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Good News for Tracker/Variable Rate Mortgages
BoE Hint Interest Rate Staying Low
The Bank of England Governor, Mervyn King, has said that he is more concerned about the strength of th...
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Interest Rate Low for Years says Report
The Bank of England is likely to keep the country’s base lending rate at or near the current low of 0.5% until early 2014, say economists associat...
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Easier to Check Your Engineer
As we should all be aware, the responsibility for licensing all gas fitters has now passed to the Gas Safe Register (www.gassaferegister.co.uk). Please see our page rega...
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Report Warns of Price Falls
Homeowners are deciding to sell their properties in a much larger numbe rthan originaly anticpated, which which may start a sharp fall in house pr...
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HMO's and Planning Permission
At present, if a Landlord wishes to rent out a family House in Multiple Occupation (HMO), they must obtain planning permission but with a new law billed, Local Au...
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What the Budget Really Means to Us
Since the Emergency Budget, professionals have been placing their views and thoughts with us and here we take a look at some of their own advice. Please obtai...
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Need to Remove a Tenant
Information supplied by Her Majesty's Court Service
As a landlord you may use a county court to recover your land or property (and money for arrears of rent or damage to prop...
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Gas Certificates Needed Warning
Up to one in three private tenants could be renting a house with a gas safety certificates that is out of date, a survey has found recently.
A w...
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House Prices Predicted to Fall in 2011
Average house prices slipped 0.6 per cent in June to £166,200, some 17 per cent beow the peak in August 2007.
Prices rose last year,...
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Let to Housing Claimants? Study the Budget.
If you are a Landlord that lets to Housing Benefit Claimants, you may have a shock after the budget. George Osborne decided to cap housing...
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Don't Hide your CGT Profit
Tax officials are increasingly identifying sales via the Land Registry records to check tax returns says an article on the BBC.
Remember, if your prope...
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Higher Deposits in Summer 2010 for New Build
From the summer 2010, it could be a very hard year to obtain mortgages with a low deposit on new build properties. Banks are reportedly offerin...
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HMO Legislation 2010
Frequently asked questions relating to the new legislation on Houses in Multiple Occupation
Please be aware that this 'may' change under the new coalition Government.
On and af...
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Double Dip?
Could there be small dips in house prices later in 2010, says Standard and Poor’s, the credit rating agency. “The longevity of the current bounce-back in prices remains a...
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