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.eBay-style auction site for rental properties
31/01/2012
Tuesday 31st January 2012
A new eBay-style rental property auction service allows landlords and letting agents to upload their properties so that potential tenants can bi...
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Over 150 councils already pledging to freeze or cut council tax
31/01/2012
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles praised councils that have already signalled they intend to help hard pressed families cope with the cost of living by signing up to the Government's...
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Tenants urged not to bury their heads in the sand
23/01/2012
Private tenants in receipt of housing benefit have been urged to contact landlords to negotiate rents.
Housing benefit caps which where enforced on new tenancies in April l...
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Landlords must not give up on elderly social housing tenants
23/01/2012
The latest research from flat and house share website, Spareroom highlights some serious problems at the heart of the UK’s rental industry.
In 2008, the government changed...
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Buy-To-Let Keeps Growing
14/11/2011
The number of new buy-to-let loans increased by 16% in the third quarter of 2011, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
Over the same period, the value of mortgages...
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Vital Rentals
24/10/2011
The private-rented sector (PRS) is playing an increasingly important part in providing housing in the UK, according to delegates who attended the National Landlords Association (NLA) fringe...
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EPC's Too Hot to Handle
03/10/2011
More than a third (35%) of UK landlords are unaware of the energy performance of their properties, according to Letting Agents.
More than one in six landlords (17%) surveye...
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Landlord and Tenant Lowdown
07/09/2011
In a move designed to strengthen tenants' and landlords' awareness of their rights and responsibilities, Housing Minister Grant Shapps has recently published helpful advice aimed at those l...
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Landlords Optimistic
15/08/2011
Almost a quarter of landlords are feeling more optimistic about the prospects for their property portfolios, rental income and yields, buy-to-let mortgage specialist Paragon has revealed.
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Landlords Increasing Portfolios
10/08/2011
More landlords planning to add to portfolios
Tuesday 9th August 2011
Landlords are poised to buy up more properties as rental demand continues to swell, accordi...
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Lettings On The Up
10/08/2011
Here, Caroline Kavanagh, Group Lettings Director for Townends Estate Agents, comments on the lettings market so far this year...
"Overall, the market has remained positive ...
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