20% Of Tenants Prepared To Run
September 1st, 2010 Add your Commment
A recent survey by property portal FinderMonkey.co.uk has discovered that 20% of tenants would consider running out on their property landlord without paying rent. And this is a lot higher than statistics previously recorded in 2007… Quoting their inability to maintain payments as their primary reason for doing a runner…
Read MoreProperty Advisors Warn 0.5% Base Rate Not Normal
August 26th, 2010 Add your Commment
Property experts are currently advising buy to let investors to not get too used to the benefits which accompany low base rates.…
Read MoreAverage Student Spends £12,000 On Buy-To-Let
August 25th, 2010 1
The last thing students are probably thinking about when they rip open their A-Level results is ‘what will be the cost of their university accommodation’ over the next 3 years. However, new research by property portal Spareroom suggests that the average university student now spends at least £12,000 on rental…
Read MoreNew Tax Laws For UK Holiday Homes
March 29th, 2010 Add your Commment
The buy to let sector may have received little acknowledgement from the UK Budget Report last week for its importance to the UK’s economy, but coming tax legislation changes could soon spell bad times for property owners who currently use their holiday homes to offset their expenditures……
Read MoreHow To Make Money From The Property Market
March 22nd, 2010 Add your Commment
The recent economic crisis may have spelt hard times for many mortgage brokers, solicitors and removal firms as less property owners put their properties up for sale. However, recent improvements to the property market have spurred increased opportunities for businesses who base their income purely around the property market.…
Read More2009 – The Year of 2 Halves
March 10th, 2010 Add your Commment
It is undeniable that 2009 ended on a high, despite property sales remaining 6.8% lower than 2008. According to research by popular property portal Zoopla.co.uk during the last 2 quarters of 2009, property prices rose by 4.7% – a 2.5% gain for the whole year.…
Read MoreAuction Properties Sold At 21% Below Value
March 8th, 2010 Add your Commment
Property investors seeking out bargain properties and impressive discounts may soon be venturing into the property investment niche of property auctions according to a study by the Halifax.…
Read MoreSeparated Couples Struggle To Move Home
February 24th, 2010 Add your Commment
Breaking up is never easy, but with the added complications of co-inhabitance and property ownership, many separated couples are currently being forced to continue living together against their will……
Read MoreProperty Prices Annually Rise 4.1% In January
January 20th, 2010 Add your Commment
Even with the general election beckoning on the horizon, property prices appear to be so far defying economist predictions by not becoming static. In fact, reports from top UK lenders suggest that property prices have annually risen by 4.1% in January despite their 2.2% declines in December. And it would…
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