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Buying existing HMOs is safer, says Taylor – six-bedroom properties can be purchased for £200,000 to £250,000 (or four-bedroom homes for £150,000 to £160,000, although these are less cost-effective).

Paul Atkins Paul Atkins, Partner and Head of Property Tax at haysmacintyre, analyzes the need for changes to the way home construction is handled.

A letter from Communities Minister Jacob Young to Conservative MPs was leaked last Wednesday, prompting allegations over the Easter weekend that the government was significantly watering down some of the key provisions of its proposed tenant reform bill.

The mortgage rate war among lenders leads to a surge in approvals in February. (Dalibor Brlek)

Ashley Webb, associate economist at Capital Economics, also said the figures showed higher interest rates had less impact on customers' savings habits.

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, property brokerage and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, last week launched the fifth edition of the BASPI (Buyers and Sellers Property Information Form).

In addition to more innovation, the company continues to expand into other areas that offer long-term growth potential.

The special thing about the three well-known property price indices, which all publish monthly figures, is that they constantly tell contradictory stories. In fact, today's Nationwide index itself points in two different directions: prices fell 0.2 percent in March, but annual price growth increased from 1.2 percent in February to 1.6 percent in March. So is the real estate market on the rise or in decline?

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Mojo Mortgages and Uswitch have expressed caution over Yorkshire Building Society's new mortgage product for buyers with a £5,000 deposit.