in activity in July, according to the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA)....

New laws scrap ‘squatters rights’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st August 2012, 14 years ago | 25

What are your thoughts on the new laws scrapping squatters rights and making squatting a criminal offence? Squatting in residential...

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Mortgage fraud surges according to Experian

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd August 2012, 14 years ago | 9

Experian®, the global information services company, today revealed a 23 per cent jump in attempted mortgage fraud rates between April...

25 Year fixed rate BuytoLet Mortgage

Author: Neil Patterson

20th August 2012, 14 years ago | 7

The Manchester Building Society has launched two new 25 year fixed rate BuyToLet mortgage products with a 5.74%  and 5.99%...