Tag: Housing market

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What if the PRS didn’t exist?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

23rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 5

By Guest Columnist Ben Reeve-Lewis I work for a council in London. I’m the landlord’s nemesis, the bogey man, a...

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Developers can’t afford to build – the consequences?

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Landlord’s Log, the Personal Blog Of Mark Alexander, the Founder of Property118 Earlier this week a comment was left on...

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Build-to-let Will Solve Britain’s Housing Needs, MPs Told

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Build-to-let funded by private investors and pension funds is the solution to the UK’s housing crisis, housing lobbyists have told...

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Desperate Home Sellers Ready to Agree Deep Discounts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Desperate sellers are ready to accept knock-down prices on homes for sale as financial problems and a lack of mortgages...

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Buy to Let Landlords Snubbed Under New Housing Deal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Government has launched a make-or-break housing strategy designed to boost the economy, create jobs and help people buy homes...

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Housing Strategy Key Points

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 15 years ago | 3

The much awaited Government housing strategy was unveiled today with many seeing it not as the “radical and unashamedly ambitious...

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EU Trying To Kill Buy To Let – sign the petition to STOP it now.

Author: Mark Alexander

19th November 2011, 15 years ago | 100

The buy to let market will grind to a halt if EU proposals to change the way lenders hand out...

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Britain’s Looming Housing Crisis

Author: Mark Alexander

19th November 2011, 15 years ago | 3

With people living longer and with less people per household, it is pretty obvious that more housing is needed. But...

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Buy to Let Lenders Forget to Mention the Missing Link

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage lending is going from strength to strength, according to industry trade body the Council of Mortgage...

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Britain Set to Become a Nation of Home Renters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

More people will rent than buy their home in 15 years as attitudes to letting change, says Grainger, Britain’s biggest...

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Sellers Wipe £1.3 billion Off Home Values in Just a Month

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Frustrated sellers have wiped £1.3 billion off the value of homes on the market in just one month as they...

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Homelet Find House Sharing Up, Rent Prices Down on Last Month

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

According to Homelet’s latest index, rents dropped a touch in October but were still 4.2% higher than they were at...

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Let Landlords Buy Homes with their Pensions, Urges CBI

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Business leaders are urging the government to make a major shift in pension rules to let retirement savers invest in...

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Buy to Let Rents Set to Surge by 20%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Buy to let landlords will see properties generating a better return from rents than yields over the next five years,...

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Viewing a Property the Professional Way

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Viewing a house is often an experience tinged with excitement and trepidation – but seasoned investors work to a step-by-step...

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The Only Home Truth About Property is Unpredictable Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Topsy-turvy house prices were up 1.2% in October, but after almost a year of monthly increases and falls they are...

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Property Firm Lines up £2 billion Swoop on Buy to let flats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The geography of buy to let is due change as corporate investors move into the private letting market. The warning...

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Housebuilding Slumps to Lowest Level for 88 years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

The building of new homes has slumped to the lowest level ever – running at half the number needed to...

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Squatters in Homes Outlawed as Criminals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Squatters who move into homes will commit a criminal offence under proposals announced by the government. Following consultation, the government...

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Economic Woes are Still Pushing House Prices Down

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The housing market is still falling – but the pace of the slide is slowing down, according to the latest...