Tag: Private Landlords

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Will landlords benefit from universal credit?

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 15 years ago | 3

The new universal credit for housing costs may still leave private landlords out on a limb over rent payments. The...

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£500 million cost for buy to let fire safety is ‘too much’

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 15 years ago | 2

A proposed new law requiring buy to let landlords to provide a wired-in fire alarm in their rental property has...

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One in three landlords want to buy more homes to let

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Almost a third of buy to let landlords would like to add more letting homes to their portfolios to expand...

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Tory MP leads landlord campaign for faster evictions

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 15 years ago | 1

Landlord pressure groups campaigning for changes in the law to fast track evictions for difficult tenants are calling for support...

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Revealed! Who Really Owns Britain

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Despite more than a century of social change aimed at redistributing the wealth of the nation more fairly, most of...

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Landlords warned over tenant privacy laws

Author: Mark Alexander

17th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Property investors who manage their own lettings who have not registered under data protection laws may be breaking privacy laws....

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Landlords blamed for spiralling housing benefit bill

Author: Mark Alexander

17th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

The row over cutting housing benefits for tenants in private rented homes is rumbling on as the government is accused...

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House building slips to lowest level for a decade.

Author: Mark Alexander

12th November 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let is likely to ride high for several years to come as the government reports house building in...

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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, 15 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, 15 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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The history of No Money Down and Instant Remortgages since 1992

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 15 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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Landlords set to profit from generation of renters. Housing minister Grant Shapps has told the nation that Britain cannot afford another boom-and-bust house price explosion

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Property investors are witnessing a shift in the housing market that will affect people’s attitudes to buying and renting homes...

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Britain’s biggest private landlord banks on buying refurbs.

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 15 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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Capital Allowances FAQ for property investors. Our tax partner Steve Sims has produced this superb guide

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

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Capital allowances are mind-numbingly complicated and even confuse some accountants, but making the effort to unravel obscure tax points can...

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Paragon opens books for more buy to let mortgages

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 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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NLA urges landlords to improve standards

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Private landlords have no room for complacency and need to improve standards as the private rented sector changes, urges the...

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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, 15 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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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, 15 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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Why up to 40% of your life insurance payout could end up in the hands of the tax man

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 1

If your net assets are worth over £325,000 when you die, any money that you leave to anybody other than...

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Property investors and the HMRC PAYE tax code bungle

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 15 years ago | 0

Millions of landlords and property investors are tied up in the HM Revenue and Customs PAYE code bungle and may...