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Rightmove House Price Index Jumps by 3.5%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th October 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Rightmove House Price Index sees asking prices rebound post-Olympics this month by 3.5% an average of £8,310. This reported increase...

Property Refurbishment – A guide for newbies

Author: Mark Alexander

16th August 2012, 14 years ago | 14

I spent most of yesterday with a lovely couple from Luton who emailed me asking for some guidance. After exchanging...

LANDLORD RESOURCES – my favourite websites for research and information

Author: Mark Alexander

6th July 2012, 14 years ago | 12

There are literally thousands of websites offering landlord resources but in this article I’m going to focus on the landlord...

My first intentional property investment – part 1

Author: Mark Alexander

11th June 2012, 14 years ago | 15

The story began in 1989 when I purchased a property which I soon realised I couldn’t afford to live in....

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DPG and Zoopla merger finally completes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st June 2012, 14 years ago | 1

The merger of Zoopla and Digital Property Group has been officially announced, finally; the deal was struck last October and...

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Rent Costs Buy to Let Tenants More Than Half their Pay

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th May 2012, 14 years ago | 7

Rent costs nearly a third of buy to let tenants 50% or more of their take home pay, according to...

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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...

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Landlords warned to be insured against arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

With rents still continuing to rise, insurance provider LetRisks is urging to buy to let landlords to ensure they are...

Property118 Landlord Newsletter – Issue 107

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The latest round up of news features the reaction to the National Planning Policy Framework from around the buy to...

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Buy to let rents predicted to rise by 20% in five years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let entrepreneurs can only finance around a quarter of the £200 billion investment needed in property over the...

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Portfolio landlord reveals secret strategy to reduce voids

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

22nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Have you ever made the same mistake I did – and set the rent too high? I remember when one...

Property118 Landlord Newsletter – Issue 102

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage news dominates the headlines in this edition as we report on how lenders increasing their standard...

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Lettings super search engine set to take on Rightmove

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords and letting agents could see Rightmove’s crown slip in the rental market as a new pretender steps up –...

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Rents are cooling – but tenants still expect to pay more

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let rent increases are slowing down – but 60% of tenants still expect to pay more to landlords...

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Let to buy is soaring, say lenders and letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The broken housing market is pushing more accidental landlords into the buy to let market, according to lenders and letting...

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The letting portals providing the best exposure

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

29th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

All savvy landlords and letting agents know that Rightmove is the UK’s busiest property portal. Despite the fact that they’ve...

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Putting it all together – The what, the why part 2

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27th February 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Read part one of the what the why Armed with your investment budget you are ready to go in search...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 96

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Today’s edition conveys a strong mortgage related theme. Ben Reeve-Lewis reports on Santander over-hauling their interest only mortgage policy, Mark...

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Be wary of Letting Agents Pushing Rightmove Premium Listings

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

16th February 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Rightmove Premium Listings ‘Do they work?’ Rightmove themselves state that their own research indicates that properties with a “Premium Listing”...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 95

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th February 2012, 15 years ago | 15

The latest news and views from the private rented sector including top tips on how to find the perfect tenant...

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Could Rightmove, Zoopla etc. clean up the lettings industry?

Author: Mark Alexander

13th February 2012, 15 years ago | 8

It has just occurred to me that most of the lettings agents that don’t carry professional indemnity insurance or protect...