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Latest Property News Headlines:
- Landlords unmoved by new LHA limits
- Policy Exchange highlights social tenant trap
- Bovis: Consumers hit by spending cuts and tax hikes
- Mortgage lending continues to rise but experts remain cautious
- ITV’s “Tonight” programme features nightmare tenants
- Aldermore extents BTL mortgage range
- Tenant arrears account for 46% of landlord possessions
- Second-home ownership continues to rise
- “In-betweens” forgotten in social housing
- Asking prices down in August, say Rightmove
Changes to Local Housing Allowance (LHA) could leave a third of claimant tenants in the private rental sector unable to pay their rent in full.
In June’s emergency budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that LHA would be capped at £250 per week for a one-bedroom property and £400 per week for a four-bedroom [...]]]>
A new report from a right-wing think tank that holds sway with Tory ministers is recommending a radical overhaul of UK housing policy.
Policy Exchange is convinced that Britain is suffering from a housing crisis that affects both social tenants and those struggling to buy their own homes.
It is therefore calling for a big increase in [...]]]>
Housebuilder Bovis Homes has today claimed the coalition Government’s spending cuts and tax hikes have dented consumer confidence.
Its claim comes as the company reported a pre-tax profit of £3.5 million in the first half of 2010, compared with a loss of £8.6 million for the same period last year,
Meanwhile, it added it planned to pay [...]]]>
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has today reported a further rise in mortgage lending.
According to the CML, the amount of money lent in new mortgages totalled £13.6 billion in July - a 5% rise compared with June.
However, lending is 3% lower against June 2009 and the CML cautions that the mortgage activity is expected [...]]]>
Paul Shamplina will be appearing on ITV’s “Tonight” programme, “Nightmare Tenants”, on Thursday 26th August at 7.30pm, LandlordZONE has reported.
Mr Shamplina, who is the founder of tenant eviction firm, Landlord Action, will comment on a number of ongoing cases where landlords are owed thousands of pounds in unpaid rent, while at the same time trying [...]]]>
Aldermore, the new intermediary buy-to-let and residential mortgage lender, will now accept applications for two properties per landlord.
The lender has also introduced new two-year fixes, available at up to 80% loan-to-value (LTV), with rates from 4.78%.
Three and five-year fixed rates have been enhanced, now starting from 4.88% and 4.98% respectively.
Aldermore has also increased maximum loan [...]]]>
Forty-seven per cent of possessions by landlords are due to tenants not paying their rent, research from the National Landlords’ Association (NLA) suggests.
The revelation follows recent NLA figures showing that a fifth of private-residential landlords had tenants in rent arrears during the second quarter of 2010.
However, 23.3% of landlords surveyed had resorted to possession because [...]]]>
Second home developments have been one of the brightest spots in the UK new-build market through the recession and into the recovery, according to Knight Frank.
In a new study, the estate agent finds that the number of second homes in Britain reached record levels of 245,384 in 2009, with a further rise to over 250,000 [...]]]>
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), which represents people working in housing and community, is calling on housing providers and government to focus attention on developing a wider range of rented accommodation.
In a new report entitled “Widening the Rental Housing Market” the organisation highlights the plight of the “in-betweens”, or those who aren’t in sufficient [...]]]>
There is further evidence of a subdued housing market after property website, Rightmove, reported a fall in asking prices in August.
According to Rightmove, asking prices for residential property in England and Wales fell by 1.7% in the 4 weeks to 7 August - the second consecutively monthly fall.
The group attributes the fall to a surge [...]]]>
