Tag: Housing market

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FSA Mortgage Market Review and the PRS

Author: Neil Patterson

25th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The FSA Mortgage Market Review rules will come into effect on 26 April 2014 and I have listed the FSA’s...

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Rightmove House Price Index Jumps by 3.5%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th October 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Rightmove House Price Index sees asking prices rebound post-Olympics this month by 3.5% an average of £8,310. This reported increase...

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NAEA Reports Effects of Olympics on the Housing Market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The housing market experienced an overall decrease in activity in July, according to the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA)....

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ARLA survey reveals new generation of ‘rooted renters’ in 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Tenants are staying longer and their rental requirements are changing, according to new research from the Association of Residential Letting...

Mentoring courses and property networking

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26th July 2012, 14 years ago | 17

Mentoring courses and property networking – have I been a Plonker Rodney? Are landlord mentoring courses value for money and...

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Addressing Challenges in the UK Housing Market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Countrywide, the UK’s largest property services Group, today launched its report addressing challenges in the UK Housing Market, urging Government...

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Buy to let rents still rising and unlikely to fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Rents are still rising and are unlikely to drop anytime soon, according to one of the UK’s leading letting agents....

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Buy to lets may soon top homes for sale

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The number of buy to let homes to rent may soon outstrip the number of homes coming to the market...

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Is your shared student house in a uni crime hot spot?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Students living at universities in London and Manchester face the worst crime rates – according to a survey of offences...

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Confident landlords plan to buy more homes to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Falling prices and relaxed buy to let finance lending has let landlords swoop to add properties to their portfolios. The...

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Over 45s in shared accommodation has grown by 101% since 2009

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Shared accommodation rates have grown much faster in the more mature age groups since the credit crisis, as revealed in...

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House sales 40% down on buy to let boom years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The housing market is still trying to shatter the glass ceiling imposed by mortgage lenders restricting home loans, but expectations...

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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...

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Cheapest homes in England sell for just £8,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The cheapest homes in England and Wales were sold for just £8,000 in April, according to the latest Land Registry...

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Property plays a vital role for funding pensions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Property investors with buy to let rentals and holiday homes expect to supplement their pensions with cash from renting or...

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Mortgage famine fuels buy to let rent rises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Rent rises are fuelled by a mortgage famine that is forcing home owners that cannot sell to become reluctant landlords...

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Landlords in Wales must sign up for licence to let homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Thousands of buy to let and shared house landlords in Wales will have to sign up to a register before...

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Are you a property trader or investor?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th May 2012, 14 years ago | 2

The state of the housing markets has led to many property people changing strategy to avoid losing money on sales....

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Third of Landlords Ready to Buy More Rental Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Nearly a third of landlords have plans to buy more rental property this year, according to specialist buy to let...

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Task force targets criminal ‘beds in sheds’ landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Beds in sheds landlords are the target of a new government campaign to crack down on shoddy housing. Housing minister...

1 in 5 Mortgage Applications are for Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage applications make up one in five of all home loan applications, according to one of the...