Interest rates are rising: here’s how buy-to-let investors can profit from this The years of low mortgage rates that have benefited investors in UK residential investment property look like they’re coming to an end. Combined with tougher lending rules, and ...

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Helping overseas investors pay less tax on UK property investment Tax should be a four-letter word. If you don’t plan for it, a tax can severely damage your wealth. Like cigarettes, they could come with a government warning. Now, while I ...

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Why property investors ignore geography and select location There’s one rule in property investment that everyone has heard: investment return depends on ‘location, location, location’. It’s such an important concept that there has even been a property investment television series ...

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Don’t be blinded by investment guarantees: consider the risks, too. I’ve noticed a phenomenon on Facebook that’s starting to worry me. Not only me, either. I’ve heard from several clients and others interested in residential investment property who want to ...

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Moving from planning to taking action A couple of weeks ago we published a series of property investment guides that discussed seven considerations before investing in UK property. In this article, I’m going to look at the action points of a ...

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Why the 2016 Autumn Statement is good news for property investment. The Autumn Statement – the first and last by Chancellor Philip Hammond – has been called a “bombshell for property investors” by some industry commentators because of a “crackdown on letting fees”. ...

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What’s in store for property investors in 2017 and beyond A short while ago I asked the question “Is off-plan property a good investment in 2017?” In the two articles that tackled that subject, you’d have discovered how the pessimistic ...

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