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May 5, 2025
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March 25, 2025
How the Right to Buy Scheme Works: Eligibility, Discounts, and Key Considerations
In this article, we look at the Right to Buy Scheme. This is useful reading for CII CF6 and...
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March 18, 2025
Stamp Duty Land Tax Rates and Reliefs Explained
In this article, we take a look at Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). While this article is particularly relevant...
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March 11, 2025
Is Buy-to-Let Still a Good Investment? Tax, Costs, & Risks Explained
In this article, we take a look at buy-to-let (BTL) property as an investment – relevant to the CII...
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September 10, 2024
Understanding the Financial Ombudsman Service
In this article, we look at the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), focusing in particular on the process to be...
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August 13, 2024
Planning for Fixed Rate Mortgage Expiry
In this article, we look at the options available to those whose fixed mortgage rates are coming to an...
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June 11, 2024
Understanding Lifetime Mortgages and Home Reversion Plans
Here, we look at equity release and, in particular, lifetime mortgages and home reversion plans - useful for CII...
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May 14, 2024
Help for Those Purchasing a First Home
In this article, we look at the different sources of financial support available for first-time home buyers. This is...
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May 23, 2023
National Insurance and Stamp Duty Land Tax Changes
2022/23 was quite a year for both Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and National Insurance contributions (NICs). For the...
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February 16, 2021
What are Freehold, Leasehold, and Commonhold?
In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland there are two main ways in which property can be owned – freehold...
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November 5, 2019
Help to Buy ISAs versus the Lifetime ISA
With time running out to apply for a new Help to Buy ISA, here we look at the differences...
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July 18, 2017
How to Know When the Higher Tax Applies to Second Properties
As we all know, purchases of second and buy-to-let properties incur an extra 3% Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT),...
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July 28, 2015
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July 28, 2015
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March 12, 2015
