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Residential property prices in the UK continued to grow in October, up 1.4% and are now 5.2% up year on year, taking the average cost of a home to £217,411, the latest lender index data shows. On a quarterly basis they were up just 0.1% but experts point out that this reflects a slowdown caused by the political uncertainty around the referendum in June on the UK’s membership of the European Union.

The typical home in Britain now costs six times the annual salary, regardless of any house price inflation, Nationwide revealed. Last time the ratio hit a similar level was over eight years ago, in March 2008. Whilst house prices have risen about 20% over the last three years, wages have only climbed up by 6%, the Nationwide report states.

You may have to pay capital gains tax if you make a profit when you sell property that is not your primary home, such as a buy-to-let property, business premises, land and inherited property, but there are ways in which you could potential reduce the amount owed to the taxman. Danny Cox, chartered financial planner at Hargreaves Lansdown, a leading provider of investment management and pension products and services to private investors and employers in the UK, offers the following top tips: 1) Use the annual exemption A married couple (or those in a registered civil partnership) can make gains of £44,400 in this tax year and next without any charge to tax. Investments can normally […]

A lack of affordability in the capital is driving chances of potential buyers getting onto the property ladder further out. While the gap between income and house prices has increased across most-regions of the UK in recent times, the situation is more acute in London.

By the time 18-month-old Princess Charlotte is in the sixth form, the average price of a home in a third of London boroughs will be £1 million, according to a new forecast. Property consultants JLL carried out research in an attempt to chart house prices year by year in the capital until 2032. Across London it finds the average home will be worth £483,968 by the end of this year, and by the same time next year, the figure will have increased to £508,166 — a paper profit of more than £24,000.

Whether, you’re new to the landlord-life, a landlord by chance or an experienced property investors, here are five things you should know about rental property. 1. House prices have remained stable Activity in the buy-to-let sector has bounced back from April’s increase on stamp duty and any uncertainty that has hit the country after Britain’s decision to leave the EU. Rightmove actually reported a 30% increase in the number of investor enquiries between the second and third quarter of this year.