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View Article  Anger over HMO cuts plan
Landlords and the National Union of Students (NUS) have rejected government proposals to limit house-sharing. The government may give councils the power to limit the number of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in one area. Locals complained that too many HMOs lead to problems of anti-social behaviour as well as ...   more »
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View Article  The Jet-to-Let Bible reaches Amazon bestseller spot before publication

The Jet-to-Let Bible: the secrets of overseas property investment has stormed to Number 1 Bestseller in its category on Amazon, even before a single page has been printed.  It is also in the top 10 of all property investment books, beating such notables as Donald Trump.

 

The book, ...   more »

View Article  Loans, Building Societies and Valuation Panels

Nationwide, the country's largest building society, has dropped Dunlop Haywards, the property agents, from its valuation panel in the latest repercussion of a suspected £10m fraud at the Cheshire Building Society.

The move came after the Serious Fraud Office said it was looking into a loan by Cheshire in which ...   more »

View Article  Warning: you can't evict defaulting tenants for several years - Bulgaria

A warning about tenant law from Strahil Ivanov, head of the Yavlena real estate agency.

Bulgaria’s property market was virtually unregulated, he said, which was “bad and good”. It was good because it enabled the market to develop rapidly, but bad because it meant that there was very little ...   more »

View Article  Spanish property market corruption - Marbella

A report in the UK Financial Times highlights an issue which affects property investment markets around the world - corruption.  This was reported today:

"Marisol Yagüe, the mayor of Marbella, and 18 other advisers, lawyers and town councillors were arrested yesterday in connection with alleged corruption and profiteering from ...   more »

View Article  Unscrupulous estate agents - BBC Whistleblower

Unscrupulous practices by estate agents, including misleading surveyors about property prices and faking signatures, have been uncovered.

Agents put forward false offers to vendors and took backhanders, reporters for BBC One's Whistleblower found.

For four months they worked undercover in agencies in the London area. The firms involved are investigating ...   more »

View Article  Property Investment Courses - April 8 and 9 2006 - London

The next Bewarethesharks.com property investment courses will take place in London over the weekend of 8/9 April 2006.

For further details telephone 0151 482 5525 or visit the property investment courses website at:  www.bewarethesharks.com

 

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View Article  UK Housing Act 2004 - Houses in Multiple Occupation Licences

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) licences will be needed for all properties of three storeys or more, and for all properties with five or more people forming at least two households.

The new law, which comes into effect 6 April 2006, gives three definitions of a multi-occupied property:

One which is ...   more »

View Article  UK Home Information Packs (HIPs) - June 2007 - What's the cost?

Many first time buyers will still have to pay for a full property valuation, despite government moves to ease their burden by introducing Home Information Packs (HIPs).

 

From June 2007, anyone selling their home has to compile a HIP, costing around £700, that includes local authority searches, work guarantees ...   more »