Tag: Housing market

Paragon plans to lend £1 billion to buy to let professionals

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 1

Buy to let specialist lender Paragon Mortgages has announced a 32% rise in profits as the firm looks to reassert...

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Prices for a place in the country surge ahead of towns

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors have seen prices for homes in rural areas outpace those in towns and cities for the past decade...

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CML admits mortgage lending has sunk to a 10 year low

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

At last some truths about mortgage lending are starting to emerge from the smoke and mirrors propaganda billowing out from...

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British Bankers Association says bank mortgage lending has sunk to a 9 year low

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

High street banks lent less on mortgages last month than at any time since February 2001, according to the British...

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It’s a buyer’s market for landlords with cash to invest

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors may find the next few months an ideal time to buy reasonably priced property as buyer confidence slips...

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Reluctant landlords cashing in on buy to let bonanza

Author: Mark Alexander

17th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Letting agents all over the UK are reporting a rush by tenants to rent buy to let homes as the...

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House building slips to lowest level for a decade.

Author: Mark Alexander

12th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let is likely to ride high for several years to come as the government reports house building in...

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Time to look at the brighter side of life.

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Most property investors think they have never had it so bad as spending cuts, lack of finance, and the prospect...

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House prices still up 8.3% on last year despite slowdown.

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The latest house price surveys confirm what everyone already knows – house prices are stuck in a rut and mortgage...

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Landlords set to profit from generation of renters. Housing minister Grant Shapps has told the nation that Britain cannot afford another boom-and-bust house price explosion

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors are witnessing a shift in the housing market that will affect people’s attitudes to buying and renting homes...

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Britain’s biggest private landlord banks on buying refurbs.

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Britain’s largest private residential landlord is celebrating that the firm’s portfolio of 13,000 properties is outperforming the market. The £1.6...

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Mortgage lending remains sluggish for August. However, net lending secured on homes was up £1.7 billion, above the previous six-month average of £0.7 billion

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The summer holidays hit mortgage approvals for August as the Bank of England revealed total loans to buy a home...

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House prices notch up 0.1% gain in September according to Nationwide

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The first house price statistics for September have hit the streets – showing average prices have notched up just a...

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Who really cares if house prices fall? Are falling prices an opportunity or a threat and what actions should you be taking right now?

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Switch on the TV or radio news, open the paper and log in to the internet and just about everyone...

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Birmingham Midshires to restrict lending to three buy to let mortgages per landlord. Lloyds squeeze this market further by refusing to lend on more than three buy to lets across all of their brands.

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Peter Curran, Head of Intermediary Distribution at Lloyds Banking Group recently announced, “From 25 September, buy to let property portfolios...

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Cash buyers fuel London home sales boom. According to Acadametrics London home sales exploded by 22% during August on the back of cash buyers not needing mortgages and a strong regional economy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

In comparison, the rest of England and Wales was stuck in a rut with more static month-on-month figures. The buoyant...

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Property investors to see 9.6% returns by end of 2010. Information acquired from various sources including Halifax, Nationwide, IMD and NAEA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The housing market seems to have shaken out the inflation excesses of the boom period of a few years ago....

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Bank of England pegs interest rate at record low yet again. That’s 18 months in a row but what does this mean for landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage borrowers can breathe a sigh of relief for another month as the Bank of England’s Monetary...

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Investors see homes double in value in the last 10 years according to a survey from the Halifax.

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors have seen homes double in value over the past 10 years despite the ups and downs of recession....

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Buy to let bonanza as rents set to soar.

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Increasing tenant demand and a fall in the number of properties available to let are driving rents higher, says the...