Tag: Housing market

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Buy to let lending swings back in to favour

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st April 2011, 15 years ago | 8

The buy to let mortgage market has seen a wind change in recent weeks and lenders loosening their purse strings...

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More sellers but same old housing market problems hit sales

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Estate agents have more houses to sell than they have had available for more than eight months. Firms across the...

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Mortgage lending jumps by 21% in a month

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20th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Mortgage lending jumped by 21% in March – but the headline figures still show a drop in lending from the...

Stubborn sellers let luxury homes rather than drop prices

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13th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

More stubborn sellers with luxury homes who refuse to drop their house prices are becoming reluctant landlords, according to letting...

London leads the way in static UK housing market

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12th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The housing market is firmly stuck in the doldrums with little hope of easing in the near future, according to...

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Mortgage lending springs back after a downbeat winter

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8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Mortgage lending thawed in February after a drab couple of months affected by the bad weather. The Council of Mortgage...

What do you do if your tenant won’t leave when their section 21 notice expires?

Author: Tessa Shepperson

8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

This is the ninth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder...

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Will your mortgage go toxic if interest rates rise?

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5th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The big worry for buy to let landlords and homeowners is how their finances will cope when mortgage rates start...

Letting agents under siege from home hunters

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1st April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Thousands of home hunters are besieging letting agents to snap up buy to lets as the mortgage famine bites and...

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Building societies ratchet lending up a notch

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29th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Building societies approved £1.7 billion in home loans last month – around 23% higher than the £1.4 billion approved a...

Why Burnley has the cheapest house prices in England

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Burnley may wear the crown as the cheapest place in England and Wales to buy a home – but a...

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Property prices in South pull away from the rest of the UK

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22nd March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Estate agents claim data across a range of surveys plots a clear and consistent set of regional trends, says the...

Housing market is picking up, say estate agents

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17th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The housing market has perked up as estate agents report more homes for sale and a jump in the number...

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Countrywide signs up 19,000 renters in a month

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The pent up demand for buying and letting homes is reflected in some new figures that act as barometers for...

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England faces housing gap of 750,000 properties by 2025

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14th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

England faces a shortage of up to 750,000 homes by 2025 according to an analysis of government projections by think-tank...

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Tax clock ticking down for celebs who can’t sell homes

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11th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Time is running out for celebrities who are trying to sell their £1 million homes before the stamp duty curtain...

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Buy to let tenants expect rents to keep on rising

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8th March 2011, 15 years ago | 2

>Private renters expect to hand over more money every month to their buy to let landlords as they continue to...

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Brokers blamed for 96% of mortgage fraud

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8th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Fraud investigators are cracking down on brokers falsifying mortgage applications. More than 3,500 fraudulent mortgage cases were picked up by...

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Charity’s legal challenge to housing benefit cuts

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8th March 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Plans to slash housing benefit face a court challenge because they are unfair to disadvantaged families with children. The Child...

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Rents cost more than mortgages in 80% of towns and cities

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd March 2011, 15 years ago | 1

The cost of renting a home is more expensive than buying in 8 out of 10 towns and cities, according...