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![Property investors owe £200 million in uncollected tax. Property investors who have failed to declare their tax account for £200 million of the missing £42 billion HM Revenue and Customs failed to collect last year because of evasion, and mistakes](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/themes/118v3/img/p118_placeholder-block3.png)
Property investors owe £200 million in uncollected tax. P...
The latest figures for uncollected tax reveal property investors owe £142million from undisclosed letting income and £55million evaded...
![Student boom fuels soaring house price growth. Student numbers are increasing as universities and colleges in towns and cities all over the UK expand. But while student populations are on the up, only one new bed space was created for every eight new students in 2009 – and the numbers are still outpacing accommodation](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Student-accommodation-300x200.jpg)
Student boom fuels soaring house price growth. Student nu...
Property investors looking for the best returns on their cash should look at the booming student letting sector.
Student numbers are...
![Wrong wording confuses new deposit protection rules. The Communities and Local Government Department (CLG) has already issued revised guidance about the regulations before they even come in to force.](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/themes/118v3/img/p118_placeholder-block3.png)
Wrong wording confuses new deposit protection rules. The ...
Following the letter of the law is seemingly a problem for government solicitors as well as property investors over deposit protection...
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Bank of England Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions Se...
Bank of England Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions September 2010...
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Landlords miss out on massive savings.
In the last week of August the new administrators of The Money Centre’s Landlords Insurance Scheme were overwhelmed with requests...
![Birmingham Midshires to restrict lending to three buy to let mortgages per landlord. Lloyds squeeze this market further by refusing to lend on more than three buy to lets across all of their brands.](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/themes/118v3/img/p118_placeholder-block3.png)
Birmingham Midshires to restrict lending to three buy to ...
Peter Curran, Head of Intermediary Distribution at Lloyds Banking Group recently announced, “From 25 September, buy to let property...
![Is your property portfolio ownership structure optimised to enable you to pay the minimum amount of CGT, income tax and IHT?](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Mark-Alexander-250x250.jpg)
Is your property portfolio ownership structure optimised ...
In this article I look at the differences between owning property as joint tenants, tenants in common or as individuals. I also explain...
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