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FSA to Warn Homeowners About Misleading Lease Option Deals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Consumer champions are warning homeowners with financial problems about property speculators who offer a way to avoid repossession with lease...

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House Prices and Sales are Still Stagnating

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Little has changed in the stagnant housing market over recent weeks, according to the latest market and price surveys. The...

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Property118 Landlords eNewsletter – Issue 60

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

There’s not much to report about our Directory this week, safe to say that we are now four weeks into...

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Buy to Let Clubs Blamed for Ripping Off Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let property clubs that rip off landlords are blamed for rising rental home repossessions. The clubs ran relentless...

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Landlords Refinance Rather than Buy New Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords are realigning their property finances rather than purchasing more homes for their portfolios. The latest buy...

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Buy to let underpins the housing market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let borrowing is underpinning the mortgage market as the Bank of England and lenders report a surge in...

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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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Repossession hotspots highlight homes at risk

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Property owners can check if they live in a repossession hotspot with a new map compiled by homeless charity Shelter....

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Court closures could have knock on effects for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

With buy to let landlords experiencing total rent arrears of £284million from tenants not paying each month, the closure of...

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3 Dangerous Types of Tenant Part 1: Professional Bad Tenants

Author: Paul Shamplina

2nd June 2011, 15 years ago | 16

By @PaulShamplina, founder of @LandlordAction From acting on nearly 20,000 problem tenant cases since 1999, we have seen some horrific...

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Lenders plan to throttle mortgage market for 2 more years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Mortgage lenders have laid out their lending policy for the next two years – and the news does not look...

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Buy to let mortgage rates cut by TMW

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2011, 15 years ago | 3

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has cut interest rates across some buy to let mortgages and launched a new fixed rate...

Mortgage Express reveal 4.09% fixed rate deal for five years (existing borrowers only)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th May 2011, 15 years ago | 2

The bank closed it’s doors to new lending a few years ago as a result of the credit crunch and...

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Stop property boom and bust, urges housing task force

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

More affordable homes need building and the government must get to grips with tough tax reforms to burst the property...

What do you do if your tenant won’t leave when their section 21 notice expires?

Author: Tessa Shepperson

8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

This is the ninth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder...

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Home sellers should pay stamp duty not buyers, says bank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Landlords selling buy to let property could be hit by a new tax if the government takes up a proposal...

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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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Rent problems threaten to put landlords in to debt

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2011, 15 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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How I maximise the returns on my liquidity fund (cash in the bank)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2010, 15 years ago | 9

In January 2008 I refinanced my entire portfolio in line with my ongoing strategy.  There was an opportunity to release...

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3,000 home repossessions halted due to legal error

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Up to 3,000 cases currently before the courts are likely to be withdrawn by lenders who will have to start...