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Tax's when selling
My partner and I are looking at developing/selling a number of properties. Do you have to pay more tax when selling a property if the development is less than 6 months? Is it preferable that we make the developments registerd dwellings ? Many thanks, Jim
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Tax's when selling
Hi, my partner and I are looking at developing a number of properties and would benifit from some advice regarding selling and tax's. If you sell the property in less than 6 months do you have to pay more tax? This was put to us by a finance specialist who was'nt sure!
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How much is your house worth now?
Just found this tool at nationwide which estimates how much your house is currently worth based on when you bought it and how much you paid. Not entirely convinced about the accuracy of it though - it overestimated my old flat by £40,000... oh god perhaps I sold it too cheaply :rotfl:
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website help
Hi I am sure that i came across a website sometime ago that told you what to expect from an area, eg how many houses, demographics of the population etc does anyone know what this site would be thanks jim
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Who buys roof space?
The freeholder of my 1930's flat roof mansion block is selling the roof area?. All the flat owners just got the auction details....why would anyone buy it and what on earth could they do with it...the only access is through the communal gardens and up the stairs...our service charges are used to maintain the roof....…
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Wealthier? Or deeper in debt?
I remember an example someone posted on here where they moved from one property to another. They made a lot on their first house, and then bought a more expensive one, and seemed quite pleased that they owned a house worth a quarter of a million pounds. If I misremember the figures, then take this as a hypothetical…
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Sold prices
Can anyone recommend a good website with recent sold prices? I've tried absolutely loads and many don't even find my address and the rest aren't up to date - and all of that is found out after registering :rolleyes: Any suggestions greatly appreciated :D Free sites only please - I'm just being nosy :rotfl: The person who…
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House opposite a pub?
Hi, Been house hunting and seen a really nice house but its opposite a pub. Its on a medium busy side road. I have asked lots of locals and they all say its not a busy pub. We went there last night (Friday) at about 9pm to see how busy it gets. Alot of people around but pub wasnt busy. My concern is it may not be busy now…
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Advice over how much for first offer???
Hi all, We are interested in a house that is being marketed at £335,000 and would like some advice as to how low we can make our first offer without being too low, the house was previously on at £350,000 but had no interest, it has been on the market for approx 5-6 months so far. Oh and we have already sold to someone who…
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Buying Flat with Tenant in Place - queries
Hi there, I am buying a flat with a tenant in place. His agreement expires in a couple of months and the sellers have issued a notice to him. I am in discussion with the tenant about renewing as I would like to keep him and he would like to stay. As I'm new to this can anyone advise on the mechanics - and the following in…
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Dilema need urgent advice. Finances and buying a house
Long story short, i think ineed an indepndant person to give me some advice firstly! our house isnt on the market yet, would need a couple of weeks to get it ready. Found 'the' house. its perfect for us, great price, huge amounts of potential. It had sold but the buyer couldnt complete as their house didnt sell and they…
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Problems with rented house - help please!
Hi there, Firstly, I hope I am posting on the right forum, and apologise if I'm not. We private rent our house, and are 3 months through a 6 month contract. We have rented for 5yrs different houses, and have never had a landlord like the one at this property. She doesn't like to have anything done to the property AT ALL,…
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Shorthold Tenancy - Any advice would be great!
Hi all, I'm a newbie to posting on this board, but have looked in in the past and read through various topics. I'll try to keep this brief. Basically, we signed a 12 month assured shorthold tenancy agreement on the basis that around 6 months or so into it we would start having a look at houses to buy - as that is what we…
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Buying a 'Coach House' - Pro's & Con's
I'm currently renting what estate agents call a coach house. It is a two bedroom flat built above four garages, one of which belongs to the flat. The other three belong to neighbouring properties. There are quite a lot of these either being built or recently built locally and I am quite tempted to buy one. Does anyone see…
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Attention All EA'S - Im looking to buy...
the technical award in sale of residential property file as am going to put in to do my NAEA exam. Iknow this is the wrong place but thought i would ask. Missed one on ebay brand new that went for £15 ! Looking for one in very good pref new condition, as dont really want to spend £80 on one. Was hoping to find one for sale…
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Likely to be evicted...
Well as the title says really... My landlord has increased my rent from £110 per week to £195 per week :eek: I'm a single parent claiming IS & CTC & therefore get my rent paid for me, I went to the housing about this & recieved a letter saying that they would not pay anymore than £110 per week, there is no way I wil be…
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Buying house with underpinning
I'm looking at buying a house that has had partial underpinning done 7 years ago, it has a 20 year guarentee and an engineers report. They also have transferable insurance costing £1500 per year on a £430,000 property. 2 questions - 1: is it a dodgy investment buying a house with underpinning? 2: Will the insurance premium…
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Deposit not returned - Judgment rejected??
Hi, I'm new to the forums but wondered if anyone can help? I live with 2 house mates and we've recently moved from another property that the 3 of us rented. The landlord wouldn't return our deposit since moving out so we applied to court to reclaim the money (using the government's MoneyClaim Online website). After the…
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How much left at the end of the fixed term?
Hello all, please help on the following details. Mortgage of 185K 10 year fix with Nationwide on their 5.18% deal. At the end of the 10 year fix, how much of the capital will of been paid off?? Interested to know what amount i would be re-mortgaging. Thanks btb
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St Albans - house on sealed bids
Don't know this area at all, but keen to move in saw an interesting house online, station master's house. Probate sale. Sealed bids by 19th September. Great location, as it's obviously the station master's house. They said they had 6 people they thought would put in bids already, with more viewings to come next Saturday.…
