| Let's hear it for the LVT | |
| The other day, a small group of us walked out of a courtroom £24,000 richer. ... | |
| Daily Telegraph - Feb 2007 | Read ... |
| REITS: Real Estate Investment Trusts | |
| Just over a year after SIPPS bit the dust, we can now look forward to a brand-new tax-efficient way of investing in residential property ... REITS. | |
| Daily Telegraph - Jan 2007 | Read ... |
| Value added factor: the benefits of being sold short | |
| Buying a short-lease home can reap huge rewards. Liz Hodgkinson finds out how . | |
| Daily Telegraph - Jun 2006 | |
| When Nimbies are right to mind the gap | |
| Villages could merge in a hideous suburban sprawl under Labour's plans, protesters tell Liz Hodgkinson. | |
| Daily Telegraph - May 2006 | Read ... |
| D-Day for the Landlady | |
| There comes a time when a landlady has to balance investment against long term gain. Liz Hodgkinson investigates | |
| Daily Telegraph - Apr 2006 | Read ... |
| Pitfalls of ‘guaranteed’ rental | |
| Developers have come up with a cunning plan to woo buy-to-let investors. They offer a guaranteed rental on new build and off plan properties . | |
| Laterlife web site - Mar 2005 | Read ... |
| Liz Hodgkinson on using your loft space as an investment | |
| You’ve got a loft? Maybe it’s used for storage? Think creatively and you could convert it into a self-contained flat and become a landlord. | |
| Laterlife web site - Jun 2004 | Read ... |
| It’s every writer’s worst nightmare. You spend months writing a book ... | |
| Just two weeks before Safe As Houses, my new book about tax and housing options for older people, was due to be published, Chancellor Alastair Darling doubled the inheritance tax threshold from £300,000 to £600,000 for married couples. ... | |
| Unite magazine - Dec 2007 | Read ... |
| 6 steps through the equity release maze | |
| If you are retired and fully own a valuable property but are short of ready cash, you may be wondering about equity release, a method of extracting a tax-free cash sum from the value of your house while you continue to live in it. The money released can be spent however you like ... | |
| Yours magazine - Dec 2007 | Read ... |
| How did I become a buy to let landlord? | |
| Why, I sometimes wonder, do I put myself through all the hassle of buying and renovating properties, finding tenants, and coping with the labyrinthine and ever-changing landlord and tenant laws when instead I could just be putting my feet up, lying on the sofa and eating chocolates? | |
| Successful Renting magazine - Nov 2007? | Read ... |