Tag: Strategy

Bunch of robbing bankers, by co-founder of The Money Centre, Mike Woodfine

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2010, 16 years ago | 1

By Mike Woodfine, Co-founder of The Money Centre. Interest margins are extortionate – you need an unsecured loan to pay...

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Making sure a selling price adds up for capital gains. Property investors must know the break-even figure to set the asking price and to negotiate with a prospective buyer who makes an offer

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

House sellers need to do their sums before accepting an offer on a property investment to make sure the figures...

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Don’t let house price surveys build up your hopes. Deciding which house price survey to trust is easy – none of them

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

House price surveys are nonsense – and do not offer anything other than an indication of the value of a...

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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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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, 16 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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UK income tax hike was world’s highest for 2010

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

British taxpayers are vying with those in Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands to pay the highest rates of tax in...

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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...

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Mortgage lending remains sluggish for August. However, net lending secured on homes was up £1.7 billion, above the previous six-month average of £0.7 billion

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The summer holidays hit mortgage approvals for August as the Bank of England revealed total loans to buy a home...

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Planning to pay less tax doesn’t make you a tax cheat. This article explains the difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance. Case law is quoted

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The government is diverting £900 million over the next three years to beef up HM Revenue and Customs in a...

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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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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....

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Property investors to see 9.6% returns by end of 2010. Information acquired from various sources including Halifax, Nationwide, IMD and NAEA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The housing market seems to have shaken out the inflation excesses of the boom period of a few years ago....

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IFA firm joins forces with The Money Centre

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The two firms Directors explain how the relationship will enhance the relationship with, and the service available to, the customers...

Are 8% interest rates scaremongering?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Mark Alexander  explains why, even though rates at these levels are extremely unlikely, high interest rates due to high inflation...

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Claiming back Inheritance Tax (IHT) if house prices have dropped

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Families and friends of someone who has died that have paid out Inheritance Tax (IHT) on land or a home...

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Property tax exiles could face big UK bills

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Thousands of property tax exiles could face huge bills if a billionaire businessman loses his long-running tax battle with HM...

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What you shouldn’t do – buy to let mortgage advice

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 1

Buy to let mortgage advice Many investors have become cashflow beneficiaries of the ‘Credit Crunch’ due to the lowest interest...