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What Insurance Do I Need for My Mobile Holiday Home?

By UKinsuranceNET in Insurance Advice

It might be called a mobile holiday home, but mobility is probably one of the last things on your mind. Once the static caravan you have chosen as your holiday…

13 December 2018
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House which is breaking down

Guide To Subsidence And Subsidence Insurance

By UKinsuranceNET in Free Guides and Checklists

GUIDE TO SUBSIDENCE AND SUBSIDENCE INSURANCE Contents Introduction What is subsidence? What properties are affected? Types of subsidence Spotting subsidence Subsidence insurance Summary Guide to subsidence and subsidence insurance Introduction…

10 December 2018
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Latest Mortgage Figures Reveal A Soft Market

By UKinsuranceNET in News

The latest Mortgage Trends Update from UK Finance reveals that the mortgage market is softening, with a decrease in the number of completed mortgages in September 2018 across the first…

13 November 2018
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HMO landlords be prepared

HMO landlords be prepared

By UKinsuranceNET in News

Landlords of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) faced tougher new restrictions on the standards of their let properties from the beginning of this month. The 1st October 2018 marked the…

28 October 2018
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Man and woman talking about HMOs

More HMOs To Require Licences

By UKinsuranceNET in News

More than 170,000 Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) are to be drawn into the licensing regime operated by local authority housing departments, the Residential Landlords’ Association has estimated. Until now, only HMOs…

22 October 2018
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Students – are your belongings insured?

Students – are your belongings insured?

By UKinsuranceNET in Insurance Advice

You’ve finally lived the dream and arrived at college or university. Freshers’ week is an uncomfortably dim and distant memory. And now it’s time to get down to some of…

17 October 2018
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House involved in a PPI Scandal

The New Ppi Scandal – Leaseholds

By UKinsuranceNET in Insurance Advice

The Guardian newspaper on the 20th of July 2018 described it as a “murky” yet “lucrative” corner of the residential property market in the UK – the leasehold system. Other press reports have…

10 October 2018
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Jobs to get done around your property this autumn

Jobs to get done around your property this autumn

By UKinsuranceNET in Insurance Advice

Don’t let the glorious summer we’ve just had lull you into a false sense of security. The coming winter is just as likely to throw its usual quota of storms,…

04 October 2018
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How to set up an HMO

By UKinsuranceNET in Landlord Advice

In the private rental sector, Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) occupy a special part of the market, which is increasingly attractive to landlords. Medway Property News, for example, has produced…

02 October 2018
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Government urged to stamp out housing taxes so young people can buy

Government urged to stamp out housing taxes so young people can...

By UKinsuranceNET in News

RICS (the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) is urging the Government to overhaul the housing tax system, including ending stamp duty on certain properties. By doing so, RICS say this…

24 September 2018
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UK tourism boosts demands for holiday lets

By UKinsuranceNET in Landlord Advice

Nearly 30 million foreign visitors come to the UK each year, said Landlord News on the 24th of August 2018, in a reminder about the importance of arranging adequate holiday let insurance if you…

18 September 2018
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Asking prices for UK homes falling reveals latest research

By UKinsuranceNET in News

PropertyWire reports that asking prices in England and Wales were down 0.3% this month, whilst values were also down in Scotland. According to the latest figures from the Home.co.uk index,…

13 September 2018
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