Recent Articles in Financing property checklists

Capital gains tax blow for accidental landlords
Nov 1, 2018

The Autumn Budget may not have contained any major shocks for landlords but there was some news which could affect tax planning in the future. Richard Grayson, of Nicholsons Chartered Accountants, takes a look at some of the main tax announcements.

Rate rise – disaster scenario or ‘no impact’?
Nov 6, 2017

In reality, hardly anyone should be affected by the recent and next few interest rate rises planned. And they should certainly have far less impact than they have in the past.

BUT – and it’s a fairly big but – we don’t actually know how people will react to the rise...

Worried about paying off an interest-only mortgage? Don’t sell up until you’ve spoken to a broker
Jul 27, 2017

Homeowners struggling with interest-only mortgage repayment deadlines are having to sell their homes to pay off debts, new research from equity release referral service Key Partnerships shows...

What to do you if you can’t pay your mortgage
Jun 22, 2017

Life is full of surprises and can be going perfectly smoothly one day, before the rug is pulled from under your feet the next. Redundancy, illness and relationship breakdowns are all bad enough on their own, but when they result in you potentially losing your home, too, they can be devastating. What can you do if the happens to you?

Bank of Mum and Dad – Legal & General report and Radio 4 You and Yours
May 2, 2017

We hear a lot of stuff about the Bank of Mum and Dad (BOMAD) in the news, plenty of it negative, but is it such a bad thing?