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The British UK buying process – using an estate agent

Buying property in the UK has its ups and downs. One upside is the low cost, but the downside is the nightmare of gazumping. Here is how you normally buy a home via an estate agent in the UK.

Don’t lose your buy-to-let profits by poor tax planning

Non-UK Residents pay tax in the UK on their UK rental income, but are you paying too much tax? Or not enough? SMP Accounting & Tax explains all…

Where does the sun shine for English investors

Do not discount the British seaside as an investment location. There are several advantages that UK locations have over foreign resorts.

The vital importance of your exit strategy

When you’ve boarded the plane to the UK to look at property, why will the captain insist that you read the emergency card and listen to the safety briefing? Because accident investigators have analysed what people do in an emergency and found this: around 10% of people completely freak out and just sit there screaming. Three quarters of people are paralysed by fear or struck by a strange apathy as their stressed brains shut down. Just 15% of people act calmly and rationally to plot their escape.

The Great British Seaside, where the sun shines on investors

Over the next six months from Faro to Fethiye British tourists will be taking a break from the beach, sheltering from the sun under estate agent awnings, turning to their significant other and saying: “Darling, have you seen how cheap these properties are! Shall we buy one?”