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Landlords and homeowners who convert storage space into living areas could be the victims of more theft than ever before, new research has revealed. According to a study by esure, people are storing more valuable possessions in unsecured sheds and...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The introduction of the tenancy deposit scheme last April has been a "success" and has led to an...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's buy-to-let market is going from strength to strength, according to one letting agent. Your Move claimed...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Buy-to-let landlords ought to check their properties for damage following the recent tremors that shook parts of England...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported positive momentum in the UK's buy-to-let mortgage sector. Data released...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's housing market is continuing to weaken, it has been claimed. Moneyextra.com has confirmed that as the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Association of British Insurers (ABI) has announced a new call for stronger regulations in the area...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has reported a further fall in house prices. Data released as...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages, public liability insurance and business finance. The housing market slowdown and tighter consumer credit presents opportunities for savvy buy-to-let investors, one expert has...

Property Consultant Knight Frank has issued five "top tips" for landlords and tenants, with advice about letting periods and the importance of boiler safety top of the agenda. The advice reminds landlords to check boilers have been Corgi registered and...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has pressed the leadership of the Conservative party to address a "mistake" implemented in 1995. Under the leadership of the Conservative party, the government restricted levels of Income Support for Mortgage Interest, which the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Landlords within the buy-to-let property sector are increasingly favouring corporate tenants, it has been claimed. Data released following a...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. New doubts over the future of the UK's buy-to-let market have been expressed following the emergence of difficulties at...

The onset of a crisis in the UK's buy-to-let sector is leading to a number of city centre housing developments being placed on hold, it has emerged. Reports by the Financial Times have revealed that a number of new housing...

The future prospects for Britain's housing market have been viewed positively by the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA). According to comments made by Peter Williams, executive director of the IMLA, although there exists the possibility that the housing market may...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. New statistics released by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show a decrease in the number of landlord possessions made...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Despite the current difficulties in the UK housing market, first-time buyer enquiries remain strong, new research has shown. According...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. New data has highlighted a decline in the number of mortgage approvals for the UK last month. According to...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A number of financial danger levels have been highlighted following the recent release of the Bank of England's Financial...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. House price growth across Yorkshire and the Humber beat London over the course of this month, it has been...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A majority of Britain's mortgage holders do not properly understand the consequences of interest rate increases, it has been...

New figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) have revealed a fall in gross mortgage lending for last month. According to the CML, last month's total gross mortgage lending slipped to around £30 billion, representing a drop of...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has voiced its concerns over the future of the UK housing market. According to reports, the IMF has expressed its worry that property in the UK is overvalued by more than properties in the US...

News by Adfero from Simply Business - providers of independent landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, business insurance, business finance and commercial mortgages A majority of Britons remain confident about the UK's housing market, a new survey has revealed. According to the...

The number of mortgage application rejections is increasing, it has been claimed. According to data released by MoneyExpert.com, over the last six months, the number of mortgage application rejections has increased at a rate of 60 per cent to over...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has advised borrowers to be in possession of an exit strategy when opting for a bridging loan, it has been revealed. According to comments made by a representative of the CML, although bridging loans...

Despite recent turbulence, the fundamentals of the UK mortgage market remain secure, it has been claimed. According to comments made by Peter Williams, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), although the recent market volatility has dented confidence...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of landlord insurance, buy-to-let & commercial mortgages, business insurance and business finance. A number of new mortgage borrowers have felt under pressure to purchase additional insurance products over the course of this year,...

News from Simply Business - provider of business insurance, invoice finance, landlord insurance and buy-to-let mortgages Many landlords are paying too much tax through ignorance of the allowances that they are due, according to the letting agent Leaders. There are...

According to new research from Bradford & Bingley, 76 per cent of women that manage investment properties also have a day job. Furthermore, 42 per cent of women who invest in property do much of the refurbishment work themselves. Fiona...

House prices in the UK have started to decline, it has been revealed. According to the results of a survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), house price growth has entered into a period of decline, with 1.8...

Landlords should remember to conduct safety tests on rented property. According to comments made by West and John, a firm of plumbing and heating engineers, landlords are legally obliged to arrange gas-safety checks each year and incoming tenants should ask...

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has expressed relief at yesterday's interest rate decision, it has been revealed. According to comments made by Stewart Lilly, president of the NAEA, yesterday's decision by the Bank of England's monetary policy committee...

Those coming to the end of their fixed-rate mortgage deals should chose their replacement mortgage carefully, it has been claimed. According to Nationwide Building Society, borrowers with fixed-rate mortgages who will come to the end of their fixed period between...

The Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) has decided to keep interest rates on hold for another month. Announced on September 6th, the MPC has decided to keep interest rates static at 5.75 per cent and confirmed that its...

UK-based landlords are benefiting from higher rental yields, new data has revealed. According to the results of data released by Paragon Mortgages, since February 2007 rental yields have increased from 6.1 to 6.3 per cent for buy-to-let investors with three...

Interest rates are expected to remain on hold this month, according to experts. According to reports, a recent poll of economists by Reuters has found the belief that interest rates will remain static this month to be held unanimously. The...

