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£7,500 chapel was cheapest property sold in March

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st May 2012, 14 years ago | 2

The cheapest property in England and Wales sold for just £7,500 in March. The stone-built Methodist Chapel in Felindre, Knighton,...

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Property hijacks prompt fraud alert from the FSA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Financial watchdog is alerting landlords to watch out for property hijacking by fraudsters and crooked mortgage brokers. The Financial Services...

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Corporates sink millions into student letting

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2012, 15 years ago | 5

Corporate investment in student letting was up 50% to £1.15 billion last year as rents and yields continue to go...

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88% of young adults can’t afford to buy a home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th April 2012, 15 years ago | 9

Seven out of eight young adults do not believe they can buy a home of their own in the next...

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Luxury home sales hit new high as rest of market falters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th April 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Sales of homes worth £2 million or more are rising – and most are in just four upmarket neighbourhoods of...

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Buy to let regulation vote delayed again by Eurocrats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th April 2012, 15 years ago | 0

European politicians have delayed voting on buy to let regulation and other key home loan proposals. The vote was scheduled...

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Pointless property spending ruined the UK economy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th April 2012, 15 years ago | 2

It’s not the money the government prints that triggers a resurgence in the economy, but the way everyone spends the...

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Newham council wants to traffic tenants out of London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th April 2012, 15 years ago | 11

Housing minister Grant Shapps has accused Newham Council, East London, of ‘playing politics with peoples’ lives’ over a radical plan...

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Landlords are the wrong target for buy to let regulation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2012, 15 years ago | 7

Landlords are the wrong target for buy to let regulation, according to the latest behind-the-scenes thinking. Regardless of the rights...

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Rising number of tenants struggle to pay rent, says ARLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Tenants are facing a financial struggle to pay their rents, according to the latest survey by the Association of Residential...

Principality 70% LTV buy to let rate revised

Author: Neil Patterson

19th April 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Principality has revised one of its two buy to let products upwards. The new rate at 4.99% has a low...

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Official UK house price data published for first time

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th April 2012, 15 years ago | 4

The first issue of UK house price data from the Office of National Statistics signals the start of a shift...

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UK split into “London” and “the rest” rent divide

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th April 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The great rental divide is splitting the UK as tenants in London pay double the amount for a comparable property...

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Confidence is high for buy to let landlords and brokers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th April 2012, 15 years ago | 3

Buy to let mortgage brokers are celebrating a buoyant first quarter of business as landlord demand for loans increased. Almost...

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Meet Mark Alexander at the Property Business Show

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Mark Alexander has been campaigning to make it compulsory for letting agents to have professional indemnity insurance and bonding for...

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MP campaigns to ban ‘To Let’ boards

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th April 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Rows of unsightly “To Let’ boards outside buy to let homes could be banned if MPs vote in favour of...

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Buy to let did boom in 2011 – it’s official!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th April 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let really did boom in 2011 – with the total up 12% on the previous year as 692,766...

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Landlords face tougher deposit protection rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2012, 15 years ago | 6

Landlords failing to protect a tenants buy to let deposit face tougher penalties under new laws that come in to...