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	<title>Oakwood Estates, Iver and Old Windsor Estate Agents</title>
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		<title>Thank you from Oakwood Estates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oakwood Estates would like to thank all of our clients and staff for a tremendous 2011 which has seen some eye opening sales figures across the board in a tough market. Next year sees the company expand and set up in Old Windsor where we hope to continue the success which has been witnessed in Richings Park. We look forward to new faces joining the company and more opportunities. The sales and rentals team have worked profoundly to ensure tenants, landlords, buyers and vendors are satisfied with the outcome of their experience. Thank you for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Whose responsibility is it to set up the council tax?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The tenant is responsible for registering with the Council which is relevant to the property location. Payments begin from the Tenancy Start date until such time that notice has been served and the property vacated.
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		<title>Rising rental demand means more opportunities for buy to let investors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leaders, the UK’s largest independent letting specialist, is reporting an increase in demand for rental accommodation at the start of 2010, with demand outstripping supply in parts of Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Dorset, where the firm has a total of 42 branches.
Says Leaders’ managing director, Paul Weller: “Despite the disruption of the snow during the first two weeks of January, most of our branches experienced an incredibly busy month, with high demand for all types of properties, from studio and 1 or 2 bedroom flats to big ...]]></description>
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		<title>Agents Positive about the Future of Lettings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Letting agents are more optimistic about the future of the market than they were almost a year ago despite the continued lack of financing for buy-to-let mortgages, according to HomeLet.
HomeLet, the market-leading tenant referencing and specialist insurance provider to the lettings industry, conducted an independent customer satisfaction survey in December 2009 which revealed that 98% of agents expect the lettings market to stay the same, grow or grow substantially in the next 12 months. This is up by 12% on January 2009.
This figure reflects the results of recent research by ...]]></description>
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		<title>Letting agents welcome growth in buy-to-let market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Letting agents organisation Arla has welcomed news that the buy-to-let market has grown for the first time in two years.
Statistics from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) showed that the number of buy-to-let loans grew by around 25,000 in the third quarter compared to the preceding three months.
CML director general Michael Coogan said that although the recovery was modest, the report indicates buy-to-let is &#8220;here to stay&#8221;.
Ian Potter, Arla operations manager, said: &#8220;Arla welcomes the rise in buy-to-let lending, which suggests that the market is getting back on its feet ...]]></description>
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		<title>Arla leading calls for stamp duty reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Letting agents organisation Arla has joined forces with the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) to call for a reform of stamp duty.
The pair are leading a coalition of property-related organisations, including the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Home Builders Federation, in asking the government to review the &#8220;anachronistic&#8221; tax.
Speaking to the Press Association, NAEA chief executive Peter Bolton-King said: &#8220;It limits market flexibility, creates regional inequality and its slab structure unfairly distorts the housing market.&#8221;
The coalition wants to see the level at which the tax is introduced go ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakwoodestates.uk.com/arla-leading-calls-for-stamp-duty-reform/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=arla-leading-calls-for-stamp-duty-reform</link>
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		<title>Improve tax breaks to encourage lettings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shelter has called for tax breaks for people who want to rent out rooms.
The charity says that the amount a person can receive in income before paying tax is so low it is putting people off offering a room to potential renters.
The threshold of £4,250 has not changed since it was set in 1997 although rents have gone up by more than 110 per cent, Shelter said.
Kay Boycott, director of policy and campaigns, said: ‘In the current economic climate, many homeowners are battling to meet their mortgage payments and many ...]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers willing to adopt alternative methods of buying and selling houses according to research conducted by the OFT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The OFT has today published four research reports undertaken as part of its market study into home buying and selling. These comprise a survey of estate agents, a survey of trading standard services and both qualitative and quantitative consumer research.
Evidence from the research suggests that consumers are increasingly open to alternative methods of buying or selling a home. While the large majority of sellers used a traditional estate agent, more than a third initially considered selling privately, using an online estate agent, or selling at auction. There is a marked ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakwoodestates.uk.com/consumers-willing-to-adopt-alternative-methods-of-buying-and-selling-houses-according-to-research-conducted-by-the-oft/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=consumers-willing-to-adopt-alternative-methods-of-buying-and-selling-houses-according-to-research-conducted-by-the-oft</link>
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		<title>More and more people will choose to rent a property instead of buying a house in the near-term, it has been claimed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An increase in rentals has been predicted by upad, an online service providing information about London properties to rent.
James Davies, founder and chief executive officer of the company, explained the potential increase in demand.
Factors that may lead people to choose to rent a property include a successful working culture, an increase in population and the fact that people are choosing to get married later in life, Mr Davies posited.
&#8220;It is no longer a taboo to rent,&#8221; he commented, going on to add: &#8220;Demand for rental properties is going to be ...]]></description>
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		<title>Letting specialists demands protection for landlords</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 200 percent annual increase in letting-related complaints reported by  Christopher Hamer, the Ombudsman for Estate Agents highlights the need for the  public to be more aware of rapid changes in the property letting industry claims  the MD of a nationwide lettings agency.
Ian Wilson, Managing Director of Martin &#38; Co, said: “The Ombudsman&#8217;s  report illustrates a dangerous phenomenon that should be of concern to anyone  letting, or thinking of letting their property.
“As properties fail to sell, we have seen a sizeable increase in the number ...]]></description>
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