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Buy-to-let landlords are using limited companies to cut tax… but it could actually be costing them MORE

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In recent years increasing numbers of buy-to-let investors have been buying properties via a limited company, rather than in their own personal name.

Last year alone, landlords set up a record 50,004 companies to hold buy-to-let properties, according to analysis by estate agents Hamptons.

There are a total of 615,077 buy-to-lets owned in company structures in the UK, an 82 per cent increase since the end of 2016. 

Limited company surge: More than two-thirds of existing buy-to-let companies were set

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The best buy-to-let mortgages for landlords: Should they fix or risk a tracker?

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Buy-to-let landlords have been been hit by rapidly rising interest rates, higher costs and a less friendly tax regime in recent years.

Many have seen their costs spiral, meaning that landlords will be watching the current falls in mortgage rates with just as much interest as homeowners and first-time buyers.

Since the start of the year, a mortgage price war has opened up between lenders and more than 40 lenders have cut their rates.

While the residential rates aimed at

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Silicon Landlords: Über die Verengung des KI-Horizonts

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19. Dezember 2023

Das Einzige, was sich Science-Fiction nicht vorstellen konnte, ist die Welt, die wir jetzt haben: die nahezu vollständige Kontrolle der künstlichen Intelligenz durch einige wenige Unternehmen, deren einziges Ziel der Profit ist.

Sam Altman, CEO von OpenAI, beim Jahrestreffen der Hope Global Forums in Atlanta, Georgia, am Montag, 11. Dezember 2023. (Dustin Chambers / Bloomberg über Getty Images)

Als HAL 9000, der wahre Star von Stanley Kubricks bahnbrechendem Film, 2001: Odyssee im Weltraum,

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Changes for landlords in 2023: End to no-fault evictions and lower margins

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Last year brought mixed fortunes for landlords. Rising house prices and unrelenting rental demand were countered by soaring mortgage rates, and an expectation that property values will now fall.

Typical UK property prices increased by 12.6 per cent in the year to October, up from a 9.9 per cent rise seen in the 12 months to September, the latest ONS figures show. 

The average UK house price was £296,000 in October, which is £33,000 higher than the same time last

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‘Accidental landlords’ on decline as corporate investors swoop in, industry body says

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Small-time landlords are increasingly giving way to portfolio investors and large corporate landlords, according to a property industry body.  

Investors with larger portfolios are continuing to snap up properties, according to Propertymark, with many using company structures to reap the tax benefits. 

However, it warned that more ‘accidental landlords’ and those with only a small number of properties were calling it a day and selling up.

Business as usual: Small scale landlords are being pushed out of the market due

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Homes for Ukraine: What do homeowners and landlords need to know?

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The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has seen many Britons want to do anything they can to provide help to those suffering.

For some that could mean offering up their home to those fleeing the country, after the British Government launched its ‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme last week. 

The initiative will see UK residents paired with Ukrainian refugees to offer them a place to stay in their home, or another property that they own. 

Having a residence secured in the UK

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