Autumn Statement 2015: Tax changes in the pipeline

Our tax affairs will be organised digitally in the future, Chancellor George Osborne says, but it does not mean they are getting any simpler. A series of tax changes were hidden behind the headlines of his Autumn Statement. Some affect the self-employed and small companies, others impact low-income individuals, the retired and the wealthy. Many […]

Buy-to-let landlords snap up a million homes

Buy-to-let landlords have driven a massive shift in the property market that has taken a million homes out of residential ownership in a decade. Since 2005, an extra one million homes are now occupied by a tenant rather than homeowner. Countrywide, which conducted the research, said amateur landlords and other property investors make formidable competition […]

Landlords – Check Your Smoke Alarms

Just 57 per cent of tenant are certain that they have working smoke alarms in their rental properties, according to new research from SpareRoom. Since the 1st October 2015, landlords have been required to install working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in their properties. However, just 49 per cent of tenants are aware of the […]

Buy-to-let calculator: how will new taxes reduce your profits?

Telegraph Money has developed a sophisticated calculator to help you assess the impact of new taxes on your property investments. George Osborne unveiled a shock tax change in the summer Budget on July 8, which will remove landlords’ ability to deduct the cost of their mortgage interest from their rental income when they calculate a […]