The latest changes to capital gains tax will grant those selling a business a 10% tax rate on the first £1m they make when they sell-up. Simon Lambert, This is Money – 26 January 2008 This has almost halved the 18% tax entrepreneurs would have faced under plans to introduce a flat capital gains tax [...]
With property prices cooling, most people are reluctant to invest in residential property. Leading property expert David Lawrenson argues that NOW is precisely the moment to act and invest in buy-to-let because a slower housing market means there are more opportunities for a bargain to be found and a strongly increasing demand for rental accommodation [...]
One of the key factors of Alistair Darling’s pre-Budget Report was the proposal to dramatically change Capital Gains Tax. The detailed rules have just been announced and it is confirmed that Taper Relief is to be abolished and the benefits of indexation are to be cancelled from 6th April 2008. A flat Capital Gains rate [...]
Nearly half a million households have been warned their insurance premiums could rocket by as much as 30% when the government introduces a revised flood map this year. Sunday Times. Property Week – 28 January 2008 Environment Agency maps at present show 500,000 homes at high risk of flooding – with a 1 in 75 [...]
Growing demand for rented accommodation has resulted in higher costs for tenants and a healthy increase in returns for landlords. The Independent – Sunday, 27 January 2008 Buy-to-let specialist lender Paragon Mortgages reports that rental incomes in the UK rose by 2.5 per cent during the past month, bringing the annualised rate of growth to [...]
A week of turmoil on world equity markets and somewhat drastic action by the Fed to try to avert a recession in America will have done little to bolster the confidence of housebuyers here The Sunday TimesJanuary 27, 2008 A week of turmoil on world equity markets and somewhat drastic action by the Fed to [...]
Dear Editor I thought your readers may be interested to know about the real cause of this tragic accident. This is the third death in as many years. The hot water system that has failed relates to copper hot water cylinders, the type found in most airing cupboards. When the thermostat fails to a boiler [...]
Issue 26 – Gas Checks – In this issue we look at some of the important aspects of ensuring that gas is safe in your properties. Download the full Newsletter Welcome from the Editor:. Happy New Year everyone—let’s hope it’s a good one for landlords, though the signs are it’s a likely to be very [...]
Do you want to know your rights? Then the BBC would like to talk to you about a new show that could help. Maybe: * You’re having a row with your neighbour and things are getting heated. * Your flatmate owes you £1,000 but refuses to pay you back. * You’ve fallen out with your [...]
Landlords do not need to wait for ditherers in the current market. There’s nothing like a cooling sales market for getting the rental market in a fever. The present slump in property prices is no exception, as both buyers and sellers lose their appetite for market adventure and turn to the safer rental waters – [...]
