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Books for UK property investors, landlords and savers

A handpicked shelf of UK titles on auctions, buy-to-let, development and commercial property, plus the money, tax and business reading that sits alongside a property plan.

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Property Auctions

Preparing for auction day: legal packs, bidding, deadlines and completing on time.

Auctions

A Straightforward Guide to Buying and Selling Property at Auction (Revised Edition)

Roger Sproston

It is often thought that buying or selling property at auction is complicated and risky and should only be undertaken by those with experience. However, nowadays, property auctions are an increasingly popular way for people to buy a home, increase their residential or commercial portfolio or sell an existing property. This book will guide to reader through the entire process. It is packed with useful information and will ensure that the experience will be based on solid foundations, and that people avoid the pitfalls inherent in buying property at auction.

Auctions

How To Buy Property at Auction: The Essential Guide to Winning Property and Buy-to-Let Bargains

Samantha Collett

Buying property at auction is nerve-wracking, exhilarating and can be hugely profitable – as long as you know the pitfalls to avoid. In this step-by-step guide you will learn why so many successful developers and investors buy at auction – and how you can buy and profit from property auctions. Offering expert tips and guidance you will be walked through the property auction process from start to finish – and be equipped with the knowledge you need to profit from property auctions. Comprehensive and easy to follow, the guide is packed full of case studies, expert tips and watch points for the novice property auction buyer. The guide features: how to find auction property; tips for viewing; preparation checklist; how to calculate your bid price; research the market; raise finance; costs works; check legal paperwork; auction sale day; after the auction; real tales of auction buys; and, a directory of auction houses.

Buy-to-Let & Landlords

Letting, tenancy law, conveyancing and running rental property in the UK.

Buy-to-let

A Guide to Conveyancing Residential Property (Revised Edition 2022)

Alan Stewart

This latest publication in the Easyway Guides Series, A Guide to Conveyancing Residential Property, Revised Edition, is a comprehensive guide to the various processes underpinning the conveyancing of residential property. It is clear and concise and is ideal for anyone who wishes to buy or sell a property without the use of a solicitor or licensed conveyancer and can be used by those who want a practical guide or by those who wish to learn more about the processes of conveyancing generally.

Buy-to-let

A Guide to Letting Property 2024

Roger Sproston

This latest publication in the Easyway Guides Series, A Guide to Letting Property the Easyway Revised Edition, revises and updates the previous edition in the light of ongoing changes in law and also practice to 2024, specifically changes in the Private Rental Market generally and also changes to energy performance requirements. The book is comprehensive and should provide those letting property, whether experienced or new to the area of landlord and tenant, with a thorough grounding in property management.

Buy-to-let

A Straightforward Guide to Letting Property for Profit (2024)

Andrews

This latest Revised edition of Letting Property for Profit, updated to 2024 is written against the backdrop of a slowly stagnating housing market and also the cost-of-living crisis and rising interest rates. On top of this, there is the forthcoming renters reform bill. The book will be particularly suitable for new entrants to the buy-to-let investment market, providing a detailed analysis of the current situation and the availability of capital plus legal considerations and tax advice.

Buy-to-let

Emerald Guide to Landlord and Tenant Law – Residential and Commercial Property (Revised Edition)

John McQueen

This latest publication in the Emerald Home Lawyer Series, Landlord and Tenant Law, is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the law as it affects landlord and tenant. As well as being an invaluable guide for the professional, it will be very useful for landlords who let property and also for tenants. The book is clear and concise and covers the following areas: The law relating to property generally, An outline of different tenure types, Public/private tenants, Freeholders and leaseholders, Letting property, Rent and service charges, Repairing responsibilities, Legal action against landlord or tenant. The impact of the Renters Rights Bill 2024 is also covered.

Buy-to-let

Emerald Guide to Managing Residential Property

Watson

The Property Investors Management Handbook, Revised Edition, revises and updates the previous edition in the light of ongoing changes in the law and practice of Residential property management, specifically The Renters Reform Bill 2023 and the impact on landlords and tenants and also changes to the leasehold landscape and how this affects freeholders and leaseholders.

