Tag: Housing market

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1st March… The New accreditation Scheme is coming

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2012, 14 years ago | 3

The 1st of March will see the launch of the countries first tenant accreditation Scheme, (UK TAS), bred from a...

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Letting Agent Signs up 685 New Would-be Tenants Every Day

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

About 500,000 new tenants have registered to rent buy to let homes over the past two years with just one...

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Will Tenant Passports Help Renters & Housing?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2012, 14 years ago | 4

We have witnessed a variety of different challenges which have impacted upon the housing market at different times and in...

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RLA Counter Shelter’s Five Point Plan

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – Following Shelter’s five point plan to step up its fight against rogue...

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Buy to Let Lending Under the Microscope for 2011

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords added 84,000 rental properties to their portfolios in 2011, according to the latest figures from mortgage...

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Buy to Let Set to Take Over as the New Social Housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

News Sourced by Property118 News Team The rise of buy to let is more about the decline of social housing...

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Cloud Over Builders may have Silver Lining for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Buy to let looks to continue to prosper as surveyors presented a drab picture of the construction industry. The government...

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Best Places to Grab a Discount on House Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let investors searching for homes offering the best value need to look north, according to online portal Zoopla....

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House Prices Drop Slightly in Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th February 2012, 14 years ago | 0

House prices in East and Central Scotland have fallen over the past three months according to the latest house price...

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Housing Minister urges OAPs to down-size their homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th February 2012, 14 years ago | 2

The UK Government is backing plans to encourage elderly homeowners to down-size to smaller properties. The move will enable councils...

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Rents to be frozen from April 2012

Author: Mary Latham

6th February 2012, 14 years ago | 21

The National Landlords Association announced Friday – “We have just learned from the Department for Work and Pensions that LHA...

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Peterborough is the Buy to Let Star of the East

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Landlords in Peterborough are enjoying the best rental returns of anywhere – even the flying high yields in London, according...

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Tenants Feel the Pinch as Housing Benefit Cuts Come into Effect

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2012, 14 years ago | 16

Existing tenants will start to feel the pinch this month as their benefits are reduced by an average of £83...

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Cornwall is UK Property Hotspot for Second Homers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st February 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Cornwall keeps top spot as the favourite UK destination for second homers with 14,000 properties – almost double that of...

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Comparing Tenancy Deposit Protection Costs for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st February 2012, 14 years ago | 8

As a new tenancy deposit protection scheme opens for business, some landlords may be confused over the costs and benefits...

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Nigel Farage, MEP and leader of UKIP (Video interview)

Author: Vanessa Warwick

30th January 2012, 14 years ago | 12

By Guest Columnist Vanessa Warwick Vanessa Warwick, co-founder of the Property Tribes forum, recently recorded this interview with Nigel Farage,...

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Renting Costs £100 a Month More than Buying the Same Home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2012, 14 years ago | 4

Buying a house is still £100 a month cheaper than renting – if you have a credit rating and the...

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Landlords Have High Hopes for Buy to Let in 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

One in five landlords added property to their rental portfolios last year as confidence over interest rates and tenant demand...

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The 21st Century Letting Agent – Letting & Re-letting

Author: Roger Lancaster

23rd January 2012, 14 years ago | 3

In the last article we looked at how a 21st Century Agency can ensure the security of a landlord’s portfolio...

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Cannabis Gangs Target Buy to Lets as Drug Factories

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2012, 14 years ago | 10

Police are warning landlords that crime gangs are looking for rental homes to turn into cannabis factories. A clear trend...