Tag: mortgage

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How I choose my tenants

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

4th February 2011, 16 years ago | 3

Please remember that my properties are all mid range to upper end of the market.  My typical tenant profile is...

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How I minimise property management issues

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

4th February 2011, 16 years ago | 3

Please remember that my properties are all mid range to upper end of market properties aimed at the professional tenants...

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How I minimise rental voids

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

4th February 2011, 16 years ago | 6

A one month rental void accounts for 8.33% of your annual rental income.  For many landlords this is the difference...

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Property investors warned against NMD scammers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Fraud investigators are warning property club investors against scammers that are offering bogus below-market-value deals with NMD (No Money Down)...

Guest Blog – Landlords … more despised than Katie Price?

Author: Vanessa Warwick

2nd February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

  This article was written by Vanessa Warwick @4_Walls on The Property Tribes forum. 

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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, 16 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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st January 2011, 16 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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Paragon lines up £85 million of landlord loans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let specialist Paragon has advanced £8.8 million of loans and has a further £75 million of property investment...

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Bank mortgage lending plunges to 1999 levels

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th January 2011, 16 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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Why some buy to let investors are losing faith in property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Some buy to let landlords are having second thoughts about the reliability of property as a long term investment, according...

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High hopes for more buy to let mortgage lending

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2011, 16 years ago | 3

Buy to let mortgage brokers are among the most resilient optimists as more than half expect to help property investors...

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Mortgage lending slumps to lowest level for a decade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st January 2011, 16 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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2011, 16 years ago | 17

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

How changing interest rates affects inflation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Prices are rising and the Bank of England is under pressure to raise interest rates to support the economy –...

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House price figures deliver more nonsense values

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2011, 16 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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Running a buy to let property – Landlord law FAQ

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Landlords are often fined huge sums in court for failing to maintain their properties.  Some deserve their fines but many...

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Buy to let lenders offer ‘golden goodbye’ discounts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2011, 16 years ago | 4

Cash-strapped banks are offering to write off huge amounts to encourage landlords and property investors to remortgage to another lender....

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Bank interest rate stays at 0.5% despite economic worries

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The Bank of England base rate remains unchanged despite economic pressures to step up a gear. The Bank’s monetary policy...

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Buy to let mortgage war hots up with rate cuts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The buy to let mortgage war is hotting up as more lenders cut rates as they grapple with each other...

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Rent problems threaten to put landlords in to debt

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2011, 16 years ago | 8

Many landlords are worried that they will face problems paying their buy to let mortgages as more tenants are struggling...

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Buy to let lender warns landlords about email scammers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

A leading buy to let mortgage lender has warned landlords to watch out for an email scam. A bogus email...