Tag: Housing market

ONS report record average house price now £247,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th October 2013, 13 years ago | 3

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) have reported the average house price in Britain is now £247,000. This figure reported...

Buy to Let Mortgages to remain legal announces EU

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th September 2013, 13 years ago | 9

The Mortgage Directive, officially known as the ‘Credit Agreements Related to Residential Property Directive’ (CARRP) attempted to create a single...

Housing Bubble fears – genuine or an overreaction?

Author: Neil Patterson

17th September 2013, 13 years ago | 22

There has been a great deal of commentary in the press the last couple of days raising fears of a...

Rics want a 5% annual price rise cap

Author: Neil Patterson

13th September 2013, 13 years ago | 13

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) want a 5% annual price rise cap for houses that triggers restrictions on...

A call to convert 66,000 student HMO’s back to family homes?

Author: Mary Latham

26th August 2013, 13 years ago | 7

I have been having a catch up on my on-line reading over this weekend and I have just come across...

Rightmove report holiday season price drop

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th August 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Rightmove report a drop in August of 1.8% (-£4,459) in new sellers’ asking prices, which is the first monthly fall...

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CML reports 26% growth in Mortgage Lending

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2013, 13 years ago | 1

The Council of Mortgage Lenders CML reports that total gross mortgage lending increased to £15 billion in June, which is...

NUS also report on The Private Rented Sector Review

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 2

The National Union of Students (NUS) has welcomed The Private Rented Sector review from the Communities and Local Government Select...

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NAEA report 14 percent rise in house hunters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

The latest figures from the National Association of Estate Agents NAEA housing market report revealed another monthly increase in the...

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Rightmove doubles 2013 forecast for house prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Rightmove doubles 2013 forecast for house prices as it reports ‘aggregation of marginal gains’ fueling a predicted 4.8% annual growth....

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New NLA Chairman is Carolyn Uphill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th July 2013, 13 years ago | 1

The National Landlords Association welcomes the new NLA Chairman, Carolyn Uphill, to the helm of the organisation. Carolyn, formerly the...

Labour plans for a National Register of Private Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th May 2013, 13 years ago | 3

The Labour Party policy review paper indicated: The Party is considering creating a national register of private landlords so that...

The 2013 Budget and how it affects Landlords and property Investors

Author: Neil Patterson

21st March 2013, 13 years ago | 0

The 2013 Budget is hoped to boost the housing market and construction industry. Yesterday Chancellor George Osborne announced new plans...

A winning plan for property for The Budget 2013?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th March 2013, 13 years ago | 2

Naomi Heaton, CEO of London Central Portfolio Limited has shared her four point plan which she’s asked Chancellor George Obsourne to consider for...

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...

Why Glasgow is a Buy to Let hotspot

Author: Property Hotspots

9th January 2013, 14 years ago | 0

According to Savills there is a shortage of 42,760 student bed spaces in Glasgow. That’s why Glasgow is a buy...

ARLA Predictions for 2013

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st December 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) today revealed its predictions for the UK property market over the next 12...

Winter Letting Tips for Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

27th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The following guide provides a run-down of the areas of a home that are most at risk of being damaged...

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Novice Landlords Vulnerable to Deposit Disputes warns AIIC

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Novice landlords are at risk of deposit disputes as many are failing to prepare all the correct paperwork, warns the...

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Consumer Confidence Survey See Saw

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Rightmove’s latest Consumer Confidence Survey of more than 33,000 home-movers finds that the proportion of respondents expecting average asking prices...

Simon Dowse of Salisbury

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Simon Dowse of Salisbury I have been a landlord for over 3 years and have worked in the housing market...