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  From time to time there are lots of short but interesting snippets of news about the housing market. So, we thought it would be helpful to do a short ’round up’ of those that caught our eye in the last week or two. As always, if you would like any advice or information about

A sign of the times – with demand for buy-to-let loans significantly down by nearly 19% this year, lenders have responded by cutting rates and offering landlords rock-bottom deals.  The current long term fixed rate and variable rate investor mortgages are the cheapest we have ever seen. Just look at a few examples.  The Leeds

Answer – because it actually makes great sense! If you ask potential sellers when is a good time to put their property on the market, very few will immediately say ‘December’.  However, it is actually a great time to be instructing your estate agent (that’s Clarkes by the way!) and in this blog post we

The budget on Monday seemed quite a low key affair for the housing market, with the main announcements being about personal tax and the NHS – coupled with a long list of small items that were instantly forgettable. However, as usual with modern day politicians, the devil is usually in the detail – hidden away

The Government has recently published a report into Electrical Safety in Rented Property which looks as if it will make it a mandatory legal requirement for landlords to have five-yearly electrical safety checks.  What’s more, there is also a recommendation that Residual Current Devices (RCDs), better known as ‘trip switches’ should be a part of