Why other investments are no competition to property investment When I first started investing in property, I did so for a number of reasons. These included the fact that property investment is easier to understand than other investments. With stocks and bonds, it’s all about balance sheets, forward ratios, price-to-earnings ...

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The happiest place in outer London  and key to your investment dreams The number of regeneration proposals soon to be sanctioned in Bromley is staggering. The shopping district, already the recipient of a £5.5 million rebranding and facade facelift is getting a further 24 million pounds pumped into its foundations. The ...

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Property investment when Bank of Mum and Dad is closed Watch any programme about property investment on television, or read any newspaper or magazine article about successful property investors, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that property investment is out of the reach of most mortals. That investment property deposit ...

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The property investor knows the secret of a secure retirement Whether you’re investing in property for now or for the future, at some time the long-term property investor will turn to his or her portfolio as an income-investing vehicle. And when it comes to income investing, rental income is hard ...

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A thriving town with all the benefits of a capital city The population of the region currently stands at around 93,500. Rising fast, it’s grown at about 3.5% over the last three years and around 8.7% over the last ten year period. ...

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Property investment negotiating skills are nurture, not nature When it comes to making a property investment below market value, the game of property investment really hots up in the negotiating stage. Maybe because I learned the hard way when I first started out as a property investor, I cringe when I ...

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Avoid the mistakes and grow your property portfolio We first met with Nigel a few years ago, just before the Global Financial Crisis. His was a typical story at the time: despite a market that seemingly had no top, none of his property investments had worked out as he had expected ...

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Simple strategies to slash your capital gains tax bill We all hate paying taxes, and capital gains tax is one of the cruellest. You work hard, invest wisely, and then when you sell your investment the government takes a wedge of your profit away from you. Here I look at ...

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For the property investor, knowledge is profit When we discussed the 4 top tips for the property investor to make the best property investment decisions, we looked very briefly at just how good property investment is when compared to other investments such as the stock market. Even given the huge ...

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5 tax deductibles every property investor should be claiming Since the Chancellor (My pet name for him was #evilgeorge) made a number of changes to the property tax rules that affect the property investor, we’ve had a lot of clients ask about how the changes affect them in particular. That’s ...

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