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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2012, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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...

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Frustrated Sellers Forced to Consider Let-to-Move

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2012, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 years ago | 2

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