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Shadow Housing Minister supports a tax that is increasing homelessness

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Lord Beecham has been the Shadow Spokesman for Communities and Local Government (CLG) since October 2010, and for Justice since September 2012, and for Housing since September 2015.  Quite a workload, in addition to being a Councillor in Newcastle-upon-Tyne since May 1967, and consultant to Beecham Peacock Solicitors in that city. He is anti-BTL. He… Read more

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Suspended sentence for Nottingham landlord

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​A Nottingham lettings business which provides residential accommodation in Nottingham city centre and its director had a total of a £200,000 fine and a suspended jail sentence imposed at Nottingham Crown Court recently, (Thursday 19 January) after director Robert Singh admitting breaching fire safety regulations under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Nottingham Student […]

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Feb
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91 landlords punished under right to rent rules

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A total of 91 landlords have been issued with civil penalties since the Government’s controversial right to rent scheme was rolled out a year ago today. According to the Government landlords have been fined a total of almost £30,000, with 667 enquiries made to the Home Office’s landlords checking services specifically regarding tenants without the […]

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RLA call for Section 24 rethink after Stamp Duty windfall

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In an article yesterday on the back of the figures published showing a £1.19 billion Stamp Duty surcharge windfall for the Treasury up to the end of last year the RLA have called for a Landlord Tax rethink. Click Here to read the full article. “The RLA is now calling on the Government to use… Read more

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Digital tax rollout to start next year

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The Government’s Making Tax Digital proposals – requiring landlords to report quarterly to HMRC – will go ahead as planned in April 2018. The outcome of a consultation into the plans was revealed this week, when it was announced a pilot programme will start in April. HMRC has, however, said it will review the planned […]

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Feb
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I have been told Buy to Let is a Win Win – is this true?

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I’m here for some advice. As a family we are downsizing our house from £580,000 to around £300,000 and looking to invest the remaining sum in property to have some rental income. I read a book about Buy to Let properties and it looks like a win win situation, you pay a small amount of… Read more

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How do I approach my licence application and mortgage lender for consent?

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I bought a flat in London(residential mortgage), whilst working as contractor close to Brighton. The idea was to move to London as and when the contract finishes. I lived in my new property for initial three months, but had to move back to Brighton as I was having few health issues and the commute was… Read more

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Landlords – Review & Renew for 2017

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Is your rental investment operating optimally or is it time to review and renew? The experts at Belvoir have come up with some suggestions. “Essentially a property portfolio is cash tied up in bricks and mortar and therefore it is advisable to review how your investment is performing at least annually, if not on a […]

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Britain’s buy-to-let tax regime will be one of the toughest around

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Landlords will be battered by one of the most hostile tax regimes in the western world come April – but the Treasury is being warned that rather than just penalising landlords, it is tenants who will be the real losers. There is a move to tax landlords not on the profit they make, but on […]

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Buy to Let Activity Down

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Property Survey Activity: Buy to Let activity is down despite the December 2016 activity in the UK’s housing market moving up 40% on December 2014, that’s according to the latest research from Connells Survey & Valuation. Overall valuation activity surged in 2016 with the total number of valuations carried out in December 2016 rising 8% on […]

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