Buy-to-let

Straightforward Guide to the Rights and Obligations of Leaseholders and Freeholders

Roger Sproston

This New Edition of A Straightforward Guide to The Rights and Obligations of Leaseholders and Freeholders provides essential information including proposed changes to the law and practice of managing leasehold property to 2024, specifically the Leasehold Reform Bill 2023. The book is comprehensive and intended for the layperson although it can be utilized by the student or professional and individuals generally.

Buy-to-let

Successful Property Letting, Revised and Updated

David Lawrenson

This revised and expanded new edition shows you how to buy the right property in the right location (including abroad), and how to maximise yield and capital gain – whatever the state of the market. It includes advice on: – Getting the best possible deals from developers and private sellers, and at auctions – Managing issues such as tax, mortgages, credit rating, insurances, damp, flood risk, and letting agents – Complying and keeping up to date with all laws and regulations

Property Development & Refurbishment

Planning, refurbishment and development projects, from first scheme to exit.

Development

Adding Value to Your Home

Phil Spencer

In the complicated world of home improvements, it is every bit as important to know what not to do, as it is what to do, when planning where to focus your energies and spend your budget. Phil Spencer's Adding Value to Your Home is about both making your property a better place for you to live, and enhancing the value of your principal asset should you decide to sell. This book is packed full of practical advice, clear information and real-life case studies.

Development

DIY on a Budget

Toni Trevillion

A room-by-room guide to redecorating and refreshing a home on a limited budget, with preparation tips, common DIY techniques and a budget planner to keep a project on track.

Development

Inside Guide to Property Development and Investment

John Howard

As one of the most experienced property developers in the UK, John Howard has bought and sold in excess of 4,000 properties, during a career spanning over four decades. In this Inside Guide to Property Development and Investment, he shares the experience he has gained developing and investing in property, whilst offering inside tips along with hard-nosed and practical advise on the business. This book provides unique insights that have brought John, great success: getting started; putting a deal together; avoiding common pitfalls; buying and selling property; types of property; what type of developer are you?; tips on buy-to-let; trading in a rising or dropping market; surviving recessions; choosing your solicitor, agent and tradesmen. Whether you are a first-time investor, have purchased a few properties or are currently working in property — this book is for you! It is here to assist you in your journey to becoming an independent, self-sufficient property developer.

Development

Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair (2nd edition)

Roger Hunt, Marianne Suhr

A practical guide, produced with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, to looking after and repairing older British homes. It covers traditional materials, common problems such as damp, roofs, walls and windows, and when to bring in specialists.

Development

Self-Build and Renovation For Dummies

Nicholas Walliman

Creating your dream home is an exciting idea, but it's also a major project and one where you need to be an expert on everything from planning laws to landscape design, and all that's in between. Self Build and Renovation For Dummies takes you through every step of the process, from choosing and buying a plot of land, through to the building's design and on to the actual build – plus all the financial and legal stuff – using plain English in an easy-to-understand format. Here is everything you need to know to create your perfect home.

Development

The Planning System and Planning Permissions – 2024

Roger Sproston

This comprehensive guide to the planning system, current to 2024 is intended for all who wish to understand and deal with the planning system as it applies to residential and commercial properties. It will prove invaluable to all of those who wish to embark on the process of either building a new home, making an alteration to an existing home, plan for change of use to a business or prevent a development in their area. Although, in the main, covering the system in England and Wales extensive reference is made to the differences in each country of the United Kingdom.

Commercial Property

Investing in, letting and managing commercial premises.

Commercial

A Guide to Building and Managing a Commercial Property Portfolio (Revised Edition 2023)

Steven Rimmer

Building And Managing A Commercial Property Portfolio concentrates on Investing in and managing commercial property. This sector requires skills and a knowledge of the commercial property market. The management skills required are more specialist and the financial aspects are distinct from those of residential property. Standard legal documents are contained within the book. By following the advice offered you should be able to develop and manage a commercial property portfolio successfully.

