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Holding Court? Holding hands more like

Author: Nick Stott

22nd November 2011, 14 years ago | 5

As I sit here in a Civil Court’s waiting room waiting to be called (here pursuing a tenant on behalf...

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Holiday lets are the investment opportunity of the decade … here’s why ….

Author: Vanessa Warwick

22nd November 2011, 14 years ago | 9

I’m an unashamed fan of U.K. coastal holiday lets. My husband Nick and I first started investing in them in...

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Don’t Forget Rent’s Not the Only Buy to Let Income

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 14 years ago | 2

Landlords might think that rent is the only income generated by their property business – but they may need to...

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Buy to Let Landlords Snubbed Under New Housing Deal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 14 years ago | 0

The Government has launched a make-or-break housing strategy designed to boost the economy, create jobs and help people buy homes...

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Housing Strategy Key Points

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2011, 14 years ago | 3

The much awaited Government housing strategy was unveiled today with many seeing it not as the “radical and unashamedly ambitious...

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p155ing into the wind – Housing Strategy

Author: Mark Alexander

21st November 2011, 14 years ago | 4

Today the government announced a new initiative to provide 100,000 new low cost homes over the next four years creating...

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Possibility of Civil War in Greece?

Author: Mark Alexander

19th November 2011, 14 years ago | 9

This week I attended an unofficial Bank of England briefing. This article is based on that meeting and informal discussions with other...

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EU Trying To Kill Buy To Let – sign the petition to STOP it now.

Author: Mark Alexander

19th November 2011, 14 years ago | 100

The buy to let market will grind to a halt if EU proposals to change the way lenders hand out...

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NALS – “No Agent Loves Sarcasm”

Author: Nick Stott

16th November 2011, 14 years ago | 15

Why does the general public have such a poor perception of agents? Is it because they are often image-conscious, relatively...

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Day of Reckoning for Calculating Tax and NICs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2011, 14 years ago | 3

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

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Let Landlords Buy Homes with their Pensions, Urges CBI

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Business leaders are urging the government to make a major shift in pension rules to let retirement savers invest in...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 70

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

In amongst all the headlines we have got some great news of our own this week and when you visit...

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Landlord Tax Cheats Targeted by HMRC Task Force

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords evading tax face a crack down from a new HM Revenue and Customs task force. Tax...

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Housebuilding Slumps to Lowest Level for 88 years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

The building of new homes has slumped to the lowest level ever – running at half the number needed to...

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Landlords Snubbing Registration Face £50,000 Fines

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Thousands of property investors face fines of up to £50,000 for ignoring laws requiring them to sign-up to a landlords...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 69

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

We are delighted to introduce two new guest writers this week, HMO Landlady and Tulloch Priest. They have very kindly...

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Landlords and Holiday Homes May Lose Tax Discounts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Around 250,000 second-home owners could see their council tax double under changes that let councils scrap their discounts. Councils will...

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HMRC Task-Force Tracks Overseas Property Tax Cheats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A 200-strong team of investigators is targeting overseas property owners to check they are not tax cheats. HM Revenue and...

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Working Out if a Buy to Let Property is Profitable

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A key skill for landlords is knowing how to work out whether an investment is profitable. Yield is the tool...

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I Will Not Say Sorry for Being a Good Landlord

Author: Mary Latham

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 24

An article in the Telegraph last week really offended my sense of justice. I am well aware that only landlords...