Tag: Housing market

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Buy to let to surge for months, predict letting agents

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2nd March 2011, 15 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

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28th February 2011, 15 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

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25th February 2011, 15 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, 15 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, 15 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, 15 years ago | 1

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

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Housing supremos pledge support for first time buyers

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16th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Housing Minister Grant Shapps wants key players in the housing sector to join together to help first time buyers find...

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Buy to let bargains for sale as sellers cut prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Investment opportunities for buy to let landlords look good as mortgage availability increases and asking prices for homes continue to...

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Revealed – how property was crippled by the recession

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

New figures from the government show how the banking crisis and recession crippled the housing market. In 2008/09 – the...

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Homes sales have slowed again, say estate agents

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9th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Home sales slipped to the lowest level for 18 months as estate agents reported a poor month of trading. Fewer...

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Don’t make renting a home a life sentence, say under 30’s

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The shameful state of Britain’s housing market is revealed in a new poll of attitudes to renting carried out by...

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House prices soar 91% in 10 years despite credit crisis

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31st January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Despite the credit crisis and recession, house prices have almost doubled in the past 10 years, according to mortgage lender...

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Bank mortgage lending plunges to 1999 levels

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26th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Bank  mortgage lending slumped to the lowest for more than a decade  during December as the housing market stalled.

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Mortgage lending slumps to lowest level for a decade

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21st January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Mortgage lending has slumped to the lowest level for a decade as banks and building societies tighten their grip on...

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New lending rules may change housing market forever

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20th January 2011, 15 years ago | 17

Poor mortgage market management by governments and greedy lenders is blamed for triggering the global financial crisis and hindering recovery ...

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House price figures deliver more nonsense values

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18th January 2011, 15 years ago | 1

The monthly house price charade seems ridiculous when lenders and the government are still crunching the numbers for November when...

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House sales slump to an 8-year low

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14th January 2011, 15 years ago | 3

The big freeze sent a chill through the housing market as sales slumped to an eight-year low in December. Estate...

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Property price tumbles cost homeowners £110 a week

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10th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Property price rises and falls added up to the average home losing £110 in value every week last year, according...

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London leads charge in the £1 million home stakes

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7th January 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Despite uncertain house prices, a staggering 35 new property millionaires woke up every day last year to find their homes...

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Will house prices fall if the next generation prefer to rent?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th January 2011, 15 years ago | 5

I recently picked up on an interesting debate on this subject between two investors, to protect their identities I will...