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Will It Work? Mortgage change tries to turn renters into buyers
网页1 天前 — The change means a first-time buyer couple with a joint income of £50,000 can now borrow up to £300,000 with Helping Hand, compared to c£225,000 without, an increase of £75,000, assuming a five per cent deposit and no other costs impact affordability. In further support to first-time buyers, Nationwide is also cutting mortgage rates.
Artificial Intelligence service “triples margins for lettings agents ...
网页19 小时之前 — An AI-enabled rental service has bought out a small agency and claims it is the start of a process that will help agencies across the country triple their margins. A service called Dwelly has bought out a Hull agency – Lime Property – and its lettings book of 1,000 units. Dwelly says it’s going to inject AI into the agency it has acquired ...
Lettings market crisis laid bare by latest figures
网页New figures from property consultancy TwentyCi lay bare the challenges faced by the lettings sector. In the third quarter of 2022 new instructions and lets agreed were down by 25 and 19 per cent, respectively; and in contrast to the owner-occupied sector, there was a marked supply and availability issue, as some landlords withdrew from the market because of tax changes put in place in 2019 ...
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网页1 天前 — Damp and Mould in rental property – New guidance issued to agents. Written by: Graham Norwood. Following two surveys of letting and managing agents, new guidance has been published by The Property Ombudsman to help agents, landlords and tenants deal with condensation, damp and mould in their homes. ... 18th September 2024.
Lettings market strong – and even London recovering a little
网页Although Inner London annual rent figures fell for the 20th consecutive month, the 4.4 per cent annual fall was the smallest decline this year, and smaller than the 22.1 per cent decrease recorded in April when the market bottomed out. In Outer London, rents grew 3.2 per cent annually in September, rising for the 13th consecutive month.
Damp and Mould: Propertymark says agents must help landlords
网页2 天之前 — Propertymark says it is unlikely that landlords alone can solve problems of damp and mould in some private rental sector properties. Last week The Property Ombudsman gave new guidance to help agents, landlords and tenants deal with condensation, damp and mould in their homes. A survey of 719 letting agents by TPO showed that nearly all had ...
Prime London lettings market back with a bang insists agency
网页This supply-demand gap is what triggered a jaw-dropping 29.2 per cent annual rise in rental values in prime central London in April, with prime outer London up 23.5 per cent. Gary Hall, head of lettings at Knight Frank, says: “The supply squeeze is only going to get worse over the summer. We will continue to see competitive bidding and supply ...
On It Goes – RICS says rental market shows no sign of slowing
网页On It Goes – RICS says rental market shows no sign of slowing. The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows another robust performance for lettings. RICS says tenant demand continues to rise at a solid pace, with a net balance of 46 per cent of survey participants noting an increase in October.
International tenants on the rise as pandemic restrictions ease
网页The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight Frank says almost a quarter of all web users looking at its lettings properties in August were based overseas, the highest figure since January 2020. The average figure in the 18 months to June was lower ...