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Brokers split on buy to let mortgage lending

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Buy to let mortgage brokers are split on the performance of the sector since the start of the year –...

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Shock tax checks surprise property businesses

Author: This article was written by guest author - Steve Sims

14th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Guest Blog provided by Steve Sims, author of ‘Understanding And Paying Less Property Tax For Dummies’. Steve and his wife...

Stubborn sellers let luxury homes rather than drop prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

More stubborn sellers with luxury homes who refuse to drop their house prices are becoming reluctant landlords, according to letting...

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Buy to let couple’s row over money ended in murder

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlord Michael Parkinson was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife after their property dream soured under...

The various and wondrous ways that tenancies end

Author: Tessa Shepperson

13th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

This is the last in this series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder...

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Gamekeeper turned poacher helps landlords in deposit protection disputes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2011, 15 years ago | 7

Help is at hand for landlords struggling to claim money through the deposit protection schemes. A deposit protection adjudicator has...

TMW hots up buy to let mortgage war with new deals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2011, 15 years ago | 6

A range of new buy to let mortgages is available from leading lender The Mortgage Works from April 13. The...

Buy to let mortgage options double for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let borrowers and property investors can choose from almost 300 mortgage packages – more than double the number...

Buy to let lenders tighten up on mortgage fraud

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage lenders are barring legal advisors who have not signed up to the new Conveyancing Quality Scheme...

Buy to Let lenders launch new products

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

  Skipton Building Society has launched a 4.49% 24-month fixed rate and a 5.49% 36-month fixed rate, both available up...

Tenant demand keeps buy to lets full for 50 weeks a year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let homes are standing empty for less time as demand from tenants continues to hot up. Landlords can...

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Will your mortgage go toxic if interest rates rise?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The big worry for buy to let landlords and homeowners is how their finances will cope when mortgage rates start...

Why Shelter’s ‘rogue landlord’ complaints are misleading

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The media and do-gooders are quick to jump on the ‘rogue landlord’ bandwagon to answer the clarion call of rough...

Could this be the ultimate buy to let investment property exit strategy?

Author: Mark Alexander

5th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

About a year ago Mark Alexander predicted that Equity Release mortgage providers would enter the buy to let lending business....

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Home sellers should pay stamp duty not buyers, says bank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Landlords selling buy to let property could be hit by a new tax if the government takes up a proposal...

Letting agents under siege from home hunters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Thousands of home hunters are besieging letting agents to snap up buy to lets as the mortgage famine bites and...

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CML slams mortgage reform without reading the details

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The industry-voice of Britain’s mortgage lenders has already slammed a European Commission proposal to help borrowers before appearing to read...

How busy is your website?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2011, 15 years ago | 3

When you consider that property118.com was launched just seven weeks ago it’s quite amazing that we are already ranked as...

@Property118 interview with property investor and IFA Jason Howard

Author: Mark Alexander

30th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

First in a series of short video interviews in which Property118.com founder Mark Alexander quizzes IFA Jason Howard on how...

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Buy to let borrowing eases as lenders revamp deals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage restrictions are relaxing as more lenders announce a return to the market. Aldermore Bank is stretching...

Why Burnley has the cheapest house prices in England

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Burnley may wear the crown as the cheapest place in England and Wales to buy a home – but a...