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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.

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Bank of England Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions September 2010

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Landlords miss out on massive savings.

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

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.

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Is your property portfolio ownership structure optimised to enable you to pay the minimum amount of CGT, income tax and IHT?

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Why landlords need to act on self-assessment now.

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Commercial property landlords need to do better, say businesses.

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Survey shows buy to let rents surge to highest for two years

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Why up to 40% of your life insurance payout could end up in the hands of the tax man

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Property investors pile up millions in wasted tax payments. Property investors are big contributors to the huge £552 million mountain of wasted cash that is piling up because of poor capital gains tax planning

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Cash buyers fuel London home sales boom. According to Acadametrics London home sales exploded by 22% during August on the back of cash buyers not needing mortgages and a strong regional economy

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Landlords should ‘grass up’ illegal cannabis farms. Would you know how to detect whether your property might be being used as a cannabis farm without entering the property?

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Official figures confirm London house price boom. UK house prices were 8.4% higher than in July 2009 but 0.3% lower than in June 2010, according to the Communities and Local Government Department House Price Index

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Landlords could be lining the Tax Mans coffers if they live through the next property cycle. Born free taxed to death? This needn’t be the case for readers of Landlord News

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Property investors to see 9.6% returns by end of 2010. Information acquired from various sources including Halifax, Nationwide, IMD and NAEA

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Property investors and the HMRC PAYE tax code bungle

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Bank of England pegs interest rate at record low yet again. That’s 18 months in a row but what does this mean for landlords?

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

What sort of property business do you run? This is the first in a series of articles that we will be running in Landlord News explaining how to optimise the ownership structure of your property business for tax purposes

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Minister scraps HMO planning rules.

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Big fines for landlords who flout new tenancy rules. Student landlords are particularly at risk under the new rules, as many students will move in to rented homes that come under the regulations before October 1, and their deposits must go on protection by October 15

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010

Does anyone know how much tax they should pay? Landlords and property investors face a confusing time with their tax returns as most do not have a clue as to what they can claim against tax and how to work out their income tax. Most find capital gains tax an impenetrable nightmare and few understand how to keep the right financial records to back up rental accounts and tax claims

Posted on: Wed 27th of October 2010