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Landlords ought to look out for signs of subletting over festive period
Landlords are being advised to look out for tenants who go away over the Christmas holidays and sublet their rental properties without consent. According to research from Total Landlord Insurance there has been a 14% increase in the number of malicious and accidental damage claims received this year as a direct result of illegal subletting, […] The post Landlords ought to look out for signs of subletting over festive period appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Mortgage borrowing fell in UK in October with buy to let sector still weak
Home owners in the UK borrowed £10.5 billion to buy a house in October, down 8% month on month and 11% year on year, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Overall they took out 57,800 loans, down 8% on September and 13% on October 2015, but it is the first […] The post Mortgage borrowing fell in UK in October with buy to let sector still weak appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Proposed rent controls in Ireland criticised as being a step too far for landlords
The Irish Government has been accused of interfering for wanting to reduce rent controls in cities where residential rents have been rising fast. It has proposed temporary controls on residential rents which would limit annual rent increases in Dublin and Cork, the country’s two largest cities to 4% but said it may lower this and […] The post Proposed rent controls in Ireland criticised as being a step too far for landlords appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →