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Additional powers to control BTL mortgage market
Mark Carney the Governor of The Bank of England (BOE) has for some time now been making the point that the UK buy-to-let mortage market poses a threat to Britain’s economic recovery, at present certain controls exist for the residential mortgage market that do not for the Buy-To-Let (BTL) mortgage market. The Governor of the…
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No change of use for London Pub.
An historic south London pub that was named the Elephant and Castle will now not become a Branch of Foxtons the Estate Agents, the pub was closed down earlier in the year due to a violent incident, squatters moved in shortly afterwards. EstateAgentNetworking previously reported that Foxtons had submitted an application to Southwark Council to…
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Statement by OnTheMarket.com
Following Zoopla’s trading update this morning, please see below a statement from OnTheMarket.com. Ian Springett, Chief Executive of OnTheMarket.com said: “Zoopla Property Group’s latest trading update serves to highlight the success of OnTheMarket.com, which is already firmly established as a leading portal. “The key fact is that over 90 per cent of our member agents…
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Zoopla Property Group pleased with progress
Zoopla Property Group Plc today provides its scheduled trading update in respect of the financial year ended 30 September 2015. The Property Services division has performed well with UK Agency membership continuing its return to growth. The Group added a further 146 net new UK Agency branches since the last member update for July, taking…
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Transaction data September 2015
This transaction data published yesterday provides information about the number and types of applications that Land Registry completed in September 2015. In September 2015: Land Registry completes 1,513,920 applications South East tops the table of regional applications with 349,215 Birmingham tops the table of local authority applications with 23,263 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry…
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Right-to-Rent roll out date fixed
The government announced yesterday that as from the 1st February 2016 all private landlords letting property in England will be required to check the immigration status of prospective tenants before before renting out their property. This is the next stage of the scheme’s national roll out after being launched in the Midlands, under the new…
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Plans for ‘Skinny Shard” for West London
Changes to West Londons Skyline with what has already attracted the name of ‘Skinny Shard” may well happen if architect Renzo Piano and developers Sellar property Group get their way, Irvine Sellar’s property company has unveiled plans to transform Paddington in West London with a mixed used scheme, the focal point will be a slender…
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HMRC twitter chat for landlords
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is hosting a Twitter chat today between 6pm to 9pm for anyone with a question about being a landlord in the UK. Experts from HMRC, the Residential Landlords Association, the Association of Residential Letting Agents, the National Landlords Association and Mydeposit will be answering questions on all aspects of the…
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Lettings disputes nearly double that of sales
The latest interim report released by The Property Ombudsman reveals more than half of the 9141 enquiries received related to lettings disputes, nearly double that of sales. This not only reinforces the importance of legislation introduced a year ago, making it a legal requirements for all letting agents in England to register with an approved…
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Zoopla launches pilot affiliate marketing scheme
Zoopla Property Group offer members chance to earn additional revenue by launching pilot affiliate marketing scheme, this is a follow on from the aquisition by Zoopla of uSwitch earlier in the year. The pilot scheme will help inform and create an opportunity for ZPG members to earn additional revenues from home switching services, it will…
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Home buyers website launched by government
The Government has lauched a website to help hard working people who are looking to own their own home: The new website brings home ownership schemes together including Right to Buy, Help to Buy and the Help to Buy: ISA available from 1 December. According to the British Social Attitudes Survey, 86% of people have…
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Rightmove HPI October 2015
Rightmove October HPI highlights that First-time buyer prices surge nearly 10% in a year. Highest ever national average price of property coming to market, up by 0.6% (+£1,715) this month to £296,549- and 5.6% more expensive than a year ago. New record fuelled by high demand for first-time-buyer properties, with prices up 4.9% on last…
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Council makes an unexpected decision
If you felt you were paying too much council tax and made a genuine complaint, then you would definately not expect to make life more expensive for all your neighbours by doing so, well that is just what happened. According to a story reported this week a certain resident living in Lynton Avenue in Hull…
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Pledge to build 50,000 affordable homes.
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon announced at the opening of the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen on thursday that they would embark on a £3 billion programme to build 50,000 new affordable homes in Scotland if the SNP were to win the election next May, she reportedly highlighted the governments housing achievements by saying “We have…
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Houses.co.uk domain for sale.
Just two years after the launch of Houses.co.uk the domain name is now up for sale, that is according to a recent blog on the Sellingup.com website, ‘an independent guide to how to sell your property for the maximum profit with the minimum stress’. The domain name of www.finelocation.com and www.finelocation.co.uk are also for sale…
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