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Landlords warned to be insured against arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

With rents still continuing to rise, insurance provider LetRisks is urging to buy to let landlords to ensure they are...

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Londoners earning less than £52,000 can’t afford to rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Renters in London need to earn around £52,000 to let a buy to let home, according to figures from homeless...

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New call for government to regulate letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The government needs to take action to protect consumers by regulating unscrupulous letting and estate agents, urges the Royal Institution...

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Tentative reaction to new planning rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Following the release of the amended draft of the National Planning Policy Framework, reaction has been fairly positive. The streamlining...

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Buy to let rents predicted to rise by 20% in five years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let entrepreneurs can only finance around a quarter of the £200 billion investment needed in property over the...

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Who updates the buy to let mortgage calculator?

Author: Neil Patterson

26th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Hi it’s me for my sins I started my career in banking in 1990 (when I was 8!) and on...

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London rents hit almost double the rest of the UK

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords are picking up almost double the average monthly rent in London compared to property investors in...

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Insuring against the risks of non-payment of rent

Author: Mark Alexander

25th March 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Tenant Referencing comes in many guises but in this article I am going to focus on how landlords can outsource...

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Buy to Let lead generator

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

A new piece of lead generation software has been created by Property118.com to help businesses providing services to landlords to...

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Free data lifts house price curtain for nosy neighbours

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Property investors and nosy neighbours can drill down in to the Land Registry’s house sales data for free under new...

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Budget 2012 missed a chance for property tax reform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget 2012 was a chance missed for reforming property tax, says the industry. Many are also breathing...

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NAEA Unhappy with Budget Announcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Following George Osbourne’s Budget announcement, NAEA have offered a damning response as Wendy Evans-Scott, President of the National Association of...

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HMO landlords wait for article 4 test case

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2012, 14 years ago | 2

As councils across the country ramp up their campaign against student landlords and houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), the Residential...

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Cameron’s housing benefit gaffe exposed by councils

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th March 2012, 14 years ago | 13

Prime Minister David Cameron’s claim that buy to let landlords are dropping rents in response to the Government’s welfare reforms...

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Landlords blamed for buying up family homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Councillors are blaming student landlords for a shortage of affordable homes for families that is ‘distorting’ the housing market. Now,...

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The world’s best and worst housing markets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The secret’s finally out about the best performing international house markets for property investors over the past decade – and...

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Commercial Mortgage and Development Finance Lenders open for business

Author: Mark Alexander

17th March 2012, 14 years ago | 29

If you are a regular reader of our news and blogs here on Property118 you may have noticed that in...

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Rents drop again for buy to let landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents nudged down by 0.6% in February – the third fall in the past year, according to...