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Housing Benefit NEWSFLASH

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

20th December 2011, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 years ago | 0

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

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Britain in Denial Over Possibility of Falling House Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Two-thirds of people believe house prices will not drop next year despite warnings from banks and governments that the global...

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1 in 7 Homes a Buy to Let … and the Number’s Growing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The number of buy to let properties has increased by 756,000 homes since 2007, according to the latest government housing...

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Tenants at Risk in 1 Million Shoddy Buy to Let Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 2

One in three buy to let homes have major safety hazards putting tenants at risk, claims a government survey of...

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Why are Social Housing Tenants Seen As Second Class Citizens?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

29th November 2011, 15 years ago | 44

As I read my way through developments in the housing world on a daily basis I see increasing reference to...

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House Sales Tumble to a 40 Year Low

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

House sales are expected to slump to a 40-year low with no expectation of the market improving next year. Property...

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British Sharers Pay the Highest Rents in Europe

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Sharers pay an average £360 per month for a room – which is 5% more expensive than anywhere else in...

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Landlord Forced Tenants to Share Cramped Rooms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlord Pavlos Chatzinopoulos was fined £2,515 for making tenants share with cramped rooms with tenants they did not know. Swindon...

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Buy to Let Lenders Boast Booming Borrowing Figures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let lender Paragon Mortgages profits rose 12% to almost £81 million thanks to landlords building on their portfolios....