Holiday home in Spain post Brexit? What will it mean for you? There are nearly 200,000 British who own homes in Spain. For those with holiday homes in Spain, What now? The consequences for those non residents owning a holiday home will certainly mean greater uncertainty and some or all the rights previously enjoyed will be affected. European Health Insurance … Read More »

Brief summary of changes: Personal Tax Personal allowances will be increased to £11,500 from 2017. Higher basic rate tax threshold by £5,000 to £45,000 from 2017/18. ISA limit to increase to £20,000 with flexible ISA's for under 40's. People can save £4,000pa and get a £1,000 bonus from Govt. Help to save for those on lower incomes. A 50% Govt bonus for those who … Read More »

Buy in Clapham or Brixton? The disparity between a SW2 and SW4 post code is increasing? Buying a terraced house in Clapham is now almost unaffordable and yet you will see property values have averaged an annual 6.74% increase this year. As an investment, yields in Brixton have achieved much greater returns and coming from a lower cost base, I think will give the investor … Read More »

 UK ‘Buy to let’ market in 2015          What were the major changes? We summarise the main events:   In his Autumn Statement, George Osborne stated new measures would be introduced in April increasing the stamp duty(SDLT) by 3% on all property costing over £40,000 bought as an investment or second home. More of this is in our stamp duty article. In his summer … Read More »