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More overseas landlords are admitting tax avoidance
The number of overseas landlords coming forward to admit tax avoidance has risen 65% in the last five years, said the accountancy firm Moore.... Read more
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Tenants give up on homeownership as they get older
Tenants’ desire to own a property and save for a deposit falls from the age of 35, research from Paragon Bank has revealed.
Some 72% of those in... Read more
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Skipton International’s mortgage pipeline surges
Skipton International, the Guernsey bank specialising in UK buy-to-let mortgages for overseas residents, has seen its UK mortgage pipeline double.... Read more
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Buy-to-let broker hires David Copland
Property Master, the ‘digital’ buy-to-let mortgage broker, has appointed David Copland as its new business development director.
Copland spent... Read more
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Government to provide funding for housebuilders
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged to provide £2.2bn of funding for housebuilders.
The majority of this funding will be in the form of loan... Read more
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West End offices set to boom as companies slowly return to the capital
The West End is the fastest recovering area in London for commercial office space.
It’s the only area to surpass its January 2020 demand levels,... Read more
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Housing market stabilising during second lockdown
The housing market in England and Wales is displaying signs of stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from property advice website... Read more
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London tenants most concerned about price
Two thirds (66%) of London tenants say affordability is the most important factor when they’re looking to rent.
Unsurprisingly three in five... Read more
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Eight in 10 plan ‘green’ home improvements in the next 12 months
Eight in 10 (84%) homeowners are planning to make their property more ‘green’ in the coming year, with reducing energy bills a key motivation,... Read more
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Belvoir: England should follow Wales by launching tenant loan scheme
Property group Belvoir has called for the government to introduce a loan scheme for tenants to stand alongside protections for homeowners.
In... Read more
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Sales of sound insulation rocket during coronavirus lockdown
The number of people purchasing sound insulation has hit an all-time high, driven by people installing products to dampen the sound of noisy... Read more
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Landlords carrying out immigration checks leading to racial discrimination
Forcing landlords to carry out checks on the immigration status of potential tenants is encouraging and even facilitating racial discrimination,... Read more
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Connells ‘re-confirms’ Countrywide offer
Estate agency chain Connells has reiterated the details of its £82m takeover bid for fellow estate agency group Countrywide.
The company said it... Read more
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Bluestone Mortgages resumes 85% LTV lending
Bluestone Mortgages has reverted its maximum loan-to-value to 85% across its residential and buy-to-let ranges.
This brings its maximum LTV back... Read more
Survive or thrive? Creating the high street of the future
Julian Joseph (pictured), real estate partner and retail specialist at law firm, Shakespeare... Read more
Is your social media profile impacting your credit rating and potential overseas based mortgage?
Simon Conn (pictured) is a financial adviser specialising in overseas property
An increasing... Read more
Collaboration and compromise a must for landlords and tenants
James Liddiment is managing director of real estate advisory group, Duff & Phelps
Tenants,... Read more
A market in recovery? PCL and COVID-19
Alpa Bhakta is chief executive of Butterfield Mortgages Limited
Over the last decade or so, the... Read more
The market rebound has exposed long standing flaws in the home purchasing process
Ian Larkin is chief executive of online mortgage broker Trussle
The property market was upended... Read more
Does COVID-19 mean that the HMO market will hit the buffers?
Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of HMO Heaven and Rent 2 Rent Success
With a recession on the... Read more
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Funds advised by Hilltop Credit Partners, a specialist funding partner for SME residential developers, have completed an £8.6m loan to fund a... Read more
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