Landlords disadvantaged by tax relief cap.

The move to cap tax relief on buy-to-let mortgages by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer which starts next year could put private landlords at a disadvantage when calculating their tax  returns. This situation is causing landlords to sell properties back to themselves in an effort to reduce tax liabilities on the property they rent…

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Increase in limited company BTL activity.

According to Mortgages for Business there has been a sharp rise in the use of   limited companies when investors look to purchase a Buy-to-Let (BTL), new applications for limited company mortgages for December has risen to 38% of all buy-to-let applications, that figure is up from 15% in October 2015. The proportion of lenders offering…

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