Archived Industry News - September 2007
Landlords report strong market for rental property
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Despite the fact that the recent financial turmoil has reduced the n...
28-Sep-2007
Buy-to-let mortgage market hit by credit crunch
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.The buy-to-let mortgage market is beginning to be hit by the interna...
28-Sep-2007
Landlords 'need to get asbestos removed professionally'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Landlords should only use licensed contractors to remove high-risk asb...
28-Sep-2007
Charity calls for a review of buy-to-let
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.A national housing charity has called for a review of the way in which...
27-Sep-2007
Gearing 'has helped landlords maintain yields'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Many landlords have been able to shelter themselves from rising intere...
27-Sep-2007
New landlords warned not to expect short-term gains
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.People looking for short-term profits should not become landlords and ...
26-Sep-2007
Arla announce annual conference details
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.The Association of Residential Letting Agents has confirmed the date a...
26-Sep-2007
Demand for rental properties 'remains robust'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Demand for rental properties is so strong in the UK that landlords hav...
25-Sep-2007
Landlords see their property as long-term investments
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Landlords in the UK are committed to the sector for the long term, a n...
25-Sep-2007
Landlords 'confident in the market if tax rules stay the same'
More than half of all the UK's buy-to-let investors plan to increase the size of their portfolio in the coming months, a new report has suggested....
24-Sep-2007
New landlords face a difficult time
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.A report has raised fears that many landlords face the prospect of not...
24-Sep-2007
Older people 'want to continue to rent'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Many older people in the UK would prefer to continue to rent a propert...
24-Sep-2007
House prices 'could drop dramatically'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.There is a one in ten chance that the UK will experience a 1990s-style...
21-Sep-2007
New way of advertising mortgage rates proposed
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has proposed that the interest r...
21-Sep-2007
Sell-to-rent 'becoming a popular option'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.As house prices in the UK begin to slip more people are considering ...
20-Sep-2007
More women are becoming landlords
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.More and more women are opting to become landlords and invest in prope...
20-Sep-2007
BPF welcomes London's rental plan
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.The new housing plan for London has been welcomed by the British Prope...
20-Sep-2007
Buy-to-let 'will survive credit crunch'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Buy-to-let landlords will continue to enjoy good returns even if the p...
19-Sep-2007
CIH calls for new housing regulator
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management systemAn industry body has said that a new regulator should be set up to gu...
19-Sep-2007
Tenants and landlords 'are aware of TDP rules'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Both landlords and tenants have become more aware of new tenancy dep...
19-Sep-2007
NLA joins with the North Cumbria Landlords Association
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.The National Landlords Association (NLA) and the North Cumbria Landl...
18-Sep-2007
Hips 'have forced landlords to focus on the environment'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.The introduction of Home Information Packs (Hips) has already forced...
18-Sep-2007
Landlords are happy to take a long-term view
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.A new report has suggested that landlords and other property investo...
18-Sep-2007
Some landlords 'are paying too much tax'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Many landlords in the UK pay too much tax because they are missing out...
17-Sep-2007
Buy-to-let 'most likely to be hit by current financial situation'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Buy-to-let landlords are most likely to be hardest hit by the ongoin...
17-Sep-2007
Landlords 'happy to arrange mortgages online'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.More and more landlords are using the internet to find and arrange m...
17-Sep-2007
East London to benefit from Olympic regeneration
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Landlords looking for capital appreciation from new properties should ...
14-Sep-2007
House prices begin to fall
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.New figures suggest that house price growth turned negative in August ...
14-Sep-2007
Landlords warned about new service charge rules
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Landlords need to be aware of new regulations covering service and adm...
13-Sep-2007
Young professionals 'want to rent in the city centre'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Landlords considering adding to their portfolio with city-centre prope...
13-Sep-2007
Government 'needs to do more to empower tenants'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.A leading provider of private sector housing has said that the gover...
13-Sep-2007
Landlords 'look to regeneration areas'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Many landlords are looking to invest in areas in which urban regener...
12-Sep-2007
Strong demand pushes rents up
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.High levels of demand mean that the rents landlords can charge on th...
12-Sep-2007
Tenant demand continues to increase
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software .Tenant demand now outstrips supply in all areas of the rental market,...
11-Sep-2007
London families 'are being priced out of rental market'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system The high levels of demand for small rented property for young profes...
11-Sep-2007
Strong tenant demand 'encourages more people to become landlords'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Demand for rental property has been boosted by declining accessibility...
11-Sep-2007
UK mortgages 'to feel effects from US'
The collapse of the United States sub-prime loan market could result in higher mortgage rates in the UK, a former adviser from the Bank of England has...
10-Sep-2007
Hips 'will affect' property supply
As the government extends its controversial Home Information Pack (Hip) scheme to cover all three-bedroom houses, the National Association of Estate A...
10-Sep-2007
NAEA welcomes rate decision
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management softwareFollowing the announcement by the Bank of England that interest rates w...
07-Sep-2007
Buy-to-let 'eclipsing' other investments
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management systemAs many as three per cent of homeowners are considering putting their...
07-Sep-2007
MPC holds interest rates
This article was brought to you by Rentman, the premium rent management software.The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England has opted ...
06-Sep-2007
Landlords 'need to watch out for rogue builders'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management systemLocal council leaders have warned landlords whose properties were dam...
06-Sep-2007
House price inflation slows
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management systemWhile house prices did increase in August, they only rose at a slow r...
06-Sep-2007
More people rent as getting on the property ladder becomes harder
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.It is becoming harder for people in the UK to become homeowners, sugge...
05-Sep-2007
Interest-only mortgages 'good for landlords'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Landlords can consider using interest-only mortgages to allow them to ...
05-Sep-2007
Eco-homes 'could be attractive to tenants'
This article was brought to you by Rentman, the premium property management system.Landlords who invest in new eco-homes will be able to offer their t...
04-Sep-2007
Landlords confident in the future
Despite rising interest rates, a new study shows that landlords are confident that their properties will remain profitable in the future.Figures from ...
04-Sep-2007
Some insurance policies for landlords 'are overpriced'
There is a large discrepancy in the premiums landlords are being charged to insure their buy-to-let properties, a new study has shown.Landlord Mortgag...
04-Sep-2007
Buy-to-let 'about to falter'
A leading landlord has warned that rising interest rates will severely hit the yields that buy-to-let landlords can expert in the future.In an intervi...
03-Sep-2007
Fewer empty properties in the UK
Fewer landlords are leaving properties empty for extended periods of time, an industry expert has claimed.A spokesperson for the charity the Empty Hom...
03-Sep-2007
