Tag: Housing market

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?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

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...

Housing market is picking up, say estate agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th March 2011, 16 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, 16 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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2011, 16 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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th March 2011, 16 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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2011, 16 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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2011, 16 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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2011, 16 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, 16 years ago | 1

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

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Buy to let to surge for months, predict letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Letting agents predict that the demand for buy to let rental homes will surge well in to 2012 as desperate...

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Buy to let homes more affordable for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2011, 16 years ago | 3

Prices of buy to let properties in many large towns and cities have dropped to more affordable levels for investors....

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Buy to let market doubled in a decade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The number of private renters is increasing while home ownership is in decline, according to the latest housing survey for...

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Britain’s property wealth belongs to the over 45s

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Most of Britain’s £4 trillion of housing wealth is locked in homes belonging to the over 45’s while young adults...

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Buy to let rents waver as more homes hit market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Buy to let rents have dropped slightly for the second month running as landlords offered more homes to let. The...

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House builders ready to move in to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Britain’s leading house builders are looking at changing their business models by moving in to buy to let as buyers...