All posts by Mark Alexander
Landlord escapes deposit protection penalty under legal loophole.
The case highlighted the wording of Section 214 of The Housing Act 2004, which concerns courts making an order for landlords to protect a deposit or return the money in full to the tenant.
The section...
Developer sues homebuyer for failing to complete. A property...
In a landmark case that could affect hundreds of similar actions waiting to go to court all over the country, Anthony Finlay was taken to court by developers AMA (New Town) for breach of contract.
He is...
Who really cares if house prices fall? Are falling prices an...
Switch on the TV or radio news, open the paper and log in to the internet and just about everyone is lamenting the price of a home.
First time buyers can’t afford to step on to the property ladder...
Don’t Wait……..Develop it Now!! Say our partners specialising...
We speak to many property developers who tell us that they are not doing any new developments now, “because the economy is weak and the margins charged by funders are too high”.
Banks in the...
Spotlight on our Tax and Accountancy partners. Landlord News...
The most popular articles in Landlord News are undoubtedly those that relate to tax and accountancy advice.
Steve Sims, author of the best selling book ‘Understanding and Paying Less Property Tax...
Is your property portfolio ownership structure optimised to enable...
In this article I look at the differences between owning property as joint tenants, tenants in common or as individuals. I also explain why portfolio landlords who are married couples should own half the...
Why landlords need to act on self-assessment now.
Tax code bungles and other IT disasters at HM Revenue and Customs have led to thousands of workers redeployed for working on ‘higher priority cases’.
HMRC has already announced that filing...
Why up to 40% of your life insurance payout could end up in the...
If your net assets are worth over £325,000 when you die, any money that you leave to anybody other than your husband, wife or civil partner will be taxed at 40%. This includes payouts from your life insurance...
What sort of property business do you run? This is the first...
Building on the success of a property business involves much more than managing tenants in rental homes.
Many investors start to lose a grip of their property business once they have two or three successful...
IHT simplification results in 80 pages of guidance!
An effort by the taxman to simplify inheritance tax valuations and forms has resulted in the publication of 80 pages of guidance notes.
Solicitors and estate planners specialising in IHT have seen a number...
What you shouldn’t do – buy to let mortgage advice...
Buy to let mortgage advice
Many investors have become cashflow beneficiaries of the ‘Credit Crunch’ due to the lowest interest rates in history. A question I am often asked is, “Should...
Tenancy Deposit Schemes...
For all tenancy agreements that started on or after 6th April 2007 landlords are required to protect their tenant’s deposit using one of the Government authorised schemes. Within fourteen days of...