Tag: Housing market

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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...

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10 Facts About £1 Million Property Sales

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Around 19 homes worth £1 million or more were sold every day for the first six months of the year,...

BoE Worried for Some Businesses

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Bank of England have released their Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions for October, and have once again found a...

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Auction Homes Still Selling at 30% Below Market Value

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Homes under the hammer are still knocking up strong sales with almost 2,500 properties changing hands for £282 million. Around...

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North-South Divide Flips the Other Way for House Sales

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14th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The North may be lighting up the house sale statistics, but the number of homes changing hands is still down...

Families Pay Too Much Rent, Warns Housing Charity

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14th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents are too high and are locking poorer working families out of finding homes to rent, warns...

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Tenant Demand is Still Increasing, Report Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Tenants are still clamouring for buy to let homes, according to the latest survey of landlords. Many landlords (44%) reckon...

Property118 Landlords eNewsletter – Issue 66

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12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

With the property market continuing to make headlines we have another great selection of articles for you ranging from the...

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House Prices and Sales are Still Stagnating

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Little has changed in the stagnant housing market over recent weeks, according to the latest market and price surveys. The...

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House Prices Going Nowhere this Year, Says the Halifax

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6th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

House prices are unlikely to change for the rest of the year, according to one of the UK’s largest mortgage...

Property118 Landlords eNewsletter – Issue 65

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

This week we have added a new video section to our weekly eNewsletters which provides insight into the landlord mind...

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£1,600 Fine for Landlord Who Ignored Licence Warnings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A landlord who ignored repeated warnings from a council that he should licence his property was fined £1,600. Leon White...