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Students want star ratings for buy to lets
Students are asking housing minister Grant Shapps to introduce a star rating system for buy to let homes.
Hundreds of students in Shapp’s...
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Buy to let rents waver as more homes hit market
Buy to let rents have dropped slightly for the second month running as landlords offered more homes to let.
The average rent in England...
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Bank of England Credibility Crisis?
Wrtten by Neil Patterson – Partner of The Money Centre, following his visit to a meeting at The National Skills Academy in Norwich...
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House builders ready to move in to buy to let
Britain’s leading house builders are looking at changing their business models by moving in to buy to let as buyers struggle...
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Chancellor urged to cut VAT on building work in Budget
Buy to let landlords could benefit from a cut in VAT on repairs and maintenance if Chancellor George Osborne heeds a plea to boost...
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ABOUT Property118.com
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Make sure your property is legal before you rent it out
This is the second in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the...
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