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Putting Rental Homes on the Map for Commuters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Maps that show commuting times to a destination postcode are a great aid for landlords who want to highlight public...

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North-South Divide Flips the Other Way for House Sales

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The North may be lighting up the house sale statistics, but the number of homes changing hands is still down...

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Average Rent Down For Second Month in a Row

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The latest Homelet index found average rent prices dropped last month, only the second time it’s dropped in successive months...

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Judge Kicks Out Housing Benefit Legal Challenge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Judges have deemed new government rules to cap housing benefit and rental home sizes do not discriminate against poor families....

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House Prices and Sales are Still Stagnating

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Little has changed in the stagnant housing market over recent weeks, according to the latest market and price surveys. The...

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Counting Error Could Hold up Student Developments

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Universities in Oxford may have to put millions of pounds of developments on hold because protesters claim they have broken...

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Buy to let Borrowers Braced for New Lenders

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The buy to let mortgage market is set for changes as new lenders are ready to offer loans to property...

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House Prices Going Nowhere this Year, Says the Halifax

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

House prices are unlikely to change for the rest of the year, according to one of the UK’s largest mortgage...

Bank Gives £75 Billion Boost to Flatlining Economy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Interest rates are to stick at 0.5% for another month as the Bank of England tries to revive the flatlining...

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New Move to Combat Buy to Let Fraudsters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let lenders are making deals tougher for property investors who try and purchase off-plan or at below market...

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Buy to Let Mortgage Row Takes Another Turn in Europe

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Rows over the future of buy to let lending are raging on as the European Union debates ways to safeguard...

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£1,600 Fine for Landlord Who Ignored Licence Warnings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A landlord who ignored repeated warnings from a council that he should licence his property was fined £1,600. Leon White...

House Prices Set to Keep Falling

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Homebuyers dropping away from the housing market are likely to trigger further falls in prices over the next few months....

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City Slicker Landlords Cash In

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords with homes in cities have seen their properties rise in value by around 65% in the...

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CBI Challenges Government to Kick Start Housing Market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th September 2011, 15 years ago | 8

The government should remove the financial and planning constraints that are throttling the housing market in a bid to boost...

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Rent Arrear Calls up 84%, Claims Debt Charity

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Tenants who cannot afford to pay their rents are overwhelming helplines with SOS calls. The number of tenants in rent...

Finance firms named and shamed for poor customer service

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The worst banks and financial services firms picked up 1.1 million customer complaints in the first six months of the...

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New Tracker Lender for Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A new buy to let mortgage lender is about to enter the market with broker-only deals. The State Bank of...