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Look at allAgents before making rental decisions, councillor tells tenants

A Labour councillor has advised prospective tenants to check out allAgents before deciding whether to go with a particular agency.

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Are you a council tenant? Why not buy your home if the time is right?

So if you're an eligible council or housing association tenant, take note, because here are eight reasons why you could soon be the owner of your own home.

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Students better off with a reputable letting agency, says ARLA

While the prospect of renting for the first time can be daunting, students should take full advantage of help on offer from their universities and use an ARLA agent if possible, the industry body has said.

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Stamp duty cuts sale prices of Britain's most expensive homes

The number of homes sold for £1m and above has risen by 12 per cent in the first half of 2016 - but stamp duty appears to have curbed the asking prices of the most expensive.

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House Prices come to a halt during October

House price growth ground to a halt in October after 15 successive month-on-month increases, marking the first time since June 2015 that prices have not increased month on month according to Nationwide Building Society.

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Rogue letting agents steal £1million of deposits

More than £1 million of tenants' deposits have been stolen by rogue letting agents so far this year, an anti-deposit campaigner has warned as he claims that otherwise honest firms could be unwittingly breaking the law.

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How will the change of Help to Buy schemes effect me?

You may have heard various reports about changes to Help to Buy schemes and the ISA over the past few months. Below, get the lowdown on whether any of them could help you if you're looking to get on the housing ladder.

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First prosecution over Liverpool landlord licensing scheme

A landlord has become the first to be prosecuted for failing to sign up to a licensing scheme in Liverpool aimed at improving private rented housing.

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House Prices on the Up, Will this continue with Brexit?

Data just released from Land Registry shows that the average price of a property in the UK is now £218,964 after a rise of some 8.4 per cent over the past year. In August the latest data by the Registry the average property price rose 1.3 per cent.

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Stop tenant trouble before it starts with these six simple steps from the experts at Belvoir

From sub-letting and malicious damage to benefit fraud and rent arrears, the problematic pitfalls of a troublesome tenancy can be many-fold for an unsuspecting landlord.

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Study shows a third of UK tenants sublet properties

Letting agents and landlords will need to ensure they are being vigilant in property inspections and enforcing the rules with their tenants, after a new survey revealed that as many as a third of all PRS tenants are now subletting properties.

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Study shows a third of UK tenants sublet properties

Letting agents and landlords will need to ensure they are being vigilant in property inspections and enforcing the rules with their tenants, after a new survey revealed that as many as a third of all PRS tenants are now subletting properties.

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