House prices set to rise as buyer interest bounces back The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) expects house prices will increase over the next year as buyer demand rebounds. In September the number of properties coming to the market fell for the seventh consecutive month and new buyer enquiry numbers rose last month for […]
UK RISES TO SEVENTH PLACE IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS In a rebut to the Brexit doom-mongers, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced, in their ‘Global Competitive Report 2016-2017’, that the United Kingdom has risen to seventh place in the league of the world’s most competitive economies, leapfrogging Hong Kong, Japan, and Finland. The WEF […]
CGT: THE BASICS As an investor, it’s worth knowing a bit about the basics of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) as it is payable when you dispose of assets and realise a profit. Firstly, there are exemptions which mean you won’t pay CGT on the sale of assets such as your principal private residence, stocks and […]
