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Lettings super search engine set to take on Rightmove...

Landlords and letting agents could see Rightmove’s crown slip in the rental market as a new pretender steps up – if a proposed merger is allowed to go ahead. Digital Property Group – owned...

Landlords safe from Bank of Ireland mortgage rate hike for now...

Landlords with Bank of Ireland buy to let loans can breathe a sigh of relief as mortgage interest rates are hiked by new owner the Nationwide. The bank’s standard variable rates for residential mortgage...

Property118 News Hits a Century...

Property118.com, the UK’s most popular online community for landlords and property investors* has just released its 100th Newsletter featuring updates on legislation, best practice, financial information...

Third illegal eviction costs landlord £4,500...

Landlord Mohammed Khubaib needs to change his ways and stop illegally evicting tenants or he’ll end up in jail – according to his lawyer. The warning was voiced to Peterborough magistrates hearing...

17:08 PM, 7th March 2012, About 13 years ago | 1

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Reluctant landlords pay more for mortgage deals...

Let to buy mortgage lenders are inflicting stinging interest rates on reluctant landlords who have to rent out their homes to move. Brokers and lenders say they are handling more applications from homeowners...

17:00 PM, 7th March 2012, About 13 years ago | 1

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Property118 Landlord Newsletter – Issue 101...

Today’s newsletter highlights alternative options and strategies for landlords both in the news and by our guest columnists. The first instalment in a series of eight from John Paul, also known as @TheLHAexpert,

Flood dispute could make commercial landlords suffer...

Commercial landlords could find their properties are without insurance in a few months if the Government fails to provide the flood protection insurance companies expect. The current agreement runs until...

Chancellor urged to boost tax relief for landlords...

Chancellor George Osborne is coming under more pressure from landlord and letting agent lobbies to ease buy to let tax in the forthcoming Budget. The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) is...

18:25 PM, 6th March 2012, About 13 years ago | 0

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Rents are cooling – but tenants still expect to pay more...

Buy to let rent increases are slowing down – but 60% of tenants still expect to pay more to landlords by the end of the year. More than 70% believe the current letting market favours landlords, while...

18:20 PM, 6th March 2012, About 13 years ago | 0

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Fair wear and tear – downside of longer tenancies?

The good news for landlords that tenancies are getting longer, may well be tempered by the warning from the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks that it create an increase in fair wear and tear...

Property investors target better yields...

Property investors are targeting high-yielding HMOs and commercial property in a switch away from buy to let, according to a new survey. Confidence in the property market is high – and up to 60%...

Police on high after closing 5,000 cannabis factories...

Police are on a high after closing 5,000 cannabis factories across the North West in the past three years – and are urging landlords and letting agents to step into the war on drugs. Police are shutting...

17:04 PM, 5th March 2012, About 13 years ago | 6

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Property118 Newsletter – our 100th edition!

Firstly with this being a milestone edition we have to thank you, our readers, for your valued and continued support. We invite your feedback at the bottom of this newsletter to ensure we continue to bring...

Eastern Landlords Association MARCH 2012 NEWSLETTER...

Deposits Three cheers for competition. A few weeks ago TDS, The Dispute Service, announced Deposit Guard, which at launch undercut the costs charged by My Deposits, and made a push for self-managing landlords,

17:28 PM, 2nd March 2012, About 13 years ago | 0

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Bad bank profits leap to £1 billion...

The ‘bad bank’ that owns former buy to let specialist Mortgage Express has announced a massive surge in pre-tax profits to just over £1 billion. UK Asset Resolution, the government-backed bank that...

16:00 PM, 2nd March 2012, About 13 years ago | 0

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Let to buy is soaring, say lenders and letting agents...

The broken housing market is pushing more accidental landlords into the buy to let market, according to lenders and letting agents. As homes are becoming more difficult to sell, desperate owners who need...

Buy to let frenzy leads to 110% rise in bridging finance...

Buy to let investors looking for money to close deals pushed loan values for short term bridging lenders up 110% to £911 million last year. Bridging firm West One claims mainstream banks and building...

Jail for HMO landlord who couldn’t afford to pay fine...

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – Buy to let landlord Abdul Hanif was jailed for allowing a tenant to live in a dangerous and dirty home that lacked hot water and heating. Hanif was...

HMO landlord let tenants live in a garden shed...

An HMO landlord was fined £4,000 for letting 16 tenants live in filthy and dangerous conditions – including in a back garden shed. Council investigators raided a shared house owned by Sandeep Bhambra...

17:31 PM, 29th February 2012, About 13 years ago | 0

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Buy to let property scam netted £450,000...

A sham property investment company that conned landlords out of £450,000 has been wound up by the Insolvency Service. Modo Homes Group lied to investors about selling repossessed properties on behalf...

17:28 PM, 29th February 2012, About 13 years ago | 5

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