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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...

Green Deal Firm to Pay Agents £1,000 for Landlord Leads

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Landlords who carry out work to upgrade buy to let properties under the Green Deal could be paying out up...

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Student City Home Prices Outpace Other Property Values

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

House prices in university towns are increasing faster than average – with property values in ‘new’ university towns rising the...

Letting Agent Disputes at a 20 year High, say AIIC

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th August 2011, 15 years ago | 1

After receiving the highest number of complaints against letting agents for 20 years, the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks have...

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Landlords Refinance Rather than Buy New Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords are realigning their property finances rather than purchasing more homes for their portfolios. The latest buy...

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UK Negative Equity Blackspots Revealed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

New research from mortgage lenders reveals negative equity black spots across the UK. Around 827,000 homes were in negative equity...

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Rents are Still Rising According to Homelet

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Rents are still trickling up, according to Homelet’s latest Rental Index for July as the average rent rose to £767...

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Seven Tenants Chasing Each Home for Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Up to seven new tenants are competing to rent each home- and the gap between available properties and the number...

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Peace in the war between landlords and tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Forget the odd moans and gripes between those traditional enemies landlords and tenants – the majority get on just fine....

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Auction homes sell for 25% below market value

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The average cost of a home bought at auction is 25% below market value, according to new research. The same...

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East London house prices race up due to Olympics

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Property investors with homes near East London’s Olympic Stadium are seeing house prices sprint ahead of the rest of the...

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Revealed – UK cities with the most overpriced homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th July 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Oxford homes are the most overpriced in the country, according to an online survey. Two thirds of people think homes...

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Council wants to invest taxpayer cash in buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd July 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Councillors want to dabble in property investment by spending millions on purchasing ‘substandard’ buy to let homes. The plan is...