Thursday May 23rd 2013

Posts Tagged ‘Land’

Obtaining Adverse Possession On Land Or Property

Obtaining Adverse Possession On Land Or Property

The sale of property by executors can often throw up land registry problems where bits of redundant land have been used without permission by local residents. Adverse possession can be a very complicated thing to achieve and a lot depends on whether the land is currently [Read More]

How To Avoid UK Land Banking Scams

How To Avoid UK Land Banking Scams

Recently there have been a deluge of news stories around about land banking scams in the UK. The plain fact is that many of the land plots sold by land banking firms will have no better than about a 1% chance of receiving planning permission over the next 20+ years. Land [Read More]

Farmland Tops Land Investments

Farmland Tops Land Investments

Research shows that for land investments in the last 12 months, holding farmland as part of a mixed portfolio has become increasingly popular. With the proportion of farmland investments from motivated buyers doubling to 31%, it also found that there was an increase of more [Read More]

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Why China Is So Alluring To British Expats

Why China Is So Alluring To British Expats

Only a decade ago, the Chinese economy was smaller than that of the UK, yet many economists believe it will become the [Read More]

New EU Mortgage Laws To Stop Turmoil of House Price Bubbles

New EU Mortgage Laws To Stop Turmoil of House Price Bubbles

This week new EU rules will come into force across Europe’s 6.5 trillion Euro mortgage market. The aim is to stop [Read More]

Why The Help To Buy Scheme Won’t Help

Why The Help To Buy Scheme Won’t Help

Since the budget announcement of another housing scheme to help first time buyers called  The Help To Buy Scheme, many [Read More]

HMRC Targeting Second Homes & Buy To Let For CGT

HMRC Targeting Second Homes & Buy To Let For CGT

In the news this week is a declaration from the HMRC that they will now be chasing after Capital Gains Tax deemed not [Read More]

Warning To Landlords Over Green Deal In 2013

Warning To Landlords Over Green Deal In 2013

Recent announcements for the government suggest that they would like to get tougher on landlords who own properties [Read More]