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Experian launches rent payment profile for tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th March 2012, 14 years ago | 35

Missing a rent payment could affect a tenant’s credit rating as one of the largest credit checking firms opens a...

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Letting agent complaints soar by 26% says The Property Ombudsman

Author: Mark Alexander

14th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Complaints against rogue letting agents surged by 26% to more than 7,600 in 2011, according to independent adjudicator The Property...

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Buy to let mortgage flood overwhelms lenders

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let lenders are squeezing the availability of loans as funding problems ripple out through the industry. Landlords are...

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Lettings super search engine set to take on Rightmove

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords and letting agents could see Rightmove’s crown slip in the rental market as a new pretender steps up –...

Landlords safe from Bank of Ireland mortgage rate hike for now

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2012, 14 years ago | 9

Landlords with Bank of Ireland buy to let loans can breathe a sigh of relief as mortgage interest rates are...

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Rents are cooling – but tenants still expect to pay more

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let rent increases are slowing down – but 60% of tenants still expect to pay more to landlords...

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Property investors target better yields

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Property investors are targeting high-yielding HMOs and commercial property in a switch away from buy to let, according to a...

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Let to buy is soaring, say lenders and letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The broken housing market is pushing more accidental landlords into the buy to let market, according to lenders and letting...

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Buy to let frenzy leads to 110% rise in bridging finance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let investors looking for money to close deals pushed loan values for short term bridging lenders up 110%...

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Give landlords more tax relief, RLA urges Chancellor

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Chancellor George Osborne should give buy to let owners a new tax deal to stimulate more investment in private rented...

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Bank wants to pry into your personal spending

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Mortgage underwriters are set to ask borrowers detailed personal questions about their spending habits as the banks tighten up lending...

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Agents’ summary of business conditions February 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – The Bank of England have released their agents’ summary of business conditions...

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Property firm’s £250,000 income claim was misleading

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A property firm offering dream incomes of £250,000 in 25 weeks could offer no evidence the claims were true, according...

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Fizzy hopes bubbly buy to let profits will boost social housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd February 2012, 14 years ago | 3

A cash-rich housing association is looking to buy to let to generate funds for social housing. Thames Valley Housing Association...

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Tenants call for tougher action against criminal landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Tenants are calling for tighter action against criminal landlords who badly manage their homes or charge rip-off fees. The protest...

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Property people get ready for new EPC rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st February 2012, 14 years ago | 46

Landlords and letting agents must comply with a streamlined energy performance certificate scheme from April. The government has given the...

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Get ready for new deposit protection rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2012, 14 years ago | 17

Tough deposit protection rules start soon that close loopholes that let landlords escape fines by returning money to tenants on...

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Just two towns defy property price slump

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

House prices in just two towns as high now than at the peak of the housing bubble in 2007, according...