Tag: survey

Will new online property auction service bidonmyhouse really revolutionise the marketplace?

Author: Gold Business Membership

21st March 2011, 16 years ago | 47

A business claiming to be the UK’s first “truly national” online property auction service for UK property has just been...

Housing market is picking up, say estate agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The housing market has perked up as estate agents report more homes for sale and a jump in the number...

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Buy to let tenants expect rents to keep on rising

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2011, 16 years ago | 2

>Private renters expect to hand over more money every month to their buy to let landlords as they continue to...

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Buy to let rents will keep going up, say letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd March 2011, 16 years ago | 2

>Buy to let rents are rising fast as more tenants chase fewer properties, say letting agents.  They returned the highest...

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Rents cost more than mortgages in 80% of towns and cities

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd March 2011, 16 years ago | 1

The cost of renting a home is more expensive than buying in 8 out of 10 towns and cities, according...

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EPCs are ignored by everyone, says consumer champion

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2011, 16 years ago | 15

Energy Performance Certificates are a waste of time and money because no one acts on the advice, according to a...

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Buy to let market doubled in a decade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The number of private renters is increasing while home ownership is in decline, according to the latest housing survey for...

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Surveys can knock £1,800 off the price of a home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors have a cavalier attitude to home valuations that often unnecessarily leads them with a bill for putting right...

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Students want star ratings for buy to lets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Students are asking housing minister Grant Shapps to introduce a star rating system for buy to let homes. Hundreds of...

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Buy to let rents waver as more homes hit market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Buy to let rents have dropped slightly for the second month running as landlords offered more homes to let. The...

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Chancellor urged to cut VAT on building work in Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords could benefit from a cut in VAT on repairs and maintenance if Chancellor George Osborne heeds...

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Retailers closing up shop on Britain’s high streets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Retailers are shutting up shop in Britain’s high streets and many of the doors may never open again for trading. ...

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Homes sales have slowed again, say estate agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Home sales slipped to the lowest level for 18 months as estate agents reported a poor month of trading. Fewer...

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Landlords refuse to cut rents for benefit tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords are on a collision course with the government as most are determined to defy pleas to...

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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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Commercial property owners are missing out on massive tax breaks

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Capital allowances, particularly on property acquisitions, are often unclaimed or under claimed because of the difficulty in identifying and valuing...

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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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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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Have your say when MPs debate housing benefit reform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Landlords can have a say about government reforms on local housing benefit for private tenants by taking up an invitation...