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If you are due to pay tax on your finance costs by 31st January 2019 I have some very bad news for you, and some potentially very good news. I will begin with the bad news. Unless you make some changes, it is highly likely that you will pay twice as much tax on your finance costs in 2020, three times as much in 2021 and four times as much thereafter. You might also lose child care and other benefits and if your 'taxable income' goes over £100,000 you will also start to lose yo

Eddie Hooker, CEO of award winning Hamilton Fraser Total Landlord Insurance and Paul Shamplina, Founder of Landlord Action and Brand Ambassador at Hamilton Fraser, are back for a new year property podcast. The podcast is part of a series and features episodes offering practical tips for landlords and letting agents on how to better manage the renting process and navigate the property industry. In the latest episode, titled ‘Make Landlording Great Again in 2019’, Paul and Eddie

I'm hoping someone may be able to provide some guidance. I purchased a newly converted ground floor flat over a year ago. It was previously a large Victorian house that has been split into a number of flats. Shortly after moving in I noticed a gap between the flooring and skirting board alongside one wall (this isn't noticeable in other rooms). One neighbour (on first floor) also commented he had the same. When I pointed this out to the freeholder she sent the builder round who said

So they are building Social Housing somewhere in the country. The complete transformation of social housing in Scotland’s largest city under Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) has boosted the Scottish economy by £2 billion and supported thousands of jobs, a new report has revealed. The study, by the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI), reviewed the impact of both GHA’s modernisation of more than 70,000 former city council homes since stock transfer in 2003 and the building o

Nottingham council and its controversial selective licensing scheme, which our own Mick Roberts is battling, are to introduce a data modelling system targeting and prioritising unlicensed landlords to penalise. With the chaotic, expensive, complicated, error ridden and heavy handed way selective licencing has been implemented in Nottingham any new system when the existing is far from developed is fraught with danger and concern for local landlords....

We are delighted to be holding our next Property Investment Seminar on Wednesday 20th February 2019 in Brentwood, Essex. We would really love to have you join us! The seminar will be presented by one of the Directors of PIP...

Did you know that legislation exists to ensure that tenants are treated by Council’s as being at risk of homelessness when a valid Section 21 notice is served, NOT when a court order is made, and certainly before bailiffs are appointed?...

Hi, My tenant stopped paying rent and didn’t respond when I chased this. I served both a s8 notice and a s21 notice. The s8 notice period passed. The tenant then confirmed that she would pay but subsequently didn’t. The tenant then said that she would leave within two weeks and clear the arrears....