Tag: Budget

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Day of Reckoning for Calculating Tax and NICs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2011, 15 years ago | 3

The Government wants to make working out how much tax to pay less taxing by modernising the system, combining National...

HMO Landlady Sacks Tenant

Author: HMOLandlady

14th November 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Continuing on the maintenance theme (somehow I think this could be ongoing!), I’m in the midst of a continuing dilemma:...

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**%£~%! Lettings Agents!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

I know there’s been a lot of mud thrown at lettings agents over the years mainly due to their high...

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Maintenance Men – Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them!

Author: HMOLandlady

31st October 2011, 15 years ago | 10

A couple of weeks ago I started a discussion thread on Property Tribes about the trials and tribulations of dealing...

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My Tenants Have Done A Midnight Flit – Landlords Log 13

Author: Mark Alexander

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 25

I would very much appreciate your feedback on this video blog and my confessions article below it.

Property Maintenance & Refurbishment. Landlords Log part 10.

Author: Mark Alexander

6th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Part 10 in my Landlords Log video blog series looks at property maintenance and refurbishment, budgeting and useful calculators. I...

Students Becoming Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

5th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

University Students Becoming Landlords With the rising costs of university education some families of students are choosing to help their...

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CBI Challenges Government to Kick Start Housing Market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th September 2011, 15 years ago | 8

The government should remove the financial and planning constraints that are throttling the housing market in a bid to boost...

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Call for U-turn on Plan to Pay Rents to Tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st September 2011, 15 years ago | 7

Major housing organisations in the private and social rental sectors have joined forces to fight the government proposals to pay...

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London Buy to Let Rents Surge to a Record High

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents in London have surged to a new peak of £1,202 a month. Rents are still climbing...

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Mortgage Lenders and HMRC Team up to Fight Fraud

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Mortgage lenders and the tax man are teaming up to beat fraudsters by checking income claims against tax returns and...

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Backpack firm offers £10,000 fee to property sourcers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Property investors who can source backpacking youth hostels for a franchise holiday firm can pick up a £10,000 finders fee....

Report highlights increased demand for rented properties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Smith Institute has recently published a report by housing policy expert Andrew Heywood entitled “The End of the Affair:...

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Property tax reliefs listed for scrapping

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Pay less stamp duty on a home in a ‘disadvantaged area’ is one of the 36 tax reliefs set for...

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Sluggish housing market flatlines for another month

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The property market looks to have settled as house sales and mortgage lending seem to follow trends set over the...

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Buy to let wins as lenders dump first time buyers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The buy to let market will ride on the crest of a wave for another two years as mortgage lenders...

How to get your property portfolio off “death row”

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

13th May 2011, 15 years ago | 3

With interest rates at a historic low, guest article writer Glen Ackroyd from National Property Group explains the steps he’s...

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More sellers but same old housing market problems hit sales

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Estate agents have more houses to sell than they have had available for more than eight months. Firms across the...

When do you think interest rates will rise?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th April 2011, 15 years ago | 4

My business partners keep a very close eye on the economy by attending several Bank of England briefings and reading...

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Call to scrap council tax perks for second homeowners

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

  Homeless charity Shelter is calling for the scrapping of council tax discounts on second homes and property that stands...

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Stamp duty change opens door for couples to save tax

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd March 2011, 15 years ago | 1

New stamp duty rules for portfolio property investors announced in the Budget opens the door on income-shifting tax planning for...