The stress-free way to complete on an investment property Here at Gladfish, we go the extra mile for our clients. If you’re a new property investor, you may not be accustomed to the level and depth of our property investment research yet. Perhaps that’s what you liked about us in the first place. Or it ...

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How a foreign investor can benefit most from UK property investment Nearly three years ago, Chancellor George Osbourne dealt a big blow to foreign investors when he announced that capital gains made on UK property investment by foreign investors would be taxed. At the time he said, “It is not ...

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The perfect scam 1. Choose a good business model and abuse it… The key criteria is that I would base it on a good business model. This seems to be the key to the best scams. They take something that everyone knows works and abuse the process. Property investment companies ...

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How to avoid the failure of poor property research strategies Unfortunately, the majority of the problems that property investors face are of their own making. As you can probably imagine, we hear horror stories about and from property investors quite a lot of the time. Mostly derived from people who haven’t ...

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24-hour trains will increase demand from buyers and renters After several rounds of strikes by tube drivers, stalled conciliatory talks, and finally an acceptance of a deal by the RMT, the night tube is finally due to start running at the end of August this year. In a phased introduction, ...

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Crunching the numbers to get to the truth There are plenty of property investment opportunities being sold which specialise in providing accommodation to a growing student population. While these types of property investment are an interesting niche addition to the property investor’s breadth of investment opportunity, what is less considered ...

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Will it be worth the expense? The tax advantages of setting up a limited company for property investment are compelling, but this doesn’t mean doing so is the right strategy for everyone. Although setting up a limited company can be done very quickly and cheaply, there are other associated costs that ...

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PROPERTY FRAUD #7: The One-Close Sale I hate pushy salespeople and companies. The promises are heavy and the delivery is light. They concentrate on short-term gain instead of the value of long-term relationships. There is no follow through, no commitment, and no care for the customer (saved for getting their ...

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Reasons to invest and reasons to take care When you speak to sales agents, you will rarely find one that paints anything other than a rosy picture of buying London off plan developments. Certainly, as a property investment strategy goes, and when it comes to buying in London, off plan ...

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Get the research right to buy the right property If you read the press, then you might think that making a profit as a property investor is as easy as pulling a name out of a hat or putting a pin in a piece of paper. But if you want ...

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