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The LandlordZONE
Newsletter
May-June 2010
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Editorial:
Landlords can from now on look forward to operating their
businesses under a new coalition government regime, which is likely
to be very different. Whether this changes things for the
better remains to be seen, but so far the signs are quite good. |
We’ve been saying for some time now that the increasing red-tape and
bureaucracy, either already effective or planned, by the outgoing
government, was in the main detrimental to both business and to landlords.
Given the new coalition government’s stated aims of cutting red tape and
reducing the deficit, the impact on landlords will be both positive and
negative. Certainly, the abandoning of HIPs and the proposed landlords’
register, and a block on more red-tape is a very good start.
Good news for many will be the commitment to review the new Planning Use
(class 4) regulations brought in by the out-going government, confirmation
in the emergency Budget (see pages 10 & 11) that Furnished Holiday Let tax
changes are to be cancelled, plus the better than expected Capital Gains Tax
(CGT) changes.
However, landlords in London and the South East will be most affected by the
proposed review of Housing Benefits, but it has to be acknowledged that
there are some real anomalies in this very expensive scheme despite the
introduction of a complex Local Housing Allowance (LHA) system.
Many landlords are still looking to invest as they appear to have largely
weathered the storm; the economy and the housing market appear to have
stabilised, interest rates remain low and rental demand is still strong and
likely to remain so.
However, obtaining finance at the right price is very difficult and lenders
criteria appears to be stacked against business portfolio landlords,
favouring one-off buy-to-lets. As the economy struggles to recover, any
further rise in unemployment will inevitably lead to more repossessions and
tenant defaults – we are not out of the woods yet.
Despite earlier fears, the budget has been relatively kind to business and
property investors. Whilst the VAT increase and increasing income tax
through the freezing of allowances for 3-years will have their effects on
activity generally, the rise in CGT for high rate tax payers to 28% should
not have a great impact on investment.
The Avoid the Voids Webinar hosted by UPad.co.uk which I took part in
recently was highly successful (see Page 7) resulting in more of these
events being planned in the near future.
Tom Entwistle - June 12010
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