2022 has been another crazy year for the UK property market, following 2021 when the pandemic property market boom, fuelled by the stamp duty holiday, sent buyers into overdrive and pushed house prices to record highs. Despite the first increase to interest rates coming in December 2021, the market continued […]
What investors need to know about residential buy-to-let laws in 2021 At present, 2021 is still very much a case of “watch this space”. That said, some law-changes look close to guaranteed to be implemented. Here is what you need to know. Eviction ban extended until the end of March […]
A question I am sometimes asked is, ‘Is there more than one way to do buy to let?’. It all depends on how you define buy to let. If you define buy to let as buying a property and putting a tenant in then that could cover HMOs (Houses of […]
The UK is an internationally-renowned holiday destination, which also benefits from a significant domestic-tourism market. As a result, there is a huge demand for short-term holiday rentals and where there is huge demand there is the potential for significant profits, but does it make for a better investment than a […]
10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 7) Keep on going – no matter what! Over the last few weeks I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learnt over the past 20 years of investing in property for myself, and this week I’d like to share with you this: If you just keep […]
10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 2) With over twenty years of experience investing for myself, over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing with you 10 things that I’ve learnt whilst on my property journey. Last week we began by discussing that there’s rarely just one way of doing things […]
Mark McLaughlin looks at furnished holiday lettings in the context of inheritance tax business property relief. Business property relief (BPR) is a valuable inheritance tax (IHT) relief, which is available to business owners if certain conditions are satisfied. The relief applies to ‘relevant business property’, including a business or interest […]
You’ve probably heard me talk a lot of times about how property investors need to master their time in order to build a profitable and sustainable property business. You’ve probably also heard me talk about working on income – generating activities. And it’s true. You see, if you want Your […]
Manchester has become a popular destination with both UK and international property investors, and even the economic turmoil that has followed the Brexit vote has not robbed it of its shine. Enviable yields have been key in attracting investors to the city, with Manchester recently being recognised as the destination […]
Following on from my post titled lessons about managing agents last week. I’m now kicking myself even more because I’ve realised that I could have done even better than Patrick’s much more reasonable price of £1585 for a new boiler in one of my properties. I could have got the boiler for […]
