Nov 25, 2014 | Blog
Neglect tenants at your peril – Landlord fined £30k after leaving tenants with no heat for four weeks A rogue landlord with property on Talgarth Road, London has been fined more than £30,000 to reflect the serious “physical and mental hardship” endured by five tenants...
Nov 25, 2014 | Blog
A round up of all things property related in November… …From across the country! Bank Lending Rate The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has confirmed that the Bank Base Rate is to remain at 0.5% for a further month. It has been at this very low...
Nov 20, 2014 | Blog
Buying and selling property are commonly cited as two of life’s more stressful activities and a new survey carried out by an estate agent goes someway to demonstrating this. After commissioning independent insight agency Opinion Matters to survey over 1,000 home...
Nov 20, 2014 | Blog
Mortgage applications from homebuyers and remortgaging homeowners reached their highest point of 2014 last month. The Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) found that total applications via mortgage brokers were up 13% from September, the second successive month of...
Nov 20, 2014 | Blog
The majority of tenants are yet to be convinced by the raft of housing policies set out by the UK’s main political parties, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). With just over six months to go before next year’s General Election, 62% of tenants...
Nov 20, 2014 | Blog
House hunters are still out in force as the number of people looking for a property during September hit a ten year high, according to the latest Housing Market Report by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA). NAEA member agents reported an average of 406...
