Insurance News Archive
- 30 Oct 2009
Housing Market 'turning A Corner'
Annette Reeve, a director at Mayfair International Realty, said that increases in the price of US houses may soon see the UK follow suit. - 29 Oct 2009
Gas Fine Warns Landlord Property Insurance Customers
Helen Jayne Beckett, of Addingham, Ilkley, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £1,500 in costs after failing to ensure that a gas fire in one of her properties was safe. - 28 Oct 2009
Buy To Let Insurance Customers 'could Receive Repair Bills'
William Davies, managing director of Aspect Maintenance, said that some letters may be at risk of large bills if they fail to undertake sufficient inspections of properties to ensure there are no aspects in need of repair. - 28 Oct 2009
First-time Buyers 'still Entering Property Market'
The amount of first-time buyers applying to enter the market has remained consistent over the last three years, suggesting a corresponding rise in the number applying for property insurance. - 28 Oct 2009
Maintenance Spend By Commercial Property Insurance Holders Falls
New research published by the Office for National Statistics has revealed that the amount spent on work on commercial properties has fallen by 22 per cent since the fourth quarter of 2007. - 28 Oct 2009
Property Insurance Advice: Conduct Checks On Prospective Lodgers
Those with property insurance should ensure they conduct checks on any prospective roommate before taking on a lodger, an expert advises. - 27 Oct 2009
Buy To Let Insurance Customers 'causing Change In Demand'
Research conducted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has shown that there has been an increase in the number of landlords purchasing houses. - 27 Oct 2009
Landlord Buildings Insurance Customers 'seeing Revival'
Lee Grandin, director of Landlord Mortgages, said that the buy to let market is "definitely" beginning to improve, but added that there are many people who are struggling to come up with the money to pay for deposits. - 26 Oct 2009
More Tenants 'checking Out Landlords Buy To Let Insurance Holders'
David Underwood, a lettings consultant at Darwoods in St Albans, Hertfordshire, told the Observer that more tenants are now asking about the backgrounds of landlords buy to let insurance holders. - 26 Oct 2009
Scheme Listing Best Landlords Insurance Customers Branded 'useless'
Oxford City Council recently gave the go-ahead for the Landlord Accreditation Scheme, a list of the city's best landlords which is designed to weed out unscrupulous landlords. - 23 Oct 2009
'Portfolios Increasing' For Landlords Property Insurance Customers
Data issued by the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has shown that shrewd landlords property insurance customers have taken advantage of falling house prices in order to increase their investments. - 23 Oct 2009
Buy To Let Insurance Policyholders 'have Increased Portfolios'
Buy to let insurance policyholders have increased their property portfolios over the last year, according to the latest research.
