Tag: Budget

Stamp Duty set to triple for 10% of UK home buyers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2013, 14 years ago | 0

Around 80,000 people in England and Wales, 10% of the market, could find themselves paying three times more Stamp Duty...

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Is rent hiking a good business model?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

21st January 2013, 14 years ago | 24

It’s been a while since I wrote anything in my ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ series. Mainly because I kept getting...

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London Central Portfolio Ltd report Empty Homes Crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2013, 14 years ago | 1

Central London Landlords are not the villains as thousands are owned and unused by poorest boroughs in an empty homes...

Agents paying landlords 6 months rent

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

2nd November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Since running an article about rent in advance earlier this week I have received a number of telephone calls asking me...

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The Truth About Buying Repossessed Property

Author: Frazer Fearnhead

18th October 2012, 14 years ago | 11

All the property “gurus” (and I’ve really started to despise that word) advocate buying BMV property – “you make your...

Universal Credit Debate

Author: Readers Question

26th September 2012, 14 years ago | 5

The Universal Credit, due to be introduced in October 2013, is a new scheme which aims to simplify the benefits...

Invitation from the Scottish Association of Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th September 2012, 14 years ago | 0

National Landlord Day, the major conference and exhibition from the Scottish Association of Landlords is now the largest landlord conference...

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Ben Reeve-Lewis has a possession question for district judges

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

18th September 2012, 14 years ago | 18

Are district judges staging an unspoken rebellion in possession cases? This article is largely based on possession claims brought by...

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Increasing the rental market appeal of your student property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st August 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Recently it was revealed that 15,000 fewer young people had applied for university places starting this academic year*. This reduction...

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The essential student guide to renting – 10 Tips from NUS and ARLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th August 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Renting your first home as a student can be exciting yet daunting at the same time. So the Association of...

My BuyToLet Portfolio “Vintage 2003” – part 8 of my latest series

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

21st July 2012, 14 years ago | 17

My vintage year was 2003. I was followed for 24 hours by a camera crew to make a TV program...

Landlords, Tenants, Dogs, Pets

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

11th July 2012, 14 years ago | 10

“Landlords, Tenants, Dogs, Pets” is part 7 of my latest series of articles entitled “My first intentional property investment“ Ever...

Auction property and buy to let mortgages don’t mix

Author: Neil Patterson

3rd July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

It is not an exaggeration to say that every day we are asked the question “can you arrange a buy...

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Empty property rate relief – Changes ahead?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th June 2012, 14 years ago | 2

With more and more commercial property sitting empty, an important judgement in Cardiff could have major ramifications for empty property...

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NAEA want more government help for buyers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th June 2012, 14 years ago | 1

The National Association for Estate Agents is calling for more support for first time buyers as the property market continues...

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My first intentional property investment part 5

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

26th June 2012, 14 years ago | 4

By 1999 I had realised that I needed to put money aside for maintenance. Tenants were moving in and out...

Property Management Checklist

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

20th June 2012, 14 years ago | 4

My first intentional property investment part 4 – “My first Property Management Checklist“ In the last instalment of the story of my first...

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My first intentional property investment part 3

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

15th June 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Just two years after buying my first intentional property investment I owned 9 more. Buying that first one was like finding...

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Part two of the story of my first intentional property investment

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

13th June 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Having agreed to buy my first intentional property investment I soon realised that it’s a bit like a visit to...

My first intentional property investment – part 1

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

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....

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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...