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First ever government-backed mortgage indemnity scheme set to launch in March

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th February 2012, 15 years ago | 4

-By Guest Columnist Daniel Coleman The first ever government-backed mortgage indemnity scheme is set to be officially launched within the...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 94

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Great news for our readers this week, Property118 has been appointed as a source of Google News which means your...

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Buy to Let Set to Take Over as the New Social Housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

News Sourced by Property118 News Team The rise of buy to let is more about the decline of social housing...

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Chance to Have your Say About Regulating Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2012, 15 years ago | 9

Time is running out for buy to let investors in Wales who wish to make their feelings known about proposals...

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Housing Minister urges OAPs to down-size their homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th February 2012, 15 years ago | 2

The UK Government is backing plans to encourage elderly homeowners to down-size to smaller properties. The move will enable councils...

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London Council Opens Letting Agency

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2012, 15 years ago | 9

A London council has set up the first local authority full management lettings agency for rental homes in the capital....

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Nigel Farage, MEP and leader of UKIP (Video interview)

Author: Vanessa Warwick

30th January 2012, 15 years ago | 12

By Guest Columnist Vanessa Warwick Vanessa Warwick, co-founder of the Property Tribes forum, recently recorded this interview with Nigel Farage,...

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Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions – January 2012

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The Bank of England has released the Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions for January 2012, calling the market ‘subdued’. They...

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The Property118 Christmas Cracker – Part One

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th December 2011, 15 years ago | 2

We all like a late Christmas present so try and guess how many companies are in the directory to win...

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What does the Future Hold for Buy to Let?

Author: Angus Ryan

19th December 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Why Property? Over the last 30 years UK property prices have achieved average compound growth of approximately 10% each year...

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Is the property industry at risk of defamation?

Author: Mark Alexander

12th December 2011, 15 years ago | 18

Landlord’s Log, the Personal Blog Of Mark Alexander, the Founder of Property118 Try associating the words ROGUE or UNSCRUPULOUS to...

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Buy to Let Drought Pushes up Yields for Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A shortage of homes to rent is pushing yields up for landlords – and the trend is likely to continue,...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 77

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The latest news and views from the property market and private rented sector. This edition also includes guest articles from...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 76

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The latest news and views from the property market and private rented sector. This edition also includes guest articles from...

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Tenants at Risk in 1 Million Shoddy Buy to Let Homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 2

One in three buy to let homes have major safety hazards putting tenants at risk, claims a government survey of...

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Why are Social Housing Tenants Seen As Second Class Citizens?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

29th November 2011, 15 years ago | 44

As I read my way through developments in the housing world on a daily basis I see increasing reference to...

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What if the PRS didn’t exist?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

23rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 5

By Guest Columnist Ben Reeve-Lewis I work for a council in London. I’m the landlord’s nemesis, the bogey man, a...

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Developers can’t afford to build – the consequences?

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Landlord’s Log, the Personal Blog Of Mark Alexander, the Founder of Property118 Earlier this week a comment was left on...

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Buy to Let Landlords Snubbed Under New Housing Deal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Government has launched a make-or-break housing strategy designed to boost the economy, create jobs and help people buy homes...

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Housing Strategy Key Points

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 15 years ago | 3

The much awaited Government housing strategy was unveiled today with many seeing it not as the “radical and unashamedly ambitious...

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When is an AST not an AST?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

21st November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Answer? – When it’s an Assured Tenancy. Rubbish joke I know. Most conversations I read on Property 118 and other...