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Housing Market Boosted by Surge in Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Surging buy to let mortgage applications have boosted mortgage valuations to record summer levels, according to surveyors. Property valuations for...

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Landlords Look to Families for the Future

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords are becoming more family orientated and buying bigger homes to rent, according to a buy to let mortgage lender....

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Financial Woes Stop 3 Million from Moving Home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Three million homeowners are staying put rather than moving home over concerns about jobs, money and mortgages. A lack of...

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Buy to Let Supply Dries Up as Demand Increases

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The availability of homes to rent is drying up as tenant demand continues to outstrip supply, according to letting agents....

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Homes ‘Crisis’ Will See Soaring Rents and House Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th August 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Home ownership is set to tumble back to levels last seen 30 years ago as house prices and rents are...

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Mortgage Lenders and HMRC Team up to Fight Fraud

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Mortgage lenders and the tax man are teaming up to beat fraudsters by checking income claims against tax returns and...

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Biggest Mortgage Lenders Dominate 81% of the Market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Big Six mortgage lenders account for 81.5% of all buy to let and home buyer mortgages in the UK,...

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Topsy-turvy House Prices Rise and Fall at the Same Time

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The topsy-turvy housing market has produced another crop of confusing statistics this month. The latest house price data from the...

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Minister Plans to Slash Small Company Accounts Red-tape

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th August 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Property investors running small companies could benefit from government plans to cut red-tape. Many property people run their buy to...

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Secret Home Sharers Can Run up Fines for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Sharing digs is booming in popularity as young home-seekers are failing to raise mortgages to buy properties of their own....

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Limited Options for Corporate Buy to Let Loans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2011, 15 years ago | 3

As the largest buy to let lender pulls out of the corporate buy to let market, landlords with companies now...

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Buy to Let Clubs Blamed for Ripping Off Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let property clubs that rip off landlords are blamed for rising rental home repossessions. The clubs ran relentless...

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Money Men Predict Surge in Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The case for investing in buy to let is moving into sharper perspective as financial firms with a vested interest...

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Ministers Rule Out Regulation for Letting Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Calls for regulating letting agents have met with a clear message from the government that it’s up to the businesses...

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Mortgage Lending Slumps Again

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Remortgaging is keeping the mortgage market ticking over as lending figures for July slumped again. Gross mortgage lending for the...

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More Britons are on the Move, as More Move In

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The UK is seeing a rising number of people uprooting to France while at the same time seeing more relocating...

Bank of England Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions August 2011

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Bank of England have released their Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions for August, and they have found a ‘subdued’ housing...

Human Rights Warning Over Satellite TV for Tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th August 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Landlords who say no to tenants who want to install satellite TV or broadband could infringe their human rights. Following...