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Litigation Looms For Greedy Letting Agents
Many blame Foxtons for the Chancellors decision to ban letting agents charging fees to tenants. Unsurprisingly, Foxtons have seen their...
High Level Tax Planning For Property Rental Businesses
Partnerships operating a property rental business can convert to a Limited Company status (“incorporation”) and claim...
The cost of not seeking for professional advice
Sometimes ignorance is bliss, at other times it is very expensive!
About a year ago I spoke with a very established landlord who,
Is Landlord Licensing Compliant In Your Area?
You may well have seen the latest articles posted by Larry Sweeney which highlight the flaws in the Liverpool Landlord Licensing scheme.
Property118 Landlords Association – should we?
Having raised over £500,000 to take West Bromwich Mortgage Company to the Court of Appeal it has been suggested by numerous Property118...
SDLT on Rental Property Business Incorporation
It is our view that SDLT will be payable on transfer on the full value of property even if only the beneficial interest is transferred...
Beneficial Interest Company Trusts – Avoid Refinancing When Incorporating
Many of the landlords I have spoken to about incorporation (to avoid the effects of the new tax changes) have also spoken to their...
2015 Finance Bill Receives Royal Assent
18th November 2015 may well be marked in history as the beginning of the end for most private buy-to-let landlords.
Restrictions...
Landlords rejoice as Superstrike problems are no more!!
Landlords up and down the country will (or should) be celebrating the demise of the ridiculous rules we have all had to put up with...
Evictions carried out by HCEOs – the MoJ finally issue guidance
According to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) there have been times when county court bailiffs and High Court Enforcement Officers (HCEOs)...
Collaborative Divorce for Landlords
Around 20% of my Consultancy clients come to me for advice about divorce. Perhaps unusually, every divorce case I have assisted clients...
FOS rule West Brom Tracker Rate Hike is fair
The FOS (Financial Ombudsman Service) have done it again!
In the past the FOS have controversially agreed that rate hikes applied...
Evicting Tenants – A sister website to Property118
We have so much information on Property118 about evicting tenants that we decided to produce a simplified website to consolidate...