New research has revealed that British homeowners expect to own five properties during their lifetime. A study by Zurich reveals that, although 53 per cent of homeowners say they do not enjoy the moving process, the average respondent has already...

September is one of the most popular months for mortgage and insurance renewals, according to new research. A study by Abbey Mortgages reveals that homeowners are set to spend more than half a million hours researching their next mortgage deal...

Mortgage lending experienced a slight fall last month, new figures from the Bank of England reveal. A rise of £9.2 billion was seen on net lending for dwellings during July, which was lower than the figure for June and the...

July property prices grew at the lowest rate since June 2006, new figures suggest. According to data released by the Land Registry, across England and Wales the cost of housing increased at a rate of just 0.1 per cent last...

Renting a buy-to-let property to students is said to be the most profitable form of rental investment in the current market, according to a leading broker. The average annual yield from a student property is 6.59%, whereas an average buy-to-let...

An analysis of more than 45,000 properties advertised on a lettings website have shown that rental prices are remaining stable, despite landlords being hit with rising interest rates. There has been a very slight increase of just 0.6% since Q2...

Mortgage intermediaries have a lack of confidence in the government's future housing-market policy, it has emerged. According to the results of a study of its members, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) found that 53 per cent confirmed a lack...

The string of recent interest rate rises has finally begun affecting house prices, most significantly in regional areas of the UK. According to the results of data released by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), 71 per cent of...

Mortgage lending last month reached a new record level, data has revealed. According to data released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), total gross mortgage lending reached a total of £34.4 billion. However, this figure is one per cent...

A number of sub-prime mortgage lenders have modified their lending criteria following recent market turbulence in the US, it has emerged. According to reports, a number of UK lenders have implemented a decision to raise interest rates, while others have...

A number of lenders are willing to offer buy-to-let mortgages for properties let by students, new research has revealed. According to data released by Moneyfacts.co.uk, there are more than 40 lenders in the UK willing to consider such an arrangement....

New investors prefer buy-to-let over financial markets for investment, new data has revealed. According to the results of a study by the Mortgage Trust, of the new landlords polled, 32 per cent cited the ability to exert control over their...

The performance of the UK's buy-to-let mortgage market continues to show strength, new data has revealed. According to figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), borrowing within the buy-to-let mortgage sector now represents ten per cent of the...

First-time homebuyers are more likely to seek the opinions of friends and family members when searching for mortgage advice, new research has revealed. According to the results of data produced by Abbey, although 13 per cent of those buying their...

Reports are suggesting that interest rates are expected to increase to six per cent before the end of the year. According to banks, a rise in interest rates to six per cent before the end of the year is considered...

Britain's buy-to-let mortgage market is still strong in the south-west of England, it has been claimed. According to Barrett Homes, in spite of the recent speculation over a slowdown, the buy-to-let market remains buoyant and investors are attracted to newly...

Would-be borrowers will increasingly move away from fixed-rate mortgage products, it has been claimed. According to lender GMAC-RFC, tracker or discounted variable rate mortgages are likely to become more popular as short-term fixed-rate mortgages are becoming increasingly expensive. "Now is...

Blackpool's market for buy-to-let investment is improving, it has been claimed. According to Mark Fletcher of McDonald & Company estate agents, although the popularity of Blackpool as a holiday hotspot has entered a period of decline, it is a popular...

The Property Investor Show, scheduled to take place between September 21st and 23rd, will give property investors and potential landlords an opportunity to learn about all aspects of property. A total of 120 seminars, which cover subjects such as buying,...

Research from Corgi suggests that landlords should be more vigilant when it comes to carbon dioxide dangers in their properties. Carbon dioxide related deaths totalled 50 in 2006 but there were also 218 people who suffered injuries as a result...

The government has conducted one of its largest consultation projects to date, in order to look thoroughly at the rental market and how it can be regulated more closely to benefit both landlord and tenant. The three areas they have...

The design of a property is less significant than its construction for determining the cost of commercial insurance for properties, an expert has claimed. According to Andy Brown, a commercial insurance broker with Endsleigh, both insurers and surveyors are primarily...

Britain's young people are largely unable to carry out their own home improvements, relying instead on tradesmen to do even the simplest of tasks for them. According to a YouGov poll, today's young adults spend over £1,700 every year employing...

The majority of landlords are aware of the licensing requirements under the new housing bill and are reacting accordingly. Mortgage Express surveyed over 2,000 of their landlord customers and found that 59 per cent were aware of the mandatory licences...

New licences will be introduced tomorrow - April 6th - when the 2004 Housing Act comes into effect along with certain rules that are causing dismay among landlords. Mandatory licences are being introduced for owners of houses in multiple occupation...

The buy-to-let market is continuing its upward trend, with yields, property values and rental income all rising. New figures from Paragon Mortgages show that the buy-to-let market is still prospering with rents rising by 6.39 per cent from £9,954 in...

Landlords have been voicing their concerns over property licensing regulations in a stream of phone calls to letting agents, highlighting the current confusion in the rental market. The Association of Residential Letting Agents (Arla) reports that its members have been...

The buy-to-let market is booming and securing a mortgage on a rental property is becoming more viable every week as providers ease their lending criteria.