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How to buy a flat

Buying a flat to live in or to let is different from buying and living in a house. For example, apartments are sold leasehold rather than freehold which means buying a length of tenure rather then the property itself. This can have serious implications when the freeholder suddenly hikes up the service charges or lands tenants with a six figure sum for exterior decoration.

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Practically written, this book provides guidance and strategies for homeowners to enable them to understand how the tax might affect them and what they can do to minimise liability and reduce stress. It covers a range of issues including: understanding tax loopholes and what they really mean; giving away property while still alive; strategies for married couples, civil marriage partnerships, and joint ownership; trusts and other options and choices.

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Buy from Kogan-Page The complete guide to buying property abroad

The Complete Guide to Buying Property Abroad is an authoritative and informative resource for anyone looking to buy property outside their home market - including financial, legal and lifestyle issues. Country coverage includes popular destination markets such as France, Spain, Portugal, Florida and the Caribbean.

The Complete Guide to Buying Property Abroad, now in its seventh, fully updated, edition, takes the reader through all the benefits, complexities and potential pitfalls of buying property in dozens of different countries, both in Europe and in more far-flung destinations.

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At one time, most people saw their homes simply as a place to live. Nowadays, property ownership is more likely to be seen as a potentially lucrative business, safer and more reliable than many other types of investment. However, property investment is a highly complex business – for example, do you want to be a sideline or full-time investor? What type of property may be best for you and your portfolio? And have you anticipated every single expense involved in renovating that “bargain” property?

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Buy from Kogan Page The Complete Guide to Letting Property

That this best-selling book is now in its seventh edition proves what a popular choice letting property has become. With an increasing number of people choosing to invest in property rather than pensions (according to The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), fewer first-time buyers, and banks and building societies offering buy-to-let schemes the buy-to-let sector is continuing to expand: 12% of all housing stock is now in the private renting sector.

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Buy from Kogan Page The Complete Guide to Renovating and Improving Your Property

The Complete Guide to Renovating and Improving Your Property will help you make the right decision about every aspect of property improvement – what is worth the effort and what will be a good investment. Amusing and enjoyable, it advises you on how and when to employ every type of professional, from builders to surveyors, and how to get the very best from them.

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