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Rent prices still going up according to LSL

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Rents are raging out of control in some areas of the country as tenants desperate for a home gazump their...

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MPs urged to vote for measures to curb landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 3

A proposal urging MPs to vote for tighter regulation of private landlords is likely to be booted out of Parliament...

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Flatlining property market is as good as it gets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

The mortgage business is flatlining as buyers, sellers and lenders wait for the property market to jump start. The latest...

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Mortgage Express sets aside another £80 million for fraud

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Buy to let specialist Mortgage Express expects to write-off another £80 million to loan fraudsters and slack business practices this...

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Property paupers will rent for life, predicts think tank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Millions of would-be householders will turn in to a generation of property paupers as all hope of buying a home...

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One in three Brits predict house prices will rise in next year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Data from the recent Halifax Housing Market Confidence tracker reveals that a third of Britons expect house prices to rise...

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HMRC starts criminal cases against tax cheats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

HM Revenue and Customs is planning to flood the courts with criminal and civil cases against tax cheats after the...

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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...