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Best Places to Grab a Discount on House Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let investors searching for homes offering the best value need to look north, according to online portal Zoopla....

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Rents are Lower than Most Landlords Believe, Claims Belvoir

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Too many self-interest groups are inflating the real rents buy to let landlords are picking up, claims letting specialist Belvoir....

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Chance to Have your Say About Regulating Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 15 years ago | 9

Time is running out for buy to let investors in Wales who wish to make their feelings known about proposals...

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HMRC Loses Key Holiday Let Tax Case

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2012, 15 years ago | 4

The tax man has lost a key case that allows holiday let owners claim business property relief against inheritance tax....

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Ban for ‘Unfair’ Sale and Rent Back Firms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Firms buying homes and renting them back to struggling home owners who are often trying to avoid repossession have stopped...

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House Prices Drop Slightly in Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

House prices in East and Central Scotland have fallen over the past three months according to the latest house price...

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City Landlords Turn Empty Bank Offices into Luxury Flats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Hard pressed landlords are looking at switching tough to let offices in the square mile to swish apartments for City...

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Peterborough is the Buy to Let Star of the East

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Landlords in Peterborough are enjoying the best rental returns of anywhere – even the flying high yields in London, according...

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London Council Opens Letting Agency

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2012, 15 years ago | 9

A London council has set up the first local authority full management lettings agency for rental homes in the capital....

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Fight Fraud by Taking your Property Ex-Directory

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Live away property owners are urged to go ‘ex-directory’ in an anti fraud campaign by the Land Registry. In a...

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Cornwall is UK Property Hotspot for Second Homers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st February 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Cornwall keeps top spot as the favourite UK destination for second homers with 14,000 properties – almost double that of...

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Comparing Tenancy Deposit Protection Costs for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st February 2012, 15 years ago | 8

As a new tenancy deposit protection scheme opens for business, some landlords may be confused over the costs and benefits...

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House Prices Fail to Shift for 18 Months

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

House prices have stuck in a rut for 18 months and are unlikely to change much for at least year....

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First Blanket HMO Licensing Scheme Starts in Oxford

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2012, 15 years ago | 20

The countdown has begun to the start of the UK’s first HMO blanket licensing scheme that starts in Oxford. From...

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HMRC Tightens Tax Screw on Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The tax man is tracking down landlords with undeclared rental income by demanding lists of property clients from letting agents....

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Fed-up Residents Start Anti-Landlord Poster Protest

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 3

Student landlords are bearing the brunt of protests from residents fed up with noise and rowdy behaviour. Residents from neighbourhoods...

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Buy to Let Mortgage Conditions Eased

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 2

As the buy to let mortgage wars hot up, several lenders are easing their terms for landlords. Yorkshire Building Society...

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Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions – January 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The Bank of England has released the Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions for January 2012, calling the market ‘subdued’. They...