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90% of landlords in South East will be hit by government rent caps
A survey suggests a third of social tenants could be made homeless and 90% of landlords in London and the South East will be affected by the upcoming changes in housing benefit legislation.
Tenant arrears improve
Over the last 12 months tenant arrears have remained stable or fallen, according to 84% of landlords.
Northern Rock £99 mortgage fee live after system error
Majority state-owned lender Northern Rock has confirmed its £99 application fee is now available for residential purchase and BTL customers.
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Blog: The specialist lending dilemma
The economic crisis of the last few years has claimed many companies and even more jobs as it as taken the country by the neck and shaken it like a rag doll.
L&G roadshows offer sales skill masterclass
Mortgage club Legal & General has recruited Philip Hesketh to lead its ‘Successful selling' sessions at its two road shows in September.
Northern Rock slashes mortgage fee for buyers to £99
Northern Rock plans to slash its application fee from £250 to £99 for home buyers from Monday next week.
"Nightmare tenants" exposed on ITV this week
A programme on ITV - set to air on Thursday - lays bare the struggle of one million private landlords to make ends meet.
Climate turns to favour landlords as FTBs shut out
Tenants are in a renting "cross-fire" as few can afford to buy and rents are likely to spiral higher in the coming years.
London buy-to-let investors confident
Nine out of 10 buy-to-let landlords in the capital believe the value of their property will increase over the course of the next year or hold steady for the remainder of 2010.
Fight or flight?
The mortgage market has been rocked by the sheer breadth of change in the regulator’s CP10/16 proposals. Bill Warren sums up your best defence against the onslaught.
Atom becomes Bank of China distributor
All Types of Mortgages (Atom), the Horsham-based mortgage packager, became the fifth packager to sign a deal with the world's third largest bank to offer Bank of China's residential, buy-to-let and commercial mortgages.
AToM signs on to Bank of China distribution panel
All Types of Mortgages (AToM), the Horsham-based mortgage packager and distributor has signed a deal to offer Bank of China's residential, buy-to-let and commercial mortgages.
Cash-strapped landlords struggling to cover mortgages
One in four landlords have admitted rents from tenants are barely covering their mortgage repayments and any interest rate rises could spell disaster, according to flat and house share website Spareroom.co.uk.
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