Tag: Estate planning

IHT Inheritance Tax Potentially Exempt Transfer insurance / Gift inter vivos policies

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

26th February 2026, 9 months ago | 15

Potentially exempt transfer insurance (gift inter vivos policies), protect your family during the seven-year inheritance tax risk period following a...

The Landlord’s Legacy: Why Wills and LPAs Are Just the Beginning

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

14th December 2025, 11 months ago | 0

Most landlords appreciate the importance of having a Will. Fewer realise that a Will alone only takes effect once they...

Power and Protection: Understanding Lasting Powers of Attorney

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

14th December 2025, 11 months ago | 0

A Will decides who inherits when you die, but who acts if you are still alive and cannot? Many landlords...

Tenancy in Common vs Joint Tenancy – Small Words, Big Consequences

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

14th December 2025, 11 months ago | 0

It is one of the smallest phrases in property law, yet it can transform the outcome of your estate. Whether...

Why Every Landlord Needs a Modern Will

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

14th December 2025, 11 months ago | 0

Many landlords draft a Will early in life and rarely revisit it. Years later, their circumstances have changed: new properties,...

What Happens to Buy-to-Let Mortgages on Death?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

24th July 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Part 1: The Legal and Financial Consequences That Most Landlords Overlook When a landlord passes away, it is not just...

The simple path to Wills and Lasting Power of Attorney with Heritage Wills

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th June 2024, 2 years ago | 0

When thinking about your future, two things that might not be at the forefront of your mind but are incredibly...

Retirement, business continuity, succession and legacy planning

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

13th April 2024, 3 years ago | 0

Are you ready to embark on a journey that not only secures your property rental business but also your future?...

Barry’s story – it could have been you!

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

22nd May 2018, 8 years ago | 0

Barry’s story was written by the Mark Alexander back in December 2010. It has since been updated and re-published several...

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Video Interview – Asset & Legacy protection for Property Investors

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Mark Alexander, founder of Property118.com, interviews Jason Howard of Insight Fininacial Associates on Asset and Legacy protection for property investors....

Could this be the ultimate buy to let investment property exit strategy?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

5th April 2011, 16 years ago | 2

About a year ago Mark Alexander predicted that Equity Release mortgage providers would enter the buy to let lending business....

Banks called to account over will-writing concerns

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd February 2011, 16 years ago | 1

The big four banks are revamping their will-writing services after concerns that customers appointing professional executors did not understand the...

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TV business guru switches on to wills and IHT

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Business guru Gerry Robinson is turning his talents to solving inheritance tax and estate planning problems for families in a...

What happens if you die without a will?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

17th November 2010, 16 years ago | 1

The world might not end if you don’t make a will, but the loved ones you leave behind may face...

Children suffer most if parents have no will.

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

12th November 2010, 16 years ago | 1

More than 30 million people in the UK do not have a will – even though nine out of 10...

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Inheritance Tax FAQ.

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

12th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The 30 million people in the UK who do not have a will are letting the government grab a large...

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

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

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....

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Landlords could be lining the Tax Mans coffers if they live through the next property cycle. Born free taxed to death? This needn’t be the case for readers of Landlord News

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 2

The UK’s average property value is currently £167,953, according to the Halifax’s latest survey. It is probably fair to say...

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Don’t just leave financial problems when you die. An interesting article from Steve Sims, freelance journalist and author of The Dummies Guide to Property taxation

Author: This article was written by guest author - Steve Sims

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

In these times of austerity, many people are looking at ways to save money but one expense that is well...