Property investors have a cavalier attitude to home valuations that often unnecessarily leads them with a bill for putting right expensive problems. Eight out of 10 people buying a home fail to order a survey that often reveals defects that cost an average £1,800 to repair, according to the country’s leading surveying firm e.surv.

The bank of England released a PDF of their latest report today

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Guest Blog provided by Steve Sims, author of “Understanding And Paying Less Property Tax For Dummies”.  Steve and his wife also have a boutique accountancy business which specialisis in providing taxation advice and accountancy services for property investors. Working out tax claims for using your car in a property business is enough to drive any […]

Tax cheating landlords are set to go on a ‘black list’ for up to five years as HM Revenue and Customs puts their financial affairs under increased scrutiny.

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Most of Britain’s £4 trillion of housing wealth is locked in homes belonging to the over 45’s while young adults face increasing difficulties in climbing on the property ladder.

Guest Blog provided by Steve Sims, author of “Understanding And Paying Less Property Tax For Dummies”. Steve and his wife also have a boutique accountancy business which specialisis in providing taxation advice and accountancy services for property investors.

This is the third in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.  Having a good tenant is THE most important thing about renting property. 

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A very good friend of mine, Rob Hubbard @Walkerfox, wrote an excellent Blog this week entitled “Me, the social web, property and how much Google loves us all”.

Students are asking housing minister Grant Shapps to introduce a star rating system for buy to let homes. Hundreds of students in Shapp’s consituency of Hatfield have complained about shoddy properties in a survey by University of Hertfordshire Students’ Union.

Buy to let rents have dropped slightly for the second month running as landlords offered more homes to let. The average rent in England and Wales wavered down by an almost imperceptible 0.3% to £682 a month, but is still 4% higher year-on-year.

Wrtten by Neil Patterson – Partner of The Money Centre, following his visit to a meeting at The National Skills Academy in Norwich for The Bank of England Quarterly Regional Inflation Report. Do you think the Bank of England have lost credibility in dealing with the economy? That is an interesting question and one raised […]

Britain’s leading house builders are looking at changing their business models by moving in to buy to let as buyers struggle to raise mortgages for new homes. Barratt Developments – the biggest firm with brands Barratt, David Wilson and Ward – is offering a limited sale and leaseback terms to buy to let investors.

Buy to let landlords could benefit from a cut in VAT on repairs and maintenance if Chancellor George Osborne heeds a plea to boost the struggling building sector. Property organisation the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wants him to slash the rate of VAT on costs of supplies and labour for refurbishing homes.

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This is the second in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.  If you let a property in poor condition to your tenants, not only will you get complaints and lower your reputation as a landlord – it is also against […]

A PDF of the Bank of Englands February inflation report can be downloaded here

Housing Minister Grant Shapps wants key players in the housing sector to join together to help first time buyers find homes.  House builders, lenders, insurers, councils and consumer groups turned up for a summit meeting chaired by Mr Shapps, to thrash out how they could help young people who want to own their own home.

Retailers are shutting up shop in Britain’s high streets and many of the doors may never open again for trading.  New data shows town centre business rates for shops are surging, with shopping ‘black spots’ in the north and midlands.