Commercial

Straightforward Guide to Investing in and Managing Commercial Property

Steven Rimmer

A Straightforward Guide to Investing in and Managing Commercial Property, revised edition, 2024, substantially updates the previous edition in the light of recent changes in landlord and tenant law. The book will enable the reader to understand the main areas of this complex field, one that is usually left to the professionals. By using this clear and easy-to-understand guide, the process of managing commercial property, in the main smaller premises, will become that much easier. The book explains commercial properties and the law, discusses business lettings and the role of advisors, such as estate agents and solicitors, the law and repairing obligations and the complex business of service charges and challenging charges in the courts. In addition, the process of surrendering and assigning leases is discussed plus the landlords' rights when repossessing a property.

Investing Strategy & Beginners

Building and managing a UK property portfolio, with grounded strategy.

Strategy

A Guide to Building and Managing a Residential Property Portfolio (Revised Edition 2023)

Steven Rimmer

As rental property is now the dominant form of tenure in the UK, there are more and more investors coming into the market. However, at this current time, and a predicted forthcoming recession, the risks of investing are significant. As is the case with many types of investment, you have the professionals and the smaller investors. This book is intended to equip the smaller would-be investor with the skills needed to build a profitable portfolio, not least the management of properties and the different property types, such as houses in multi-occupation.

Strategy

Property Investment: the essential rules

Samantha Collett

This inspirational book contains the guiding principles to help you become a successful property investor. Whether you want to invest in buy-to-let, have a go at some development projects, or take a calculated risk on some speculative opportunities you can succeed if you follow the essential rules in this book. Each rule is followed by action points that will direct your investment decision making and increase your confidence.

Investing & Stock Market (UK)

Shares, funds and markets, written for UK investors.

Investing

A Straightforward Guide to Personal Investments

Robert Stone

This Revised edition of A Guide to Personal Investments is a comprehensive guide to the complexities of personal finance in 2023. Written against a backdrop of low interest rates, high inflation and low returns overall the information contained in the book will be particularly invaluable. The book is suitable for small investors in all markets and covers personal pensions, healthcare and education.

Investing

Investment Trusts Explained

Mick Gilligan

Unlock the best-kept secret in investing. This book is your essential guide to one of the most powerful yet overlooked tools for building long-term wealth. Investment trusts are an innovative and accessible investment vehicle, and they hold a long and successful performance history. Mick Gilligan – renowned expert on investment trusts and partner at Killik & Co – explains how these funds work through the lens of an investment trust investor. He examines their their risks and benefits, why they outperform, and how you can use them to grow your portfolio. From their history and structure to key principles like compounding, diversification, and market pricing, Gilligan makes complex ideas simple with clear explanations and practical examples. Whether you are saving for a particular goal, planning towards retirement or simply maximising your capital, investment trusts are the fundamental tool for building wealth over time. They should be a part of all serious portfolios for long-term investors, and Investment Trusts Explained is your essential manual to capitalising on their potential.

Investing

Smarter Investing: Simpler Decisions for Better Results

Tim Hale

Build a successful investment portfolio that is right for you. Smarter Investing: Simpler Decisions for Better Results, 4th edition by Tim Hale, is the ultimate guide to help you build an investment portfolio that suits your needs. This book is not only suitable for professional investors, but anyone concerned about how their money is invested. So, whether you are a beneficiary of your family's money investments, a "do-it-yourself" investor or someone who has employed others to handle your portfolio, this book will help you understand the "why's" and "how's" behind investment decisions. The book is written with contemporary investors and their needs in mind and does not follow the typical route of introducing complex strategies like other investment books. With comprehensible content, easy to understand and to the point, Smarter Investing will help you achieve your goals for successful investing using a simple yet powerful set of rules. You will learn how to establish your investment objectives, avoid common investor pitfalls, build a balanced portfolio that is right for you, and make the investment product selection easy and effective.

Personal Finance, Pensions & ISAs (UK)

Pensions, ISAs, saving and planning your money in the UK.

