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How to Declare Airbnb Income to HMRC

Your Airbnb account says guests paid £800 for a stay, but a smaller amount reached your bank account. Which figure belongs on your tax return? If you only let the property for a few weekends, do you need to send a return at all?

The first job is to establish what HMRC expects for your type of letting. After that, you can collect the figures for the correct tax year, register if necessary and...

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New Homes At The Ready In Kinver

SAVE energy, time and money with a move to a readymade new home in the Staffordshire village of Kinver. New homes at The Hyde offer of easy living, combining a high specification with low maintenance and layouts designed with how people really live in mind.

Coupled with the location, in a tranquil village setting just five miles from Stourbridge, close to the River Stour, and the...

The Greenest Regions to buy property in the UK

Stoke-on-Trent revealed as the 'greenest' region in the UK with the highest percentage of gardens

Stoke-on-Trent is the garden capital of the UK with 94.4% of addresses having private outdoor space.  
Sunderland and Peterborough rank second and third respectively as having the highest percentage of addresses with private outdoor space.  
Watford ranks as

The post-pandemic property features that could add a surprising amount of value to your home

Research by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has revealed which home improvements are most likely to add the most value in the post-pandemic property market.

The UK property market continues to boom despite the pandemic and the average homeowner is now 10.6% better off than this time last year - with the average UK house price now sitting at £264,...

Show Homes to Build On Off Plan Success of Elswick Homes

WITH a third of new homes in Elswick snapped up “off plan” Kingswood Homes is confident of building on the early success of The Hawthorns .

The combination of the Lancashire village location, the ability to Shape Your Home and the use of video game-style technology to help buyers take a virtual tour around the development before its built, have made for a winning formula.

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Experts explain how to prevent these 5 common heating problems this winter

The majority of British households have the heating turned on constantly as we enter autumn and winter, and after months without it being in use, challenges can arise. With national radiator day having taken place on 1st November, Andrew Collinge, heating product manager of leading online heating supplier BestHeating has revealed five common problems to expect, explaining what to do if your...

House Alarm Could Add Over £10k to Property Value

The True Price of Safety: How Much Value Can Having a House Alarm Add to Your Home?

Right after our physiological needs, our second most fundamental requirements are to feel safe and secure. Feeling safe in our own homes is imperative, and whilst the way safety measures make us feel is of the upmost importance, can additional safety measures also add value to a property?

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These are Britain’s most affordable first-time buyer locations

The latest research by Birmingham estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester , reveals where in Great Britain first time homebuyers can find the best value based on the average price paid for a first home compared to the rest of the market.

Average UK FTB Discount

Across Britain, the average first-...

Older homeowners' property wealth grows by £800 a month

Over-65s now own homes worth £1.256 trillion, Key Pensioner Property Index shows

Londoners are the only ones to miss out on price increases

Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by more than £800 a month in the past six months as the housing market benefited from the Stamp Duty holiday, analysis* from UK’s leading independent equity release adviser Key shows.

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How to Build a Property Portfolio

One of the best ways to build wealth that lasts is by having a property portfolio. Unless you have financed your homes with loans that have a bad credit rating — a phenomenon that helped to cause the Great Recession of 2007, especially in the USA — you can expect your homes to be able to weather any financial uncertainty, whether it's caused by banking mismanagement or a global pandemic like...

Deposit Unlock Scheme - What a 5% new-build deposit costs in the current market

The latest research from Warwick Estates has looked at the cost of getting a foot on the ladder for new-build homebuyers who utilise the new ‘Deposit Unlock’ initiative which allows them to purchase a new home with just a five per cent deposit.

Nationwide recently became the first major lender to commit to the new scheme which is expected to fill the gap left by Help to Buy come the...

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