UK Stamp Duty Hikes: Bad News That’s Potentially Good?
The long promised ‘painful’ 2024 Autumn Budget was finally delivered last week and has widespread repercussions for the UK Property Market. Is now a good time to buy UK Property with massive hikes in Stamp Duty Land Tax, particularly for overseas investors. It’s never been more challenging for expats investing in UK Property. But do the Stamp duty hikes represent an opportunity in disguide?
Commercial Muliple Occupancy
Most people in UK property have heard of Houses of Multiple Occupancy (HMOs), which are basically residential multi-lets.But have you heard of Commercial Multiple Occupancy?CMO is a property investment strategy that involves buying larger commercial units and subdividing them into smaller spaces for lease. This model increases the tenant pool, diversifies income sources, and enhances cash flow stability.
Expat Wheeler Dealer!
One of the aims of this podcast is to demonstrate what’s achievable as an expat UK property investor. Episode 174 showcases a remote investor who self managed serviced accommodation from abroad and built 8 houses for Social housing in New Zealand, before becoming a repat. Lots of expat Tax advice in the episode too.
Renters’ Rights Bill
In Episode 173 of Expat Property Story, my UK property podcast for expats investing in the UK, we took a deep dive into the Renters' Rights Bill.
The episode outlines the key changes for UK property landlords, investors and tenants.
Jonathan Rolande also identified potential UK property Pooprtunities
The Essential Guide to Buildings Insurance for UK Property
In Episode 113 of Expat Property Story, my UK property podcast for expats investing in the UK, I interviewed Josh Munt and John Cox from Insurance Desk.
Based on my conversation with Carly, here are ten tips to think about when thinking about buildings insurance for your UK Property
How to Build a UK Property Portfolio as an Expat
Read this seven-step guide to building an expat UK Property Portfolio. Listen to Expat Property Story a podcast for tips on building a UK property portfolio from overseas.
An Essential Framework for Efficient Property Management in the UK
The story of how Steve Day systemized his property business is well worth checking out in Episode 106 of UK property podcast Expat Property Story. During the episode, Steve explained the framework he created to address the common issues faced when working with virtual assistants. He called it DIDACT.
Help Yourself to Help Others By Helping Us Build a UK Property Portfolio!
On a cold Christmas Day in 2019, two years after we had started building our UK property portfolio my wife, my daughter and I spent a couple of days at the Children’s Youth Centre in the Shatila Refugee Camp in Beirut, Lebanon.
When we are financially free we aim to help ALL refugees, and so by investing with us, you will not only be helping yourself, but you’ll be giving something back to those in more need than us…