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Minister meets key industry players to discuss discriminatory ‘No DSS’ lettings adverts
Downing Street round-table concludes with promise by lender Metro Bank to stop preventing landlords from renting out properties to those on benefits.
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Is it a vote-winner? Labour plans to replace Stamp Duty and council tax
Should there be a general election anytime soon, voting homeowners may want to take note of Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to scrap council tax and replace it with a ‘progressive property tax’.
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First Time Buyers come to the market!
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “The current generation of FTBs are more savvy than those before, they see a depressed market as one which is good news for them, rather than one to stay away from.”
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Buy to Let… just got bigger
Coventry Building Society has increased its maximum buy-to-let borrowing limit to £750,000, meaning it now offer mortgages on properties worth up to £1.5m.
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Millennials are already downsizing, says report
Investment manager, Hargreaves Lansdown has discovered that younger people – between 18 and 34 are now more likely to be downsizing rather than taking on larger loans to move.
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Mortgage possession claims rise
Following three years of stability there has been a dramatic rise in mortgage possession claims with both owner-occupier and buy-to-let loans.
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Flooding risks rise with global warming
The housing market in some areas is in danger of sinking – literally, the Environment Agency warns, as global warming increases flooding risks.
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MP gains second reading for bill to unlock 200,000 mortgage ‘prisoners’
Conservative Charlie Elphicke says it is 'absurd' that some people are trapped in their homes by tighter lending regulations.
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Local knowledge – how property market data wins business
Media headlines such as, “Hopes that the property market has a spring in its step” or “Housing market worst for 20 years” may capture eyeballs, says Kate Faulkner, but successful agents use the data behind the headlines to win business.
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Protect and survive – landlord and tenant insurance
Insurance policies to protect landlords’ income and their properties are essential in today’s market, as Lisa Isaacs explains.
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