mydeposits.co.uk, a Government-authorised insurance-based tenancy deposit protection scheme protecting over £200 million of deposits, has reminded landlords that they don’t have to lose control of their deposits even though they must now be protected throughout the course of the tenancy.
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New figures released by the National Housing Federation show that many households have chosen to go without power in the past 12 months because they could not afford to pay for their energy.
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Following Nationwide’s findings of a fall in house prices, Peter Bolton King, Chief Executive of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the residential sales arm of the National Federation of Property Professionals (NFOPP), said:
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April’s mortgage lending was slightly stronger than in March and there were also high numbers of remortgaging loans approved in the month, figures from the main banks have revealed.
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House prices fell for the eighth month in a row in May according to the latest national housing market survey from Hometrack, the Housing Intelligence Business.
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As house prices flatten, a quarter of homeowners (28%) planning to undertake home improvements in the next twelve months will do so specifically to add value to their houses, Halifax has said.
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The pace of house price falls accelerated in May as more weak economic news added to the gathering momentum of negative sentiment about the housing market.
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