Personal finance

A Straightforward Guide to Personal Pensions and the Pensions Industry

Patrick Grant

This Revised edition of A Straightforward Guide to Personal Pensions and The Pension Industry has been rewritten extensively and updates essential information and including relevant changes to law and practice to 2025. The book is a practical and informative guide for those who want to know more about their pension options, both state and private pensions, and also taxation. With the aid of this invaluable guide, the whole of the pensions maze should be rendered that much clearer.

Personal finance

How to Buy Your First Home (And How to Sell it Too)

Phil Spencer

Want to own your own home, but not sure where to start? Need some friendly advice from a property professional? In How to Buy Your First Home, property expert Phil Spencer takes the worry out of the property market. Breaking everything down into simple and achievable steps, he makes this daunting process easy. Including indispensable advice, money-saving tips and an essential trouble-shooting section, this guide covers everything a first-time buyer needs to know.

Personal finance

How to Fund the Life You Want

Robin Powell & Jonathan Hollow

The second, updated edition of the award-winning and accessible guide to personal finance that busts myths, clarifies jargon and provides the best options for building your wealth. Robin Powell and Jonathan Hollow strip away the marketing-speak, and through simple graphs, charts and diagrams, provide an evidence-based money manual that you can use again and again. They show how UK savers and investors can beat this system and make more money for themselves than they do for financial services firms.

Personal finance

Individual and Family Finances 2024

Adrian Fellowes

A Straightforward Guide to Individual and Family Finances, updated to 2024, is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the complex area of personal finance. The book is clear and concise and is intended for the layperson, although it can be utilised by the professional or student. It is ideal for anyone who wishes to obtain important practical advice concerning this area.

Personal finance

Personal Finance For Dummies, UK Edition

Hannah Smith & Eric Tyson

Your friendly guide to financial success. Managing your money and making informed financial decisions for you and your family can be challenging. You're not alone if you find it difficult to understand tax, plan for retirement, create a workable budget, or protect your wealth from unexpected events. This edition of Personal Finance For Dummies, tailored for a UK audience, offers an easy-to-read guide to improving your financial situation, no matter your income level. You'll learn how to set financial goals, invest wisely, and protect your assets while still enjoying life. Inside the book: expert advice on making sound investments that minimise risk and maximise returns; clear explanations of UK tax rules so you can save money by using all the allowances you're entitled to; practical tips and real-world examples to help you plan for a comfortable retirement.

Personal finance

Planning for Retirement 2025

Patrick Grant

A Straightforward Guide to Planning for Retirement- Managing Retirement Finances, Revised Edition, 2025 demonstrates clearly how those of retirement age and beyond can maximize their income and so enjoy their retirement. Whilst it has always been important to plan for Retirement, it is now more crucial than ever, to ensure that people understand the opportunities available to them.

Personal finance

The Money Manual

Abigail Foster

The practical, no-nonsense guide to expertly managing your personal finances. From mortgages and pensions to tax codes and ISAs, money can be a mystery. But, personal finance expert and Accountant Abigail Foster is here to answer your questions and help you navigate any challenge you may face. Packed with expert advice, real-life examples and practical takeaways, The Money Manual will help you discover what your tax code really means, how the UK's economy impacts you, what to expect when buying your first home, how to beat the exchange rate when travelling abroad, when to access your pension and how best to save for your retirement, how to pass financial information on to others, and much more! By demystifying obscure economic processes and complex financial language, The Money Manual empowers you to learn everything you wish you knew about personal finance. With clarity and confidence, you can radically improve your financial wellbeing.

Personal finance

What They Don't Teach You About Money

Claer Barrett

TV and radio money-agony-aunt Claer Barrett is the voice of reason in the cost of living crisis, teaching us what we need to know about money, in an accessible way that anyone can understand. By unpicking our emotional relationship with money, she gets to the heart of how our financial habits are formed – and reveals seven powerful yet easy ways to transform how we manage our money for good.

Tax & Wealth Planning (UK)

UK tax, inheritance and long-term wealth planning.

Tax & wealth

A Straightforward Guide to Understanding and Controlling Inheritance Tax

David Marsh

This Revised Edition of A Straightforward Guide to Understanding and Controlling Inheritance Tax is a comprehensive introductory text to the complex area of estates and taxation and how it is dealt with in the UK. It points out the various steps that can be taken to reduce the overall inheritance tax bill.

