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- 30 Jul 2010
Rising credit card debt 'makes buy to let property insurance vital'
As more British consumers struggle to keep up with the monthly repayments on credit card loans, those in private accommodation may also have difficulty paying their landlord and, as a result, fall into rental arrears. - 30 Jul 2010
Shop fire highlights landlords' need for commercial property insurance
The Croydon Advertiser reported that the fire, which ripped through the Wing Tai Supermarket in Church Street on Wednesday night, caused chaos as families were forced to evacuate their homes. - 27 Jul 2010
Commercial property insurance: UK market is 'patchy'
Commercial property insurance customers may be interested to learn that the UK's commercial property sector has been described as "patchy" and, aside from the London office sector, has "weaknesses", according to one expert. - 22 Jul 2010
Buy to let property insurance 'essential despite improving rent arrears'
Landlords in the private rental sector are likely to feel encouraged by the news that the number of tenants in rent arrears is falling, but property owners should remember the importance of having buy to let insurance cover. - 16 Jul 2010
Landlords buy to let insurance: Rental housing shortage worsens
Seventy per cent of ARLA member offices said that there are more tenants than available properties. Last quarter, just 59 per cent of members said the same, with a mere 24 per cent saying so in September 2009. - 15 Jul 2010
Landlord buy to let insurance: Updating rent-a-room scheme could provide "back-up" for lack of housing stock
The scheme currently allows people to rent out rooms for up to £4,250 tax free per year but, as the limit was last raised in 1997, Matt Hutchinson, communications manager at SpareRoom, believes it may be time for a rethink as it is "making people charge too little for their rooms", which he believes artificially deflates the market. - 14 Jul 2010
Buy to let insurance customers 'should protect against tenant troubles'
Landlords have been urged to take out buy to let property insurance in order to protect themselves from loss of rental income. - 14 Jul 2010
Buy to let property insurance: Property for young people in rural areas an "increasing problem"
The website, which is the national campaign for affordable housing in the UK, was responding to a survey from the National Housing Federation which showed that 65 per cent of people living in the countryside believe that young people are being forced out of their local village or town by high house prices.
