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How to Sell Your House as a Landlord

14 July, 20170 Comments
If you’ve been renting out a house to tenants but have decided to sell the property for whatever reason, there are many things to consider. You may be moving away or simply want to retire from being a landlord, and much of the same advice for other homeowners applies. For those who want to know
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Property Tax is Getting to Be Taxing for Landlords

01 March, 20170 Comments
While the general rule regarding the law and tax in particular is that ignorance is no excuse, it’s easy to see why many buy-to-let landlords have been left confused and concerned over a flurry of recent tax changes.  Here is a brief explanation of the three key changes and what they mean. Stamp duty surcharge
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67% of the UK’s private rented stock are up to standard

15 April, 20140 Comments
The Chartered Institute of Housing’s UK Housing Review 2014 has revealed that 33% of the UK’s private rented homes would have failed the Government’s Decent Homes Standard in 2012. 15% of social rented homes also failed to meet the standard in 2012, down from 29% in 2006. Many property news websites have reported on this
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Top 100 housing must reads; 2013 through the eyes of an LRS landlord.

31 December, 20130 Comments
Here is a compilation of the 100 most read, most interesting, and most commented upon Landlord Referencing Forum topics, from late 2012 to the end of 2013. (Click on title of each one to read the thread in full.) The Office of Fair Trading has today launched new online resources to help internet businesses comply
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HMRC ignore tax inquiry rules and launch attack on Landlords

26 February, 20130 Comments
Via information provided to a local council, HMRC is now targeting PRS landlords in an attempt to track down those evading tax by failing to declare their rental income. Letters issued by the department are looking for information on addresses of properties, periods let, and the amounts of monthly or weekly rent involved, as well
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Autumn Statement 2012

05 December, 20120 Comments
George Osborne has announced his Autumn Statement for 2012, but what does this mean for the private rented sector? Landlords There will be no new tax on property; ‘It would require a revaluation. It would be intrusive, and provide a temptation for future chancellors to raise more‘ says Osborne. Osborne has decided to rule out
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