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MPs urge ministers to open pensions to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Calls to boost buy to let by upgrading pensions to include residential property are gathering momentum in Parliament. An influential...

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Buy to Let warning over leased solar panels

Author: Neil Patterson

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Landlords looking to install or purchase properties with solar panels using a 25 year lease agreement need to think twice...

Buy to Let Arrangement Fees Reduced by Godiva and Platform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Coventry Building Society has cut rates and fees on buy to let loans through subsidiary Godiva. Two year fixed...

1 in 5 Mortgage Applications are for Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage applications make up one in five of all home loan applications, according to one of the...

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‘Buoyant’ buy to let lending sinks by 5%, lenders report

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let borrowing was down 5% in the first three months of the year after a barnstorming end to...

Buy to Let market update

Author: Neil Patterson

9th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

A new buy to let lender has entered the market called Keystone They specialise in buy to let mortgages for Single...

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Crystal Mortgages Reduce Three Month Bridging Loan Rate

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Independent commercial mortgage finance & bridging loan specialist Crystal Mortgages has reduced its three month bridging loan to 0.75% per...

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Tenants quiz landlords over permission to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Let to buy landlords who move and rent out their home because they cannot sell the property are finding more...

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Get into High Gear with Gearing

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9th May 2012, 14 years ago | 21

Using Finance to Increase your Returns After recently attending local property networking events it still amazes me that investors think...

Property Values vs Interest Rates

Author: Mark Alexander

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 15

A question that came up in conversation this evening whilst in the car on the way back from my fiancée’s offices...

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Confidence in housing market is falling, say estate agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

House price confidence is dropping away as prices fall and buyers melt away, according to estate agents. One in five...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 113

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

This week’s edition features Julie Ford looking at the rise of virgin landlords and Ben Reeve-Lewis delves deeper into his...

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Buy to let shines as mortgage lending slumps to 40 year low

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let lending was the only bright point in a year when mortgage lending slumped to the lowest levels...

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London’s cheapest home is a £41,000 boat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A garage hitting the market with a staggering £525,000 asking price in upmarket Knightsbridge, West London, has prompted a look...

All change on the buy to let mortgage front

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Co-Operative Bank buy to let mortgage customers can breathe a sigh of relief as the wholesale scrapping of interest only...

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Landlords ready to sink more cash in to buy to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords are still purchasing more buy to let homes, according to research by a mortgage lender. Property investors piled cash...

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Property hijacks prompt fraud alert from the FSA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Financial watchdog is alerting landlords to watch out for property hijacking by fraudsters and crooked mortgage brokers. The Financial Services...

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88% of young adults can’t afford to buy a home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th April 2012, 14 years ago | 9

Seven out of eight young adults do not believe they can buy a home of their own in the next...

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Buy to let regulation vote delayed again by Eurocrats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

European politicians have delayed voting on buy to let regulation and other key home loan proposals. The vote was scheduled...

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Banks not renewing commercial loans

Author: Neil Patterson

25th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

We are witnessing a significant rise in the incidence of some banks refusal to offer new or extended terms to...

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Landlords are the wrong target for buy to let regulation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 7

Landlords are the wrong target for buy to let regulation, according to the latest behind-the-scenes thinking. Regardless of the rights...