Category: Buy to Let Not Dead

2011 and the Outlook for the Housing Market, for Landlords and for the Buy to Let Sector

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In the last year the private rented sector continued to be in the news. At LettingFocus.com we are not surprised and landords and suppliers to the private rented sector should not be surprised either. A key reason is of course Housing Benefit, (or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) as it is known when private landlords are involved), and it is the […]

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Same Day Mortgages, Property Lease Options and Protected Bonds That Aren’t Really Protected

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It was nice to see my story about next day re-mortgages (see last week’s blog) was picked up by the FT writer Claer Barrett and actually appeared on both the front page and Money section of the Weekend “Financial Times.” Ms Barrett originally came to know me when she was doing an investigation for the FT’s sister mag, “The Investors […]

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