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Thursday, 18 April 2013 13:07
Fourth consecutive monthly house price rise
This month sees the continuation of the trend set so far in 2013 with a 2.1% (+£4,996) rise in new seller asking prices, the fourth…
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Tuesday, 02 April 2013 14:21
Letrisks warns agents and landlords against dangers of faulty electrical goods
CALL OUR TODAY ON 01224 279700 TO ARRANGE YOUR PAT TEST Properties across the UK are at risk of fire from faulty electric products…
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Tuesday, 02 April 2013 12:48
Changes in Council Tax to add costs for landlords
Landlords are reminded that as from this week, local authorities now have the discretion to charge full Council Tax on empty properties.The change affect properties…
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Friday, 01 March 2013 10:48
Dominant London driving strong returns for residential investors
Commercial residential investments continue to outperform inflation and commercial real estate according to the latest UK Annual Residential Index from global real estate benchmarking group…
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Saturday, 23 February 2013 11:11
Landlords cutting back on Insurance
Almost one in five landlords do not have specialist insurance, instead relying on standard home insurance policies in the mistaken hope that they cover rental…
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Friday, 22 February 2013 13:38
EPC Legislation to be Used to Crack down on illegal Landlords
Energy Performance Certificate legislation is to be used to crack down on illegal landlords who let out ‘beds in sheds’.Slough Borough Council is using thermal…
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:12
Scottish house prices fall £6,224 annually
Values in Edinburgh down over £16,000 annually Richard Sexton, director of e.surv chartered surveyors, part of LSL, comments: “Tough mortgage lending criteria and public sector…
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:08
300K homeowners fear they'll have to sell their home to repay their mortgage
The tightening of regulations on interest-only mortgages, introduced by the Financial Services Authority, will push many homeowners to the edge of what they can afford…
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Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:48
2013 Outlook
It is now going on 7 years since America started to crumble, 6 years since the UK caught the disease, and between that and 5…
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Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:37
Aberdeen on the UP
While the tough economic climate in the UK and elsewhere around the world has understandably resulted in investors targeting core locations - like London -…
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Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:25
Student property Investment
According to the latest figures from CBRE some £2.7 billion was invested in student property last year, an astonishing 125% increase compared to 2011. This…
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Thursday, 24 January 2013 00:22
Housing Property Report 2013
As 2012 draws to a close it's time once again for one of my Housing Humbug Reports in which I take a look…
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Saturday, 12 January 2013 19:34
Institutional Investors Put Increasing Stock in Real Estate Investment
According to real estate investment big hitters Jones Lang La Salle, the number of pension and sovereign wealth funds (SWF's) actively and directly investing in…
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Monday, 17 September 2012 07:37
UK Landlords Remain Confident in the Market
UK landlords continue to grow in confidence as the buy to let sectorcontinues to go from strength to strength. LSL property services - the UK's…
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Tuesday, 04 September 2012 23:16
UK Property - Now Expensively Cheap
There have been many reports and articles about the property markets over the years that conflict each other – usually from different sources, some even within…
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Wednesday, 20 June 2012 13:27
April sees anticipated decline in mortgage lending
Following the surge in activity in March, April saw a significant fall in house purchase lending, in particular to first-time buyers, according to new data…
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Wednesday, 13 June 2012 08:45
Young 'locked out' of owning home, report claims
Young 'locked out' of owning home, report claims Continue reading the main story More than a million young people will be "locked out" of home…
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:11
Average UK Rents Increase
The average cost of renting a UK property increased by five per cent in March, compared to the same month a year earlier. According to…
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