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Buy to Let Mortgage Fraudsters Jailed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A property developer and lawyer are starting jail sentences after admitting a series of buy to let frauds. Legal executive...

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Aborted Home Sales Run at Double the Rate of Completions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th January 2012, 14 years ago | 5

News Sourced by Property118 News Team New figures from conveyancing solicitors reckon home sales are failing at twice the number...

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Queen Leads the Olympic Rental Gold Rush

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Queen is leading the Olympic rental gold rush by letting out part of the grounds of Kensington Palace to...

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Developers Switch to Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Developers are looking at renting their homes instead of selling them as demand for buy to let hots up. As...

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Necessity is the Mother of Inventories

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords are losing cases when tenants complain about non-return of deposits because they are failing to take good property inventories....

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Buy to Let Mortgage War Hots up with New Deals for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let lenders have fired the first shots in the battle to win the hearts and minds of property...

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Homes at Auction 14% Cheaper than Estate Agent Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Homes under the hammer at auctions ended the year with a widening gap compared with the prices of property sold...

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Britain Faces Shortage of 1 million Homes by 2020

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let is expected to keep growing for the next few years as Britain faces a severe shortage of...

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Bank Rates Stay at 0.5% – But New Mortgages Cost More

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Bank of England has kept the base rate at 0.5% and pegged quantative easing at the previously agreed £275...

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Searching for the Truth About Buy to Let on Google

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2012, 14 years ago | 4

Buy to let pundits fill acres of space online and in the media talking up property investment – but most...

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Article 4 Directions – a Southampton Perspective

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Article 4 Directions for managing HMOs will only work if they are accompanied by good planning policies – a Southampton...

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Aldermore Announce 80% LTV

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2012, 14 years ago | 2

News Sourced by Property118 News Team Aldermore have increased the loan-to-value on its fixed buy to let range to 80%,...

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Sellers Sticking Out for High Prices ‘Hinder’ Housing Market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Estate agents are blaming sellers asking unrealistic prices for their homes as one of the reasons for a flatlining housing...

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Landlords Expecting Another Year of Bumper Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords are expecting another bumper for year of buy to let, according to research by a property investment lender. Just...

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Letting Agent Plans £8 Million Stock Market Float

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Lettings firm Belvoir intends to join the City’s Alternative Investment Market to raise capital for further expansion. The specialist lettings...

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Judge Hits Out at Buy to Let Lender’s Poor Underwriting

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A buy to let lender was slammed for a landlord mortgage of £166,500 without carrying out proper income checks in...

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Avoiding being ripped off by the Olympics

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

9th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Having written my article on the predicted downside of renting during the Olympics I thought I had better provide a...

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London Olympics – Fraud Warnings for Landlords

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

7th January 2012, 14 years ago | 1

You can’t be involved in housing and not be aware of the upcoming rent-fest that is going to be the...