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What are Property Cycles and Where Are we Now?

It is theorised that the property market follows a predictable cycle of behaviour over time – termed the property cycle. Historical studies suggest that global and regional property markets conform to a pattern of differing stages. These stages consist of ‘the Boom’, ‘the Slump’ and ‘the Recovery’. It is believed that the property market moves through each stage consecutively […]

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Key Tax Dates for Your Diary

The UK’s tax system is currently based on “Self-Assessment”. People who have untaxed income (such as rents from property or income from self-employment), or who have high incomes generally, are sent an annual Self-Assessment Return for each tax year, shortly after the end of that year on 5 April. 

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30 Pandemic Friendly Ways Landlords can De-stress

It’s a bit of a coincidence that Stress Awareness month coincides with the end of the tax year, or is it? The 5th of April marks the last day of the tax year and landlords everywhere will be breathing a sigh of relief that they can put it behind them and start fresh.  

By 10 min read
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Finance Fortnight Round-up

The end of the tax year can be a bit of a stressful time, especially if you’re new to the property industry. And once you’ve got through your first, each new tax year seems to come around faster than the one before.   That’s why we decided to create Finance Fortnight. The idea was to equip you with some handy materials that […]

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Tax Advantages of Furnished Holiday Accommodation

This is a special type of furnished letting, and it enjoys a number of tax advantages over the ordinary letting of furnished or unfurnished residential accommodation. We will look in detail at the advantages and the rules, but in summary, the advantages are: 

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Has the Pandemic Brought UK Property Investors Closer Together?

The business of investing in property to let in the UK has always been divided in several ways.  The question is – Has the Pandemic caused further divisions or has it brought property investors closer together?

By 9 min read
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Managing Property Finances: Shelley’s Experience

Shelley is one of our customers here at Landlord Vision and she’s kindly shared her experience of using property management software. Read on to find out how Shelley manages her properties and which software features have helped her to become more detail oriented.

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5 Simple Property Tax Tips That Could Save Landlords Thousands

No one likes property taxes but there are legitimate ways to reduce taxes and sometimes even avoid them altogether. At Landlord Vision we build property tax into everything we do because the software has to be able to help landlords manage their finances and fill in their tax returns. But we’re also experts as well… 

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How Have we Made Property Management Easier?

Landlord Vision is designed for residential landlords by landlords, to help make managing your property portfolio as easy and stress-free as it can be.  

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Using Negative Numbers in Landlord Vision

You might have thought adding the ability to use negative numbers within Landlord Vision wouldn’t make too much of a difference, but you’ll be surprised…

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Tenant Deposits: Traps & Tips

Deposits From Tenants   It is common practice for a landlord to take a deposit from a tenant when letting a property to cover the cost of any damage caused to the property by the tenant. A deposit of this nature may be referred to as a security deposit, a damage deposit or a rental deposit. […]

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What Does Private Residence Relief Do?

Our sister site Tax Insider helps landlords and other taxpayers to understand taxation matters and to reduce their tax burdens. In this guest post they explain Private Residence Relief and what you need to know about it.  

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Property Investment – Personal or Company Ownership?

Our sister site Tax Insider helps landlords and other taxpayers to understand taxation matters and to reduce their tax burdens. In this guest post they explore personal and company ownership and look at the pros and cons of each ownership model. 

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Pandemic Related Financial Help for Landlords

Our sister site Tax Insider helps landlords and other taxpayers to understand taxation matters and to reduce their tax burdens. In this guest post they explore the financial help that is available for landlords who may have been affected by the pandemic.  

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