Tag: Buy to let

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How many lenders are really open for buy to let business?

Author: Mark Alexander

12th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

So few lenders are actually handing over cash to borrowers that the Council of Mortgage Lenders has had trouble finding...

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Buy to let rents surge to record high.

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let rents are surging to record highs as a shortage of properties and mortgage restrictions puts a brake...

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Professional landlords snap up more homes to let. Buy to let accounted for nearly 10% of all mortgage broker business in the three months ending September 30

Author: Mark Alexander

1st November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Experienced landlords are still expanding their buy to let portfolios and accounted for nearly 10% of all mortgage broker business...

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Claiming property business expenses as a landlord. Here are some tips about some of the expenses that cause landlords and their accountants the most problems.

Author: Mark Alexander

1st November 2010, 16 years ago | 1

Buy to let property investors pay too much tax because they do not know how to claim property business expenses....

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Guide to keeping financial records for a property business

Author: Mark Alexander

1st November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

As the deadlines for filing rental accounts fast approach, here’s a quick guide to how the taxman expects property investors...

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The History of Buy to Let Sale and Rent Back

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 6

By Mark Alexander. I closed my first Sale and Rent Back, “SARB”, deal in 1990. It wasn’t for me personally...

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The history of No Money Down and Instant Remortgages since 1992

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 8

It was 1992, we were at the tail of the property crash of the late 80’s and early 90’s. I was...

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Falling rates boost buy to let mortgages.

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage rates are steadily falling while the number of lenders is increasing. BM Solutions is the latest...

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Britain’s biggest private landlord banks on buying refurbs.

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Britain’s largest private residential landlord is celebrating that the firm’s portfolio of 13,000 properties is outperforming the market. The £1.6...

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The Money Centre reports on how SIPPS pension rule changes may allow buy to let homes

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Ministers may consider including residential investment property in self-invested pension schemes (SIPPS) that would lead to a major pension industry...

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Nine excuses why property investors don’t make tax returns

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Many property owners are confused over whether they should declare the money they earn from letting. Here’s a list of...

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What’s more important, cashflow or liquidity? Mark Alexander reports

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Cashflow is simply defined as regular income. Positive cashflow is when income exceeds expenditure and you make a profit. So...

The Money Centre’s Estate Planning Partners look to team up with several charities. When people are diagnosed with a critical illness or a degenerative disease plenty of people offer tea and sympathy but very few offer good practical advice

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

We’ve recently embarked on a new initiative to provide Estate Planning advice to people who need it most, whilst at...

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Paragon opens books for more buy to let mortgages

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let lender Paragon is jumping back into the landlord mortgage market to fill the hole left by Lloyds...

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Buy to let lending restrictions hamper landlord borrowing. However, quality funding lines are well and truly open to landlords with substantial cash or equity reserves. Learn how to find out who’s lending but not advertising the fact

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The buy to let mortgage market is in a state of flux as key lenders have changed their criteria over...

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Who really cares if house prices fall? Are falling prices an opportunity or a threat and what actions should you be taking right now?

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Switch on the TV or radio news, open the paper and log in to the internet and just about everyone...

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Spotlight on our Tax and Accountancy partners. Landlord News articles about Tax and accountancy are the best read. In this issue we provide more information on the levels of assistance our partners can provide

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 2

The most popular articles in Landlord News are undoubtedly those that relate to tax and accountancy advice. Steve Sims, author...

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Student boom fuels soaring house price growth. Student numbers are increasing as universities and colleges in towns and cities all over the UK expand. But while student populations are on the up, only one new bed space was created for every eight new students in 2009 – and the numbers are still outpacing accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors looking for the best returns on their cash should look at the booming student letting sector. Student numbers...

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Birmingham Midshires to restrict lending to three buy to let mortgages per landlord. Lloyds squeeze this market further by refusing to lend on more than three buy to lets across all of their brands.

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Peter Curran, Head of Intermediary Distribution at Lloyds Banking Group recently announced, “From 25 September, buy to let property portfolios...

Is your property portfolio ownership structure optimised to enable you to pay the minimum amount of CGT, income tax and IHT?

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 14

In this article I look at the differences between owning property as joint tenants, tenants in common or as individuals....