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UK house prices up for third month in a row – Natio...
UK house prices have increased for the third consecutive month in November, according to Nationwide, the country’s largest building...
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Landlords favour five-year fixed mortgages again
Remortgaging landlords are showing more confidence in five-year fixed rate mortgages than they did earlier this year, a survey has...
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Tenant now trespasser on driveway and abandoned possession?
Hello, my tenant (Italian citizen) got evicted through a legal channel, however tenant started staying in the CamperVan in the driveway...
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What’s the legal course for a tenant who wasn’...
Hello, I am a new landlord. I have learnt from a prospective tenant in Wales that the current landlord has given him a typed-out one-pager...
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Forfeit a lease and change locks?
Hello, I want to forfeit a lease and take control of my warehouse by changing the locks, I have a locksmith that will change the locks.
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Government’s new law to ban leasehold, doesn’...
The housing secretary, Michael Gove, has been accused of breaking his pledge to end the ‘feudal’ leasehold system in England...
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Nationwide mould and damp concerns in PRS
Mould and damp have become an issue for people across the country, according to a new survey.
According to energy experts Uswitch,
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