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Who is running who?

Are you running your business, or is your business running you? Over a decade ago, I wrote about a visit to a client at 8am…

Avoiding the land mines

Many deals, especially development ones, are held in a company.  There are many tax benefits for holding a property in this manner.    We are looking…

Perception is reality

There is a property in a prominent location in Holborn, notably near to Bury Place, where the first Hare Krishna Temple in Britain was opened…

The devil in the detail

As we are going through the conveyancing for a deal we have sourced for a client, something has come out of the woodwork.    The reality of…

The cult of money

The definition of a cult: Both definitions can be applied to the object known as money. In the current climate, it is important to get…

Getting the edge 

It’s not easy to find a margin in property deals, as information is abundant and there are no barriers to entry.  On top of this, there…

The Bigger Picture

A client has approached us with the idea of remortgaging his residential property in order to purchase another on a BTL basis.  He also has…