Tag: survey

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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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Property price tumbles cost homeowners £110 a week

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Property price rises and falls added up to the average home losing £110 in value every week last year, according...

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Sell or hold after completing a refurbishment?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

3rd January 2011, 16 years ago | 14

This question was recently asked on a property forum and inspired me to write this post. A spreadsheet could be...

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Student lettings are in a class of their own

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Business is booming for student landlords as rents, property values and returns are all increasing. The average student landlord benefitted...

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Rents set to keep on rising, say letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Letting agents expect buy to let rents to keep edging higher as more tenants snap up the few available rental...

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Buy to let landlords can prosper from homes crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 2

England faces a worsening housing crisis as house building is drastically out of pace with the demand for new homes. ...

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Winners and losers in rural house price stakes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 5

Property prices in small market towns outstrip those of most nearby towns and cities by an average of £30,000, according...

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Top 10 places where renting a home is cheaper than buying

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

A new rent survey based on the average cost of renting compared to buying a similar home on an interest...

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Investing in commercial property

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Commercial property investment is much like sinking cash in to buy to let homes to rent – as a landlord...

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Buy to let rents break through the £700 barrier

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents have shattered the £700 per month barrier and are on track to surpass the previous record...

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British Bankers Association says bank mortgage lending has sunk to a 9 year low

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

High street banks lent less on mortgages last month than at any time since February 2001, according to the British...

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It’s a buyer’s market for landlords with cash to invest

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

24th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors may find the next few months an ideal time to buy reasonably priced property as buyer confidence slips...

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One in three landlords want to buy more homes to let

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

24th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Almost a third of buy to let landlords would like to add more letting homes to their portfolios to expand...

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Revealed! Who Really Owns Britain

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

24th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Despite more than a century of social change aimed at redistributing the wealth of the nation more fairly, most of...

What happens if you die without a will?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

17th November 2010, 16 years ago | 1

The world might not end if you don’t make a will, but the loved ones you leave behind may face...

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Offices stand empty as firms block expansion plans

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

17th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Offices are standing empty across the country as the bleak economic outlook forces firms to put plans for expansion on...

Children suffer most if parents have no will.

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

12th November 2010, 16 years ago | 1

More than 30 million people in the UK do not have a will – even though nine out of 10...

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Buy to let rents surge to record high.

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

3rd November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents are surging to record highs as a shortage of properties and mortgage restrictions puts a brake...

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Don’t let house price surveys build up your hopes. Deciding which house price survey to trust is easy – none of them

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

House price surveys are nonsense – and do not offer anything other than an indication of the value of a...

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Property investors must act to avoid 40% tax bill

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The best laid Tory plans to boost inheritance tax (IHT) thresholds to £1 million after the election were shelved as...

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House prices still up 8.3% on last year despite slowdown.

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The latest house price surveys confirm what everyone already knows – house prices are stuck in a rut and mortgage...