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More tenants in arrears as rents keep rising

Author: Neil Patterson

30th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Around 75,000 buy to let tenants are in rent arrears – a 13% increase on the same period last year,...

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Gang-of-five challenges EU buy to let regulation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A gang-of-five of mortgage industry trade bodies has joined forces to challenge European Union proposals for mortgages that include tougher...

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Mortgage rates are at their cheapest since 1988

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Mortgage rates have tumbled to their cheapest since records started almost 25 years ago. Fixed and tracker rate mortgages are...

Report highlights increased demand for rented properties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Smith Institute has recently published a report by housing policy expert Andrew Heywood entitled “The End of the Affair:...

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What does 50 percent BMV mean to you?

Author: Mark Alexander

25th June 2011, 15 years ago | 9

Something is only worth what the highest bidder is prepared to pay. If you see something in the sales marked...

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Bad tenants leave landlord owing £9000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Tenants at a London apartment have sent their landlord spiralling into difficulty after repeatedly failing to pay their rent. Naomi...

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Give buy to let more tax breaks, urges Paragon MD

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd June 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Buy to let movers and shakers have urged the government to consider the private residential landlords as businesses to promote...

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Judges back valuers in buy to let negligence appeal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd June 2011, 15 years ago | 13

Buy to let landlords have lost the chance to claim compensation from surveyors who overvalued an investment property following a...

BoE find buy to let still on the up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Bank of England’s Agents’ summary of business conditions June findings have further emphasized the sluggish activity in the housing...

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Bridging lenders aim for £8 billion buy to let boost

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let lending is likely to increase by billions over the next three years as smaller, independent lenders come...

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Home ownership beyond reach of ‘Generation Rent’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

High housing costs are hitting ‘Generation Rent’ hard, leaving them struggling to make ends meet. When utility bills, council tax...

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Gross mortgage lending increased 12% in May

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

According to new data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders, gross mortgage lending totalled an estimated £11.3 billion in May,...

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EU ready to regulate buy to let mortgages

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 2

The Council of Mortgage Lenders is not commenting on news that a major battle over regulating buy to let mortgages...

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New buy to let lender hits the market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Independent commercial finance and bridging specialist Crystal Mortgages has launched a new range of buy to let products for landlords....

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Two jailed for fraud of £50million

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A £50million mortgage fraud said to be ‘off the scale in terms of the sentencing guidelines for fraud cases’ by...

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Flatlining property market is as good as it gets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

The mortgage business is flatlining as buyers, sellers and lenders wait for the property market to jump start. The latest...

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Tax expert comments on Paragon Group landlord survey

Author: This article was written by guest author - Steve Sims

14th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Many landlords are handing unnecessary cash over to the tax man because they do not know what expenses they can...

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Landlords forced out of housing benefit market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2011, 15 years ago | 5

As MPs debated the Welfare Reform Bill at report stage on Monday, 13 June, a survey by the National Landlords...

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Landlords could do more to save money on taxes say Paragon

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Many landlords surveyed by Paragon could save money on tax, they’ve found not all were as efficient as they could...

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Mortgage Express sets aside another £80 million for fraud

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Buy to let specialist Mortgage Express expects to write-off another £80 million to loan fraudsters and slack business practices this...

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Property paupers will rent for life, predicts think tank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Millions of would-be householders will turn in to a generation of property paupers as all hope of buying a home...