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Don't forget the annual cgt exemption of I think 1270 so your liability should be reduced by this amount

He does like his property. I was trying to convince him to diversify, even if only equities/bonds. He doesn't trust anything other than property. He owns a few, now he has surplus cash he wants to buy another property:eek:

BOI Smart funds, Evergreen Fund S9 and Trilogy II S9, up about 16% on Evergreen and down 20% on Trilogy if i can recall correctly.

Hi all, I'm looking for some career direction advice. I originally qualified as a chartered accountant through practice 14 years ago. OnceI qualified I moved into insurance/funds. I've worked in various operational roles within funds over the last 14 years. However I've always wanted to move...

Thanks Steven, he has 50% of his investments in shares and bonds through well known managed funds. Invested in 2006 and still approx 5% down across the funds. Yeah I was thinking of the liquidity issues too with a property unit trust. Will keep looking.

Hi all, Hoping to get some advice here. My father has a sum of cash to invest. He has a portfolio of residental properties plus investments in normal managed equity/property CISs (no distributions). He doesnt need or want the annual distributions that REITS have to make. As he will be...

Hi jacko, how did you get on in the end with transferring your money to Ireland? What was the best way and how much did it cost? Like you I need to transfer funds back home following a sale in Spain.

Hi all, Went sale agreed on house early December. Got copy of contract from solicitor other day..due to close end of February. One item that concerns me is it states...held under lease dated xxxxx 1963.... For a term of 999 years from xxxxx 1962 at a yearly rent of xxxx. I had always...

Hi all, Just looking for any opinions or any experiences where people have submitted a complaint but withdrawn it before it went to investigation and what consequences would be. In summary my complaint related to car insurance claim / dispute over amount provider offered on my claim. Went...

Any general thoughts on the following would be appreciated. I intend to approach the banks but wanted views on how i should approach the following with the banks: 10 Years into current first home and mortgage in my own name. Have 125k remaining on current 150k value. Looking to rent this out...

Is the institution who takes on my mortgage bound by the terms of mortgage with INBS? Many thanks for your thoughts.

Looking at the recent news on PTSB increasing their variable rates and others to follow soon. With INBS on a variable rate mortgage. Luckily my mortgage is about 65% of current market value. Id like to hear peoples opinions on whether to fix for 2,3 or 5 years? Im a professional but my...

Wedding websites, the likes of weddingsonline and mrs2be which are useful in terms of forums, blogs etc. offering advice but which also generate significant income through online advertisment directed at the people who use their site.

A friend of mine had a leasehold on a commercial premises for 21 years which as landlord he let out..this expired sometime ago..he or is solicitor has been unable to contact the owner of the premises. As a result my friend has been unable to charge rent since the leasehold expired. After that...

Interest Rate increases...or possibly another cut? Check out the following article; ftalphaville .ft.com/ blog/2010/05/25/242666/libor-life-savers-2/ What do you think? E

Hello all, My father has a house that is let to 5 seperate tenants. We are moving from a situation where the landlord has been paying the esb, gas etc(a crazy situation i know) to a situation where the tenants pay the bills. All tenants share the same kitchen and bathroom facilities.The...

Hello Jigsaw, I am in a similar position to you...in that i was made redundant last year. There is no particular form to fill in for Top Slicing Relief. You just need to send a letter to your local Revenue office stating that you want Top slicing relief applied to your lump sum payment. If you...

As a first time buyer I took out a mortgage in December 2002. I started repayments in January 2003. I assumed that the lender was taking the Mortgage Interest Relief into account when calculating the interest. Only today did i discover (when i checked with Revenue) that i was not claiming TRS on...

Re: Buying an apartment in Borgo Novo, Calabria (marketed as the real Riviera!) in It Hello all, My situation is that i withdrew from purchasing an appartment in the Algarve (Praia da Rocha) Portugal through Larionovo. Mortgage finance was not forthcoming for the development. Larionovo/Profile...

Re: Larionovo Leaseback Hello all, My situation is that i withdrew from purchasing an appartment in the Algarve (Praia da Rocha) Portugal through Larionovo. Mortgage finance was not forthcoming for the development. Larionovo/Profile Ltd. in a letter dated 1st September promised a refund of all...