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Millions snubbed by mortgage lenders should turn to brokers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Mortgage borrowers who have loan applications rejected when they have directly approached lenders should consider looking for help from a...

Bank of England holds rates at 0.5% again

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Bank of England voted to keep base rates at 0.5% for another month and to keep quantative easing at...

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The BPF calls for land to be sold to the right people

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The British Property Federation has issued a word of caution over the distribution of the land set to be sold...

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Building bonanza sparked by plan for 100,000 homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Housing minister Grant Shapps has signalled a new homes building bonanza by kicking off plans to hand over thousands of...

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Housing Association in talks to trade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Knightstone, the south and west housing association, is looking to downsize its roster of properties they manage by trading with...

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Court closures could have knock on effects for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

With buy to let landlords experiencing total rent arrears of £284million from tenants not paying each month, the closure of...

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Falling house prices expected to stabilise later this year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

The Halifax House Price Index shows that house prices are continuing to fall slowly but signs of “moderate improvement” in...

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Directors banned for £3 million landbanking con

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Three landbanking scammers were disqualified as directors after they sold worthless farm plots at hugely inflated prices with the fake...

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Buy to let landlords maintaining their portfolio size

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Just one in one hundred buy to let landlords think now is a good time to reduce their portfolios, according...

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Property tax reliefs listed for scrapping

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Pay less stamp duty on a home in a ‘disadvantaged area’ is one of the 36 tax reliefs set for...

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Property prices finally seem to have hit the bottom

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

House prices were up 0.8% in April – the first time prices have crept above zero in 2011 and the...

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66 percent of adults under 45 years old have given up any thought of buying their own property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The pattern of home ownership in Britain is undergoing a major upheaval with nearly two thirds of adults under 45...

Mortgage Trust unveils its new buy to let package

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A new range of six buy to let mortgage products has been released by Paragon’s Mortgage Trust today, as well...

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Nationwide confirms lifeless housing market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Property prices are unlikely to bounce back strongly regardless of how the economy improves over the rest of the year,...

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Buy to let landlord refitted dangerous gas supply

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Tenants’ lives were at risk when gas was reconnected to dangerous fittings after a safety engineer cut off the supply...

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How property crooks cheat landlords out of cash

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Fraud investigators are warning landlords to watch out for crooks trying to cheat them out of cash. The overseas gangs...

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Buy to let mortgage rates cut by TMW

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2011, 15 years ago | 3

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has cut interest rates across some buy to let mortgages and launched a new fixed rate...

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Sluggish housing market flatlines for another month

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The property market looks to have settled as house sales and mortgage lending seem to follow trends set over the...