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Revealed – the great leasehold service charge rip-off

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th June 2012, 14 years ago | 21

It’s likely that if you own a leasehold buy to let property that you have been a victim of the...

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Buy to let here to stay and will only grow, says Shelter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let is here to stay and even more families will have to rent if the economy does not...

My first intentional property investment – part 1

Author: Mark Alexander

11th June 2012, 14 years ago | 15

The story began in 1989 when I purchased a property which I soon realised I couldn’t afford to live in....

85% Buy to Let is back with Kent Reliance

Author: Neil Patterson

11th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

85% loan to value borrowing is back with Kent Reliance Launching two new mortgage products. These are both variable rates at...

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ARLA Call on Landlords to Think Green

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th June 2012, 14 years ago | 1

The Green Deal has fallen on deaf ears according to the latest research from the Association of Residential Letting Agents....

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Student landlords face planning postcode lottery

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th June 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Inconsistent planning policies for student landlords are making some cities no-go zones for property investors. The problems arise from ‘article...

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Estate agent secretly tried to let home he should have sold

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

An estate agent tried to make some money on the side by renting an empty home he was trying to...

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House prices expected to stagnate for rest of 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

House prices are stagnating and are expected to stay the same for the rest of the year, according to one...

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Euro MPs kick out EU buy to let mortgage regulation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Buy to let mortgage lenders are sighing with relief after the European parliament voted to exclude landlord loans from tough...

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Bank of England base rate remains at 0.5%

Author: Neil Patterson

7th June 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Hardly surprising, but still good news for borrowers is that the Monetary Policy committee voted to keep the Bank Base...

Buy to let semi-exclusive rates are made available by BM Solutions

Author: Neil Patterson

7th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

BM Solutions are making semi-exclusive products available to their preferred broker sources showing they still have an appetite and spare funds available...

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Predictions for #Euro2012 from top sports lawyers >

Author: Mark Alexander

7th June 2012, 14 years ago | 1

This article has nothing whatsoever to do with Property but I suspect several of our readers will be following the...

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More surveys confirm North/South property divide

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents slipped back 4.3% to an average £919 a month in May, according to letting agents haart....

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Sex spy landlord secretly filmed couples in bed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th June 2012, 14 years ago | 1

A landlord addicted to porn secretly watched couples having sex with a spy camera secreted in an alarm clock on...

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Development Finance is still supported in the current market

Author: Brooklands Commercial Finance

6th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

We are witnessing a significant rise in the incidence of some banks refusal to offer new or extended terms to...

The quiet revolution among letting agents

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

5th June 2012, 14 years ago | 21

I have a suit but I hardly ever wear it. It’s only a cheap one, £100 from Zara’s a couple...

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Smug landlords win seal of approval from tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords are not the heartless profit seekers exploiting vulnerable tenants in shoddy housing that they are often purported to be,...

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Landlords face compulsory nationwide deposit protection

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st June 2012, 14 years ago | 1

The countdown to nationwide tenant deposit protection is on as Scotland joins the scheme already running in England and Wales...