What Do Buyers Look For In An Investment Property?

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What top 10 features do buyers look for in BTL investment property? Join Ranjan Bhattacharya and Andrew Roberts and fine tune your property investing game by learning the key features to look out for when investing in a property.

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Smaller landlords look to sell up and exit the PRS

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Major structural changes are taking place in the UK’s private rented sector (PRS) with smaller landlords more likely to exit the market than those with larger portfolios.

According to The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS), 24.5% of landlords with one or two properties plan to sell up and leave the PRS

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Are selective licensing schemes to blame for soaring rents?

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For anyone wondering what the impact of selective licensing schemes is on tenants and rent prices, then one landlord has news for you.

He claims that the selective licensing scheme introduced in Nottingham in 2018 is to blame for massive rent increases in the city.

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The same BTL mortgage deal that is worse for existing customers?

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Hi, The mortgage lenders have got creative with BTL deals of late. Higher fees for lower rates, but this bit of creativity is a bit well, err, bonkers!

So, here is the deal for new customers:
2 Year Tracker

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Renters face affordability crisis despite LHA boost

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Low-income renters in England will struggle to afford their homes even after the government’s recent benefit boost, a campaign group has warned.

Generation Rent said that the increase in Local Housing Allowance (LHA) announced by Jeremy Hunt in the Autumn Statement would be outpaced by rent inflation within 18 months.

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How to find cheaper landlord insurance

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Whether you are a first-time landlord, or you’ve been building your property portfolio for decades, the difficulty in finding landlord insurance is always tough.

With many insurance implications from flooding to cannabis farms, it can be hard to find the right landlord insurance.

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Tenant bidding wars – Why are landlords being blamed?

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Are you sitting comfortably? I’m about to be critical of politicians, the media and tenants.

Because it has been another week and another negative story about landlords.

This time it is the Labour Party saying it will end tenant bidding wars and will copy a law in New Zealand that does just that.

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137 properties a day have the asking price slashed

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Property investors will be interested in the latest research that reveals home sellers are cutting their asking prices at a rate of 137 properties a day in England, as they try to attract buyers in a cooler market.

The survey from national estate agency Yopa is based on data from Zoopla and of the homes listed for sale over the last 30 days and how many of these homes have already resorted to reducing the asking price.

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Daily Telegraph wants to speak to landlords facing issues with cladding

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Are you a landlord who is facing problems because of cladding? Then, Alexa Phillips, the property and money reporter for the Telegraph would like to speak with you.

Alexa would like to ask Property118 readers about:

• Are you having problems selling a property because of cladding?

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UK property prices rise again in November

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House prices in the UK increased by 0.5% in November, the second consecutive monthly rise, the Halifax house price index reveals.

The average price of a home now stands at £283,615, which is £40,000 higher than before the pandemic.

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