Archived Industry News - January 2009
Letting agent 'on an all-time high'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Despite the economic downturn a Yorkshire letting agent is offering ...
30-Jan-2009
Homes 'could remain unaffordable for buyers'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.A property industry official has indicated that would-be buyers will...
30-Jan-2009
Base rate 'heading towards zero'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Interest rates will be cut next month and could stabilise at zero or...
30-Jan-2009
Professional landlords expanding their portfolios
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Many landlords are bucking the downward trend of the wider economy and...
29-Jan-2009
Residential lettings market 'booming in some areas'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Some letting agents and landlords could be laughing their way to the b...
28-Jan-2009
Property prices need to fall by 17%, expert says
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.House prices still need to drop about 17 per cent to be affordable t...
28-Jan-2009
Landlords advised to 'vet tenants'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has advised landlords to u...
27-Jan-2009
Demand for rented accommodation 'through the roof'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.More letting agents could be bucking the credit crunch as new resear...
27-Jan-2009
NLA: Landlords should avoid letting agent fees
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.The National Landlords Association (NLA) says some letting agents in...
26-Jan-2009
Flexible landlords will survive downturn, says RLA
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system. Landlords who keep a flexible outlook in the current financial clim...
23-Jan-2009
Two in five homes rate average on energy performance
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system. A Halifax Estate Agents study has found that two in five homes in E...
23-Jan-2009
Mydeposits will continue to protect all letting agents
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system. Unaffiliated letting agents will continue to have access to insuran...
23-Jan-2009
'Supply outstripping demand' in rental market
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system. Landlords and letting agents will have to work harder to attract te...
23-Jan-2009
Photos 'fundamental' to attracting interest, expert says
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system. Estate agents should provide images when marketing their properties...
22-Jan-2009
Regulation should extend to landlords, expert says
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system. New regulation as outlined in Sir Colin Jones' housing market r...
22-Jan-2009
'Strong demand' for rental property
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Letting agents and landlords can benefit from strong demand in the ren...
21-Jan-2009
Buyers 'can't afford mortgage rates'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software. Many house hunters cannot afford to get on to the property ladder bec...
21-Jan-2009
NAEA welcomes regulation proposals
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system. The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has backed a gover...
21-Jan-2009
Expert: 2008 a year of turmoil for the UK property market
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Nationwide chief economist Fionnuala Earley summed up 2008 as a "...
20-Jan-2009
Winter freeze leads to increase in burst pipe claims
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.More British homes are being flooded because of pipes bursting amid ...
20-Jan-2009
Tenants 'advised to impress letting agents'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Prospective tenants have been advised to impress letting agents so t...
19-Jan-2009
Women doctors 'wanted as tenants', survey finds
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Female doctors are the most desired tenants among UK landlords, a surv...
19-Jan-2009
Investors urged to consult letting agents
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Landlords should contact letting agents to find out which properties a...
19-Jan-2009
Extra services can improve marketing, expert says
Free removal services and the provision of a cleaner are ways in which landlords and letting agents are looking to improve a home's marketability,...
16-Jan-2009
Tenants must be realistic over discounts, expert says
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.A property expert has suggested that tenants need to be realistic when...
16-Jan-2009
Letting agents 'should provide incentives'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.A buy-to-let expert has advised letting agents and landlords to offer ...
15-Jan-2009
More tenants could miss rent payments in 2009
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Residential lettings operators could face an increase in non-paying te...
15-Jan-2009
Mortgage rates hit buy-to-let borrowers
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Research by fund management firm Managing Partners Limited (MPL) has s...
14-Jan-2009
Buy-to-let mortgage finance 'contracts'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.The range of buy-to-let mortgage finance available for investors in ...
14-Jan-2009
Letting agents may benefit from new-build activity, expert says
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Landlords could soon use new-build homes to their advantage by using...
14-Jan-2009
Rics: Buyers could be frozen out the property market
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has warned that th...
13-Jan-2009
Landlord-tenant disputes 'relatively small'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.An industry official has said the number of disputes that emerge bet...
13-Jan-2009
'Accidental landlord' welcomes property management service
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.A recently redundant sales director has praised the property managem...
12-Jan-2009
Buy-to-let investors 'look long term'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Fewer buy-to-let investors plan to sell their properties over the next...
12-Jan-2009
Letting agent hails rental demand
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.A letting agent has expanded the number of houses for rent on its book...
09-Jan-2009
Lawyers set up letting agent
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Two property lawyers are out to defy the doom and gloom associated w...
09-Jan-2009
House prices to remain low
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Letting agents could continue to benefit from more affordable house ...
09-Jan-2009
Base rate cut to 1.5%
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Interest rates were today reduced by 50 basis points to 1.5 per cent, ...
08-Jan-2009
Letting agents reap benefits of student demand
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Student accommodation is proving a valuable source of income for letti...
08-Jan-2009
NLA: Landlords responding positively to EPCs
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Landlords are responding positively following the introduction of en...
07-Jan-2009
MPC will use rate tool 'to the max'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Letting agents should expect further interest rate cuts early this yea...
07-Jan-2009
'Wake-up call' on tenancy deposit protection
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Letting agents have been handed a wake-up call to insure they are affi...
07-Jan-2009
Letting agents urged to promote rental insurance
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Landlords should ask their letting agents about rent protection insu...
06-Jan-2009
Letting agents no longer shocked by 'bizarre objects'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.A new kitchen, sex toys and iPods are among the bizarre objects lett...
06-Jan-2009
NLA warns landlords over EPCs
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.Landlords with large portfolios could be fined £5,000 for each ...
06-Jan-2009
Housing demand set to outstrip supply
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium property management system.A shortage of new housing in the UK property market has been predict...
05-Jan-2009
Landlords face rent protection 'gamble'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Landlords could be taking a gamble by choosing not to take out rent pr...
05-Jan-2009
Landlord taxation could be 'scrutinised'
The finances of landlords and letting agents could fall under further scrutiny in future, it has been suggested.According to a report by the Guardian,...
05-Jan-2009
Bargains starting to appear, expert says
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Landlords could soon benefit from falling house prices in the UK as ba...
02-Jan-2009
Letting agents advised to take 'business-like approach'
This article was brought to you by Rentman the premium rent management software.Landlords and letting agents need to adopt a more business-like approa...
02-Jan-2009
