Second holiday homeowners appear to be having a rough time of it at the moment. Not only are they being pressurised by their friends/family to let them stay in their holiday lets for free or at a discounted rate; they are now facing tax relief losses.
According to new reports, the government is now planning to [...]
It is always nice to celebrate another property investor’s successes, so I am happy to announce entrepreneurs Brett Alegre-Wood’s recent success at the People’s Book Prize Award.
More well known for his involvement as a property investor, blogger and Chairman of ‘Your Property Club’, Alegre-Wood earlier this week won first prize for his non-fiction book: ‘The [...]
I was reading an article earlier this week about how clueless homeowners are about their mortgage, and the statistics were quite shocking…
According to Consumer Financial Education Body (CFEB), more than 75% of homeowners do not realise the full impact a 1% increase to their mortgage rate could have on their repayments.
I know as property investors, we generally take longer to pick property investments than most homeowners do – after all they are not trying to make a profit from the houses they live in – but even I was shocked by the survey done by ING Direct.
In their survey, they revealed that when it comes [...]
One of the most frustrating aspects about the coming Emergency Budget is that no one seems to know how badly property investors will be affected.
Aside from the rumoured change of swapping the 18% Capital Gains Tax charge for 20%, 40% and 50% income tax fees for profits made from selling property, I personally have heard [...]
Now I don’t know about you but since the Housing Minister announced that they are abolishing HIPs I haven’t known how to react.
On the one side this is great news for homeowners as it means that they won’t have to pay at least £500 to create them, but on the other, this pack actually contained [...]
If you are a female property investor, then you’ll be more than aware of the National Landlords Associations ‘Property Women Awards 2010’…
It is rare that I ever go over the £1m benchmark on individual property investments, but the arrival of the 5% stamp duty fee has really got me thinking about what I am going to do in the future should I ever want to go down this road.
I read a really fascinating piece the other day about the amount of possessions homeowners take with them when they move…
Considering that the government is meant to be all about cutting the social housing list, they are making a poor job of it.
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