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Frustrated Sellers Forced to Consider Let-to-Move

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2012, 14 years ago | 11

Frustrated sellers are turning into reluctant landlords as the stagnating housing market in some areas has driven buyers away. Around...

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Benefit Cuts Price Poor Families Out of Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Rents of around a third of private rented homes in Britain are beyond the financial reach of the poorest families...

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‘Rescue Schemes’ Closed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Nine Leeds-based companies have been shutdown after they preyed on investors already duped by landbanking scams. Each company claimed to...

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Localism and Tenancy Deposits

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

3rd January 2012, 14 years ago | 7

As regular readers of P118 will know, the rocky road of tenancy deposits was pretty much a farce from its...

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Estate Agents Predict House Prices Will Drop in 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd December 2011, 14 years ago | 2

House prices are likely to drop by an average 3% over the coming year, predict estate agents. The number of...

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London Rent Gap Widens to 80% More Than the Rest of the UK

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st December 2011, 14 years ago | 1

The rent gap between London and the rest of the country means tenants are paying an average 80% more to...

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Homes Drop in Value by £131 Billion in Five Years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

An eye-watering £131 billion has been wiped off the value of homes in the UK over the past five years,...

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Bank of England Agents’ summary of business conditions December 2011

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st December 2011, 14 years ago | 2

The Bank of England Agents’ summary of business conditions December 2011 has been released, reporting a “softening housing market”. First...

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Housing Benefit NEWSFLASH

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

20th December 2011, 14 years ago | 18

For months now, those of us in the housing advice world have been watching the slow motion car crash that...

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Appeal Court Rejects HMO Legal Challenge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2011, 14 years ago | 3

Local councils have lost their fight in the courts to overturn the government’s house in multiple occupation planning laws. After...

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Nearly 3,000 Sign Up For Petition Against Buy to Let Mortgage Laws

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2011, 14 years ago | 12

Nearly 3,000 people have signed an online government petition against the regulation of buy to let mortgages under new European...

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Rising rents stall but will go up, say letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Rents have eased back for the first time in almost a year – dropping around £7 a month to an...

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Landlords are Pawns in Battle for Control of London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2011, 14 years ago | 17

Landlords have become embroiled in a bitter battle for the election of the new London Mayor as candidates have made...

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Tenants Will Skip Rent to Pay for Christmas, says Shelter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2011, 14 years ago | 17

Homeless charity Shelter is predicting thousands of tenants will skip their rents to pay for Christmas. Renters are putting festive...

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Santander Joins Buy to Let Mortgage Frenzy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2011, 14 years ago | 6

Santander has joined the buy to let lending frenzy with a range of purchase and remortgage deals for landlords. The...

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Below Market Value Agent Advertised Misleading House Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2011, 14 years ago | 1

Estate agents quoting misleading below-market-value home sale prices have been reprimanded by the advertising watchdog. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)...

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Getting Letting Agents to Bid for Your Business

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2011, 14 years ago | 1

Landlords can take the strain out of comparing letting agents to find the best deal with a new online service....

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House prices in Scotland Unmoved

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

House prices in Scotland have remained fairly constant, offering only small rises for larger properties and slight drops in smaller...