The Property Voice Podcast - Musings: 8 Megatrends that Property Investors should be aware of Megatrends are big changes that will affect us over the next 10-50 years. However, many of these megatrends will start to have an impact on our property investment decisions today. Check out this week’s … [Read more...]
Musings: Budget-busting…beating the tax hikes to BTL investors
The Property Voice Podcast - Musings: Budget-busting…beating the tax hikes to BTL investors As a property investor with buy-to-let property, there was probably only one thing on your mind over the past week or so…tax hikes from the Budget! In the Emergency Budget, one or two bombshells were dropped … [Read more...]
1-Question Poll: The UK General Election winner will be…?
This is just a bit of fun really...who do you think will get enough votes to form a Government in May's general election in the UK? Which party / parties will lead the next UK Government in MayConservativeLabourConservative Lead CoalitionLabour Lead CoalitionHung ParliamentView resultsPowered … [Read more...]
April Pension Reforms: The Tax Implications
Next month's pension reforms...what are the tax implication of taking your full pension as a cash lump sum? Take a look at this table to find out: Source & credit: based on an article in The Telegraph This nifty table shows the effective tax rate of withdrawing a pension pot in full … [Read more...]
Preparing for political change – what should we do?
Image source & credit: Knight Frank With an election in May, what should we as property investors do now to prepare for political change? This was a question from a poster to a property forum that I saw yesterday. Then, this morning Knight Frank released this neat summary of the pre-manifesto … [Read more...]
Property Predictions for 2015
This post was stimulated by a request from Vanessa Warwick from Property Tribes to contribute to a thread there...so here goes my property predictions for 2015...if you prefer to view the PowerPoint presentation I prepared here it is: 2015 Market Predictions The Property Voice an extract is shown … [Read more...]
Property news overwhelm? Don’t worry: we’ve got you covered
Want to make sense of all the property news chatter? You do, then I have some great news - as I have done the heavy lifting for you! I personally review between 300-400 daily news stories, blog feeds, social media and other online content in the world of residential property investment. I now … [Read more...]
Rent Control or ‘Rent Tax’ – The Debate Continues
The proposed 'rent control' idea put forward by Generation Rent is as follows: Have a rent control at 50% of the annual council tax rate for that band of property but as the monthly rent. For example, annual council tax = £1000, therefore rent controlled level = £500 per month Allow landlords … [Read more...]
Engage the people in housing design…and they will meet you half way
Inspiring video, watch time 15 mins Faced with the challenge of building better living standards than existing slums with limited budget, Alejandro Aravena invited the community to get involved. The reults may seem surprising, with only half a house for each family built! Yet, by involving the … [Read more...]
The Ripple Effect – a Lifetime Savings Policy… Just a Thought!
I was chatting with someone about property the other day and I was reminded about an idea that I had a while ago; sharing here for you on this site for the first time. A solution needs first needs a problem, so what's the problem? Pensions deficits, working lives getting longer, … [Read more...]