The British Property Federation (BPF) handed a bit of good news to UK landlords who may have been struggling to make ends meet, after it was revealed that the UK coalition government may review imposing powers forcing landlords to share information on changes of tenancy with water companies, as well as making them liable for [...]
New property instructions coming to market have seen vendors raise the average asking price by 4.1%
The average property asking price for new instructions put on the market within the last 4 weeks is now £233,252.
The almost £11,000 increase is up from January’s average asking price of £224,060, despite a warning that much of [...]
Hi All
I’ve just received an email from Rob Moore of Progressive property, and it has left me stunned. It’s really touched a nerve and I just had to share it with you
Be warned, it is not for the victim or the feint hearted –
Over to Rob:
Dear Mike
For years now Mark [...]
Home insurers and the UK’s coalition Government are still arguing over paying for flood protection, meaning Millions of homeowners and Buy-To-Let Landlords are facing uncertainty over house prices, mortgage availability and the validity of their insurance policies.
If the UK Government fails to meet the demands of insurers to reinstate [...]
2011 saw the number of UK residential properties bought using Buy To Let mortgages rise by 84,000 on 2010 figures.
Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) figures show that landlords advanced a total of 34,800 buy to mortgages in the last three months of 2011 alone, with a total value of more than £4 Billion (GBP).
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275,000 new tenants flooded the UK Private Rental Sector in 2011 – a 24% increase on the previous year.
Latest Government figures confirm the steady decline of UK Home ownership and the social rented sector, (Council Houses), together with the indisputable rise of the Private Rented Sector (PRS) following the credit crunch.
The figures confirm [...]
Landlords looking to squeeze every last penny of profit from rental properties may have made the wrong decision when it comes to choosing the right insurance for their rental properties.
Only to find that when they need to make a claim they are either not covered for it or worse [...]
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), have revealed that the UK is in the grip of a Buy-To-Let boom that shows no signs of stopping, as property investors snap up UK property worth £160 Billion (GBP).
The CML state that there are a record 1.4 Million Landlord loans, valued at almost £160 Billion (GBP), currently invested [...]
The UK’s largest homeless charity Shelter and the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) have clashed over the issue of bad landlords.
Both organisations have been using very strong words over the last few days, whilst calling for more action by the UK government to stamp out bad landlords.
Shelter is calling on the UK coalition Government to [...]
Free Tickets To A Place In The Sun Live Property Exhibition
If you’re thinking of buying a property overseas, you can’t afford to miss A Place in the Sun Live, the UK’s biggest overseas property exhibition taking place at Earls Court London on 30th March- 1st April 2012.
As well [...]
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