Tax & wealth

Taxation For Small To Medium Size Business

Colin Richards

Without a doubt, one of the biggest headaches for all business owners is the issue of taxation and making sure that the correct tax is paid when due. This comprehensive guide to Business and Taxation is an up-to-date guide, revised to 2024, to all the issues concerning the operation of business and how taxation affects the operation of a company. It deals with all areas of tax, from an outline of the tax system to what should be paid and when.

Business Finance & Entrepreneurship (UK)

Funding, running and growing a UK business.

Business

A Straightforward Guide to Buying a Franchise

Gordon Clark

Buying a franchise is probably one of the most important decisions a person can make. This is particularly so in 2024 following the impact of inflation and the cost of living crisis. This guide takes the reader through all the factors needed to arrive at a decision to enter into a franchise. With franchises, a person enjoys many of the advantages of an established business, such as a tried and tested product or service, a set of established operational guidelines and in most cases, a pretty good idea of whether or not the format will work in a chosen area or location. However, it goes without saying that a decision to enter into a franchise shouldn't be taken lightly. This book will assist in the process of researching and setting up a franchise.

Business

A Straightforward Guide to Company Law

Andrew Pierce

A Guide to Company Law, Revised Edition, is a clear and concise guide to all aspects of the law as it affects companies, and the formation of companies with changes in the law up to 2023 covered in depth. The book is intended for the layperson but can also be utilised by the professional or the student.

Business

Bookkeeping and Accounts for Small Business 2024

Paul Welwyn

This new edition has been rewritten extensively and updates essential information and including relevant changes to accounting law and bookkeeping conventions to 2024. The book is a practical and informative guide for those who operate small business, either as sole traders or limited companies. With the aid of this invaluable guide, those in business should find the often-daunting process of bookkeeping and accounts made that much easier.

Business

Business Accounting for Businesses of All Types

Colin Richards

Business Accounting can be complex. Whilst most people have a basic idea of accounting and maintaining books, not everyone knows how to use accounts fully to manage a business. This book deals comprehensively with the overall basics of accounts and preparation of books and accounts. It also deals with the more sophisticated process of analysing accounts to manage a business effectively, and also how to use accounts to value a business.

Business

Business Start Up And Future Planning

Gordon Clarke

This Revised publication in the Emerald Business Management Series, Business Start Up and Future Planning, written in a time of turbulence for all businesses operating within a backdrop of high inflation and high interest rates and record insolvencies, is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the formation of a company and to the ongoing planning and development of a business. This book will prove invaluable to all those who are involved in setting up a business, whether small or medium size.

Business

How to Negotiate

Mike Clayton

A short practical guide to preparing for and conducting negotiations at work and in business, from research and opening positions to reading behaviour, making proposals and closing a deal.

Business

Keeping Books And Accounts For Small To Medium Size Business

Colin Richards

Many businesses, usually small, sole traders or small limited companies, often find the task of keeping books and accounts daunting. The process of keeping accurate records which are acceptable to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs without the use of an accountant can and does often lead to problems. This Revised edition of the concise guide will prove invaluable for all those in business. The reader should find the process of bookkeeping and preparation of accounts made that much easier. No prior knowledge of accountancy or bookkeeping in general is assumed.

Business

Setting Budgets And Managing Cashflows

Jennifer Rhodes

All businesses must be managed efficiently and effectively. Managing budgets and cashflows during the business cycle is of the utmost importance. This book compliments the other titles in the Emerald Business Series, by building on fundamental techniques of management. The book is packed with solid, helpful advice to help you on the road to successful business management. Key techniques are demonstrated along with examples.

Business

Starting an Online Business

Paul Welwyn

Starting an Online Business builds on the previous edition and is a clear and comprehensive introduction to setting up and running a successful online business. More and more people are shopping online and more and more businesses are switching their activities online. However, just like traditional businesses, specific skills are needed to ensure that the business is a success.

Mindset & Habits

Focus, habits and better decisions to support a long-term plan.