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More surveys confirm North/South property divide

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents slipped back 4.3% to an average £919 a month in May, according to letting agents haart....

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DPG and Zoopla merger finally completes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st June 2012, 14 years ago | 1

The merger of Zoopla and Digital Property Group has been officially announced, finally; the deal was struck last October and...

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What’s Hot this week on the Property Tribes Forum

Author: Mark Alexander

1st June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

There are so many valuable discussions for Landlords going on over on Property Tribes this week I thought I would...

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Rent Costs Buy to Let Tenants More Than Half their Pay

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th May 2012, 14 years ago | 7

Rent costs nearly a third of buy to let tenants 50% or more of their take home pay, according to...

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Cheapest homes in England sell for just £8,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The cheapest homes in England and Wales were sold for just £8,000 in April, according to the latest Land Registry...

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Landlords in Wales must sign up for licence to let homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Thousands of buy to let and shared house landlords in Wales will have to sign up to a register before...

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London buy to let rents 78% higher than rest of UK

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

London rents are 78% higher than those in the rest of the country, according to the latest figures from landlord...

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Build to let is answer to UK housing problems, says industry

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

The government is failing low income householders as buy to let rents rise, despite cutting housing benefits to try to...

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Bank of England Inflation Report and Economic Roundup

Author: Neil Patterson

18th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

“When is the Bank of England base rate going up?” is the most frequent question I am asked by property...

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Will Greeks mass migrate to the UK?

Author: Mark Alexander

18th May 2012, 14 years ago | 8

Having thought through the economic problems in Greece I have to ask the question, will Greeks mass migrate to the...

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London council wants to licence 35,000 buy to lets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Newham Council has completed stage one of a grandiose plan to licence 35,000 buy to let tenancies. The Labour-led council...

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Landlords urged to only deal with ‘safe’ letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Letting agents are urging landlords to make sure they only do business with firms offering a money protection scheme. Firms...

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Housing benefit rules breach disabled rights, says court

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2012, 14 years ago | 4

The government’s housing benefits policy is in disarray as judges have ruled a crucial test to confirm how big a...

Buy to Let Arrangement Fees Reduced by Godiva and Platform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Coventry Building Society has cut rates and fees on buy to let loans through subsidiary Godiva. Two year fixed...

1 in 5 Mortgage Applications are for Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage applications make up one in five of all home loan applications, according to one of the...

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Tenants quiz landlords over permission to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Let to buy landlords who move and rent out their home because they cannot sell the property are finding more...

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Confidence in housing market is falling, say estate agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

House price confidence is dropping away as prices fall and buyers melt away, according to estate agents. One in five...

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Buy to let shines as mortgage lending slumps to 40 year low

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let lending was the only bright point in a year when mortgage lending slumped to the lowest levels...