Buy-to-let Property News
Housing market ‘less frantic’ completion pipeline flooded
Property transactions are currently taking just over 100 days from sales agreed to completion, ‘but the volume of business means this could increase in the…
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Buy-to-let Property News
Call for stamp duty holiday extension
Calling for a six-month extension to the current stamp duty holiday, property industry leaders have warned there is insufficient capacity to deal with the surge…
Buy-to-let Property News
Conveyancing delays are threaten SDLT savings
Delays in local authority property searches are threatening property buyers’ eligibility for stamp duty tax breaks. Only last week the Treasury published a press release…
Buy-to-let Property News
Property transactions are back to pre-Covid levels
There were just over 98,000 residential property transactions in September, 0.7 per cent lower than in September 2019 but 20.3 per cent higher than in…
Buy-to-let Property News
House price trend continues upwards
House prices increased by 2 per cent in September, according to the latest Nationwide index. This pushed up the annual rate of house price growth…
Landlord Articles
Chancellor’s Boost is a Plus for Landlords
Property and energy efficiency in homes has been placed at the heart of the Government’s push to re-start the UK’s economy as it emerges from…
Landlord Articles
Fewer Properties To Rent
A recent copy of the Metro gave as a headline ‘Fewer Homes up for rent after duty rise’. This is hardly a surprise to anyone…
Landlord Articles
Landlords Finally Get Political Support
Landlords have understandably felt for some time that the changes introduced into private sector legislation have been attacks on them. Still known as ‘Rogue landlords’,…
Landlord Articles
April 1st – Are You Ready
Landlords need to be ready as 1st April sees the imposition of Stamp Duty Land Tax. This means that landlords buying further buy to let…
Landlord Articles
Landlords Urged To Check Their Tax Status
Changes to taxation mean that from the 1st April 2016, landlords will be taxed based on rental income as opposed to pre-tax profit. The…
Landlord Articles
A taxing time for buy to let investors
With the Conservative party now secure in Government for another five years, there has never been a better time to get your tax affairs in…
Landlord Articles
Buy to let rental market growing
The rental market in the UK has been strong for investors for some time now, with the sector providing them with a perennially high level…
