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Landlords warned of rising mortgage rates
Landlords may face higher buy to let mortgage rates soon as borrowing costs rise for lenders.
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Buy to let borrowing is booming
Buy to let boosted mortgage lending figures for August as loans to buy homes melted away, according to banks and building societies.
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Overcrowded uni send students to holiday camp
A flood of students taking up late courses are swamping housing supplies in some university cities.
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Ministers dismiss letting agent regulation plea
Ministers have ruled out the prospect of regulation for letting agents.
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University and council team up as letting agents
A city council and university are setting up their own ‘social letting initiative’ to refer tenants students and tenants direct to landlords.
Industry
Student landlords need top marks for their properties
Posted on 07 October 2011
Student landlords can sit exams of their own that will help give them an edge in the market. More
Data and research
House prices stuck in a rut, says lender
Posted on 06 October 2011
House prices are unlikely to rise or fall much for the rest of 2011, claims one of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders. More
Industry
Buy to let lenders grab for mortgage lifeline
Posted on 05 October 2011
Banks and building societies are grasping for a lifeline that may exclude buy to let mortgages from proposed European Union consumer protection laws. More
Legal
Council blitz on unlicensed landlords
Posted on 04 October 2011
A council is cracking down on buy to let and shared house landlords failing to licence their homes. More
Data and research
City landlords see buy to let prices rise by 65%
Posted on 03 October 2011
Slick property investors who sunk their cash in to buy to let in cities have seen their rental homes increase in value by 65 per cent in the past decade. More
Industry
Help builders and home buyers, urges CBI
Posted on 30 September 2011
The Chancellor should free up the housing market by taking action to help builders and first time buyers, says the Confederation of British Industry. More
Financial
Rent arrear tenants swamp debt charity
Posted on 29 September 2011
A debt charity is flooded with calls from tenants who are struggling to pay their rent More
Industry
Buy to let rents keep on rising
Posted on 28 September 2011
Buy to let rents are still going up, according to a new landlord survey. More
Data and research
Terraced house prices rise by £118 per week
Posted on 27 September 2011
Buy to let landlords bank £118 a week from terraced houses price increases over the past decade. More
Legal
Letting agent who ripped off £137,000 escapes jail
Posted on 26 September 2011
A letting agent who ripped off deposits worth £137,000 from more than 200 tenants was sentenced to a suspended jail sentence and unpaid community work More
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