Removal of FHL – One man’s poison is another man’s meat. How will it affect you?

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The changes in Serviced Accommodation will impact different people in different ways. To some, it will provide an advantage, for others it will be time for change.

The changes are threefold:

1) Removal of FHL means the income for those who own in personal name will be treated identically to buy-to-let income for tax purposes.

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How FHL abolition will impact UK holiday let owners

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Landlords and owners operating furnished holiday lettings (FHL) may still be reeling from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s announcement in the Budget that tax relief will be abolished from 6 April 2025.

Now tax accountants BDO have revealed what the financial impact will be from next year.

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Buy to let lenders announce new products and lower rates

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Several buy to let lenders have updated their products and rates to attract more landlords and investors.

The Mortgage Works (TMW), a specialist BTL arm of Nationwide, has cut its Interest Cover Ratios (ICR) for both higher and lower rate taxpayers

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What The Spring Budget Means For Property Investors?

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What does the spring budget 2024 mean for property investors and property developers? Some property investors will suffer a massive tax blow! Join Ranjan Bhattacharya as he discusses the Spring Budget in his latest video. 

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Property industry reaction – Spring Budget 2024

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Industry leaders in the property and finance sector have reacted to the Chancellor’s Spring Budget.

The Spring Budget is seen as the last chance to woo voters before the upcoming General Election this year.

Announcements included a crackdown on holiday lets

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Scottish Greens hit back at landlord claims

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A political party has hit back at claims made by the Scottish Association of Landlords which said that 22,000 homes have disappeared from Scotland’s private rented sector (PRS).

The Scottish Greens says the landlords are offering ‘misleading claims’.

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Could American “mega-landlords” buying portfolios be the lifeline British landlords need to get out?

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As the UK government struggles to help landlords facing tough financial situations, landlords have rallied together to help themselves.

This year is the year of the sale: with landlords rushing to sell up their property portfolios to either get out

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Landlord fined for ignoring gas safety rules

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A court has fined a landlord almost £1,500 for neglecting her gas safety obligations and ignoring council warnings.

Tracey Robinson, from Cold Hesledon, Seaham, was the landlord of a terraced house in Sorley Street, Sunderland.

She failed to produce a gas safety certificate and other documents as required by the Housing Act 2004.

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Chancellor targets holiday lets in £300m tax crackdown

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a £300 million tax crackdown on second-home owners who rent out their properties to tourists in the Budget, The Sunday Times reports.

He will scrap a series of tax breaks for landlords who use the furnished holiday lets (FHL) regime

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The landlord vote – who gets it?

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Hi, as a landlord with over 20 years of experience in this business, I realise that we are not all made from the same cloth and we do not all hold the same political beliefs.

Some of us are right-wing leaning and some left-wing but I hope we all have an interest in a balanced and workable PRS that meets the needs of tenants whilst preserving a landlord’s rights to his or her property.

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