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Hot topics for the Lincoln PIN meeting October 2012: How to Deal with motivated sellers (and pay less for your investment properties) ? Simon Zutshi Also… The 7 Stages in the Life of a Property Investor ? Preserve your Wealth with Cutting-Edge Tax-Planning ? Stephen Fay...

The UK consumer prices index has fallen to 2.2 per cent per cent in September, according to the Office for National Statistics. The consumer prices index has fallen by 0.3 per cent from 2.5 per cent in August, while the retail prices index has also fallen to 2.6 per cent in...

From April 2013 the national Council Tax Benefit scheme is abolished and every local council in England has to decide what type of support scheme will replace it. Every council will have ten per cent less funding from Central Government to fund the scheme. The Lincoln scheme will...

DO’s Think of buying to let as a medium to long term investment. Seek advice from an ARLA letting agent on local market demands. Get your sums right. Will the rent cover borrowings and costs, after allowing for void periods? Decorate, fit out and furnish to high quality...

The Government will set aside an extra ?450m to help freeze council tax bills in England. The support for local authorities means that taxpayers living in an average Band D home in England could save up to ?72 on a 5% rise in council tax. Over the past two years the Government...

Hot topics for the Lincoln PIN meeting September 2012: LHA tenants and rent to rent (aka guaranteed rent) – Mike Frisby Also… Localism and general property letting legislation – Paul Collins (Belvoir Lettings)

You maybe surprised but house hunters walk away from homes with poor broadband, even putting high speed broadband above parking… High speed internet ranked above off-street parking, doctors surgery and the local pub One in ten have walked away from properties with poor...

HM Revenue & Customs has won a key court case defeating a widely-marketed stamp duty dodge scheme to avoid land tax. The decision, subject to any appeal, could save more than ?170million for the UK Exchequer. Regulations have also been laid that will force users of a wider...