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NAEA Unhappy with Budget Announcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2012, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 years ago | 0

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

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Experian launches rent payment profile for tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th March 2012, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 years ago | 6

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