Labour’s ‘irrational’ red tape crusade against landlords
It would have cost the couple around £30,000 to upgrade their 200-year-old Devon cottage to meet green standards, an amount...
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‘Being a landlord was so stressful I had a heart attack’
Eventually, this had serious implications on his health.“One day I was trying to help an electrician, to keep costs down,...
How buy-to-let is reaching its bitter end
“There is little doubt that measures such as the stamp duty surcharge, restricted relief for mortgage payments and higher exposure...
‘At 60 I’m having to work as a postman because my buy-to-lets are making a loss’
But for Harrop, capital gains tax is only one part of the problem.He says: “I’m a business graduate, I’ve been...
How to spot property hotspots where experts are still buying
There’s an overwhelming volume of data available one can analyse. My cheeky hack, knowing as I do that major retailers...
‘Forget downsizing – I upsized to a four-bed £780k house in my seventies’
When his wife died, Michael Higgs, now 80, downsized from his main family home just outside Harpenden, where he’d lived...
why the Church could build your property
But some argue the Church should be protecting its green space. Last week, Chris Packham, a BBC presenter, accused the...
The seaside town where Labour plans to build 1,300pc more homes
Tristan Learoyd is a councillor in Marske, and one of the staunchest opponents of the development plans.Mr Learoyd says: “The...
Estate agents share their worst house selling mistakes – so you can avoid them
Liam Gretton runs Liam Gretton Estate Agents in the Wirral, but thought he was making a sensible decision using someone...
How a tiny Derbyshire village became the UK’s unlikeliest property hotspot
“But if you are coming from London it doesn’t seem like that much,” says Jake Brooks, of Hunter French estate...
