Britain’s buy-to-let death traps – Thousands of landlords fail to address cat 1 household hazards

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Data from the UK’s only combined lettings inventory and property compliance specialists, VeriSmart, has highlighted the most common hazards being missed by buy-to-let landlords within their rental properties. In the last year, VeriSmart conducted over 60,000 property inspections and reports on rental properties within the buy-to-let sector, with 4,521 of these resulting in at least…

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Interest rates remain frozen – mortgage industry reaction

The Bank of England has made the decision to keep interest rates frozen at their current level. Managing Director of One77 Mortgages, Alastair McKee, commented: “In the current climate of Brexit uncertainty, a freeze in interest rates was one thing that we could bet on.   While wider market conditions remain tough, this further assurance…

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London Marathon Property Price Map 2019

Leading independent London estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has looked at the price of property across some of the key mile markers of this weekend’s London Marathon and how they have fared since last year’s event. Mile Marker 7: One-bed apartment, Deals Gateway: £300,000 Despite the wider market slowdown, London is still the most expensive…

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Newham crowned London’s most overcrowded borough for property

The latest research by leading flatshare platform, ideal flatmate, has looked at where is home to the least number of homes to support the local population across each London borough. Using data from the London Datastore, ideal flatmate looked at the population and the total number of dwellings for each borough before looking at which…

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The Homebuyer Easter House Hunt

Ahead of the Easter bank holiday weekend, leading national fast sale agent, Springbok Properties, has put together an Easter property hunt for homebuyers out house hunting over the long weekend. Using sold house price records from the Land Registry, Springbok looked at the prices paid across eleven Easter themed property locations, ranking them based on…

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Rental affordability hits decade high in the north while London is still the most unaffordable

The latest research by Zoopla shows that rental affordability in the North is at its highest in a decade, while London predictably remains the most unaffordable region. Rents are set to rise with earnings Demand is strongest in the South East Occupancy numbers are often overlooked when considering rental affordability   Co-founder of flatshare platform,…

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