Tag: Housing market

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Stop property boom and bust, urges housing task force

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

More affordable homes need building and the government must get to grips with tough tax reforms to burst the property...

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Landlords can have say over housing benefit changes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has launched a short consultation period asking for views on planned change from landlords, organisations...

Mortgage lending – the real figures, not the spin

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th May 2011, 15 years ago | 2

The true state of the housing market is revealed by blowing away the smoke and breaking the mirrors that expensive...

How to get your property portfolio off “death row”

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

13th May 2011, 15 years ago | 3

With interest rates at a historic low, guest article writer Glen Ackroyd from National Property Group explains the steps he’s...

Sun brings out viewers, but home sales still sluggish

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12th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Home buyers came out with the sun as the number of viewings increased last month, according to estate agents; however,...

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House prices still falling, says the Halifax

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

House prices are still slowly going down – but worries about mortgage interest rates and jobs are likely to buoy...

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Property ‘cash machines’ are out of money, warns banker

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Drawing money from a property ‘cash machine’ is over and home owners will have to live within their means, a...

Homes are still too expensive, even with falling prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Many believe property is still priced too high – but only one in four believe prices will fall much in...

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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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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...

Housing minister backs rent-to-buy lease options web site

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Housing minister Grant Shapps has publically backed a web site advertising rent-to-buy homes. The scheme seems to promote lease option...

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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...