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Cheaper Mortgages On Way

Mortgage rates could drop below 1.5% as new lenders prepare to enter the UK mortgage market in the coming months. Increased competition in the UK market could mean that residential property owners benefit from lower mortgage repayments by as much as £600 (GBP) a year New lenders are likely to be attracted to the UK […]

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Banks Cut Back On Loans Despite FLS Extension

Bank Loans To Business Falls It has been reported that UK bank lending has continued to dwindle, despite government attempts to reverse the trend through the introduction of the “Funding for Lending Scheme” (FLS). Bank of England (BoE) data showed that overall net lending fell £300 Million (GBP) in the first quarter of 2013. Lending […]

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A Third Of Tenants Will Never Own Property

Good news for private sector landlords as business will continue to boom!   The post war “must be a homeowner” mentality of our parents has been replaced with the more modern paradigm of our neighbours on the Continent, “rent for life” Whilst our forebears wanted to own property for a sense of security and financial […]

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Fast, Accurate And Efficient Tenant Referencing

LegalforLandlords tenant referencing services are fast, reliable, accurate and 100% secure LegalforLandlords pioneering tenant referencing system is more advanced and more efficient than any other tenant referencing system available. LegalforLandlords fully online system is faster and more accurate than ever before with the ability to track and manage all your reports remotely. We can process […]

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Buy-To-Let Property Investment Increasing

Disgruntled savers who refuse to continue to suffer dreadful interest rates offered by banks are turning to buy-to-let property to provide very lucrative returns. Property investment in the UK is increasing and more and more people are becoming aware of the potential profitability of letting out decent standard rental property to tenants who want somewhere to live. […]

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Landlords Warned Not To Be Complacent About Flood Risks

 Landlords Urged To Be On Flood Alert  There has been a great deal of increased flooding across many parts of the UK in recent years and this has lead to an ongoing stand-off between the current coalition Government and the Association Of British Insurers (ABI) regarding flood insurance. Private rental sector (PRS) landlords and private […]

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Landlord Immigration Checks Are Unworkable

The Governments plan to make private rented sector (PRS) and social housing landlords legally responsible for checking the immigration status of all tenant applicants has raised questions on the policy from MP’s. The proposal to make landlords perform immigration checks on tenants and prosecute those who fail to comply has caused outrage among UK PRS landlords, who would […]

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Landlords Fury Over Immigration Amendments

Landlords Set To Become UK Border Agency Informants Private sector landlords are set to become unpaid members of the UK Border Agency as amendments to the UK immigration laws announced in the Queen’s Speech last week are pushed through Parliament UK landlords will become legally responsible for ensuring that they only let rental properties to […]

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The Success Of UK’s Largest Landlord Specialists

Landlord Specialists Are Leading The Way In The UK LegalforLandlords are an independent company based in the North West of England that has been built to be landlord specialists from the ground up! Started as a small business in 2008, the primary focus was on providing access to the necessary legal services for landlords and letting agents, […]

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Out Of Pocket Landlord Rues Not Having Landlord Insurance

Landlord Faces Massive Bill After Rental Property Gutted By Cannabis Farm Fire A buy-to-let landlord has been left kicking themselves as well as facing a massive financial headache after his rental property in Cardiff was completely gutted by fire. The rental property turned out to have been being used as a cannabis farm and the […]

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Landlords Should Comply With Responsibilities

UK Landlords Unaware of Legal Obligations There have been several reports in the national media recently about UK landlords facing prosecution for ignoring their legal responsibilities. The press reports suggest that new, accidental or reluctant landlords are not aware of their full rental property and tenant care responsibilities. There are a number of aspects that […]

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Advice For Landlords Dealing With Tenant Issues

UK landlords are considered to be service providers, offering their rental property assets as suitable homes for people looking to rent property in the private sector. However, there are times when being a landlord can appear to have a few drawbacks, so we would like to offer landlords a little advice on dealing with some […]

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UK Buy To Let Mortgage Figures Reach New High

 Buy To Let Mortgages Continue To Lead The Way In UK Property Market Re-mortgaging activity in the first quarter of 2013 saw UK mortgage lending reach a new high, with more landlords trying to raise finance to buy more suitable residential properties with a view to letting them out to tenants, according to the latest […]

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Smaller Buy To Let Properties Provide Best Yields

Smaller buy to let properties provide property investors and landlords with the best rental yields, says Countrywide Countrywide’s latest research is based on 50,000 buy to let properties across England, Scotland and Wales, and their survey found that the average PRS rental yield for a one bedroom property was 6.8% during the first quarter of 2013. […]

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Favourable Rental Market For Buy-To-Let Landlords

Results from the latest Quarterly Lettings Index survey by Countrywide have revealed a highly favourable rental market for UK buy-to-let landlords in the private rented sector. The Countrywide quarterly lettings index analyses all UK PRS rental prices, rent arrears and gross rental yields and is the UK’s largest national lettings index based on over 50,000 rental […]

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