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2009 will be a challenge and an opportunity for the rental market, says ARLA
Despite the turbulence of the economy at large, 2008 was generally a favourable year for the lettings market claims the Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA). Its members found no shortage of new instructions from vendors who were having difficulty selling at the prices they had become...

Property market could see bounce as high as fall
Residential landlords saw the values of their property fall by 12.2 percent in November, according to the latest figures for England and Wales from Land Registry. The average house price is now £161,883 representing a monthly decrease of 1.9 percent. London experienced an annual decrease in its average property...

Buy to let investors take rough with the smooth in Prime Central London
Prime Central London rents fell by 9.6 percent over the last three months of 2008 according to Knight Frank’s rental index, by far the largest drop since the company started publishing its quarterly figures in 1995. Rents have now fallen for three consecutive quarters, by a total of 12 percent, taking rents back to the level...

Landlords face large fines for failing to provide EPCs
The National Landlords Association in Scotland has warned landlords that they face massive fines if they do not provide Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for prospective tenants. Since 4 January 2009, all landlords starting new tenancies in Scotland must provide tenants with an EPC or risk being hit with a fine of...

It's never been better for student landlords claims building society
Bath Building Society says it has the answer for student's accommodation needs with its unique Buy for Uni mortgage product, which it claims is the only one of its kind in the UK market. The society maintains that the recent fall in house prices across the UK...

'Glimmer of hope' for property investment
There are glimmers of hope in the latest house price statistics, the National Association of Estate Agents has reported. Although house prices 'plummeted' across the country the percentage of first time buyers increased - for the third month in a row. NEAE estimates that between October to November, the average...

Absent landlords make VAT demand stronger
A VAT break for properties that have been empty for more than two years should be extended to all empty properties, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has told the Government. Cutting VAT on the renovation and repair of residential properties from 15 per cent to 5 per cent would encourage owners of...

NLA 'working hard' to support hard pressed landlords
A landlords' organisation has pledged to redouble its efforts to persuade the Government not to add further bureaucracy and over regulation to the private rented sector. 'The National Landlords Association will continue to develop and grow as the pre-eminent organisation for landlords in the UK and for the private-rented...

Mortgage lending down again
November gross mortgage lending was barely half the amount of a year ago, the Council of Mortgage Lenders has revealed. The estimated 14.6b pounds was also 22 per cent down on October. 'While there is typically a decline from October to November, this is considerably larger than usual reflecting the market disruption and continued deterioration of confidence in the economy'...

Buy to let investor fined after ignoring notices
Buy to let investors have been warned to take prompt action when issued with home improvement notices after a Peterborough landlord was fined and landed with a repair bill after ignoring council demands for improvements to his rental property.

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