The budget news that affects property investors Set for it to make big investment news, Philip Hammond’s first budget as the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer raised very few eyebrows. At 64 pages, the Budget Report 2017 is less than ...

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Prices up. Confidence up. More cash buyers of investment property. Rents are rising. Recent property investment news points to a strange phenomenon in the UK residential property market. Around the time of the EU Referendum last year, all the property ...

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Lenders’ new moves confirm property investment is still attractive In recent property investment news, beginner and experienced investors have received a boost with new buy-to-let mortgage deals from two big high street names. The fixed rate deals could help property ...

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Avoid the mistake of ignoring the number one rule of property investment When I read the investment news towards the end of last year, I couldn’t help but have a little chuckle to myself. Various experts, including RICS, Nationwide, John ...

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Calculate including tenant’s letting agency fees in your expenses The immediate reaction to the chancellor’s Autumn Statement announcement of a ban on letting agency fees was one of “shock and awe”. It was the piece of investment news that hit ...

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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 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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