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Landlords Want IHT Scrapped for Passing on Homes

by guildy | 1 Aug 2018 | News, Statistics, Tax & VAT | 0 comments

Landlords Want IHT Scrapped for Passing on Homes

A detailed survey into buy to let and the wider housing market has provoked a split reaction.

In almost all the categories, the responses were split almost down the middle – except the answer to one question.

When owners of more than one home were asked if inheritance tax should be abolished on passing on property, 62% agreed, making the issue the most widely supported in the survey.

Here are the full results of the research by lender Market Financial Solutions:

  • 55% of adults strongly support introducing new laws to stamp out gazumping, rising to 64% among those who own at least one home
  • 52% believe caps should restrict the number, value or location of properties bought by non-UK residents
  • 49% would welcome a house tribunal with powers to review rent rises on individual properties, increasing to 58% for those renting with no intention of buying a home in the next 18 months
  • 47% currently owning two or more homes are against a cap on the number of homes one person can own, but 41% support the measure
  • 62% owning more than one property support the abolition of inheritance tax on property assets
  • 52% of renters with no intention of buying a home support having council tax for their homes paid by the landlord
  • 52% own one home, equivalent to 26.92 million homeowners, while only 4% own two or more homes
  • 25% live in a rented home and will not buy a home in the next 18 months, and just 7% of renters plan to buy a home by 2020

The lender’s CEO Paresh Raja said: “Whether you’re a renter looking to make your first real estate purchase or a homeowner trying to move up the property chain, the property market is facing a number of challenges.

“Our findings demonstrate the public’s desire to have new laws introduced to prevent gazumping, and in turn, reduce the risk of a property chain collapsing. It’s also interesting to note that those people who own two or more residential properties are eager to see property inheritance tax removed on real estate assets.”

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