Top Ten Tips For Success 29th October 2017 No Comments Here are my latest top ten tips for running a successful property business which I presented recently at The Property Investor Show at Excel in Read More »
Upbeat or Downbeat? 18th May 2017 No Comments I recently spent two days at the Property Investor Show, held twice a year at Excel in East London. Footfall was noticeably lighter that at Read More »
Top 10 Challenges Facing London Landlords 10th April 2017 No Comments 1. Regulation of Buy To Let Mortgages The rise in Buy To Let mortgages from 5% in 2009 to 16% of mortgage lending in 2016 Read More »
Tax Surcharge Going To Plan 28th January 2017 No Comments The government’s stamp duty surcharge continues to be a fantastic cash cow for the treasury. Official figures show that it raked in £670m in the Read More »
Stamp Duty & Letting Agent Fees 28th November 2016 No Comments The latest data from the Office For Budget Responsibility (OBR) shows that stamp duty is really harming the housing market in London. Recent hikes brought Read More »
Goodbye EU, Goodbye Scotland 24th June 2016 No Comments I thought I was a lukewarm Remain voter, but today I am gutted. The most sobering image of the day so far is Nigel Farage Read More »
Fight Back 18th June 2016 No Comments It is nearly a year since the Summer budget when Osborne announced the first raft of punishing tax changes for the UK’s 1.7 million landlords, Read More »
Government Dogma Raises Stamp Duty For Landlords 30th October 2024 No Comments All eyes were on Capital Gains Tax in Rachel Reeves’ first budget on 30 October 2024. As had been widely expected, rates for the disposal Read More »