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Holiday homes to rent
• Villas and apartments in Turkey in stunning locations and coming soon, luxurious cottages in Bath.
Invest in Turkey for Major growth
• So says Global Property Guide's Property Recommendations. It says gross rental yields are currently at 5.48% with 'significajt potential for growth' Overseas Mortgage Finder also says Turkey is the 3rd largest source of enquiries for mortgages (June figures)
Tax rebate for holiday home owners
• Are you a UK resident for tax purposes?  Do you own a property available for holiday let in Europe?  Do you make that property available for let?  Did you purchase the property for more than £150,000? If you can answer yes to all of these questions, you may be eligible for a Capital Allowance Tax refund of around £10-15,000.    We have teamed up with International Property Success who have arranged a no upfront fees scheme with a tax expert.  The scheme is fully HMRC approved. The amount you can claim will vary according to the rate of tax you pay and the specifics of the property. Claims are administered swiftly.  You will receive a report on your rebate, showing how much you can reclaim, in most instances within 8 weeks.  International Property Success are advisers that specialise in the capital allowance field.  They do not charge upfront fees - you only pay once your case has been approved by your accountant.    Experience shows that unless an investor has access to the appropriate level of expertise it is rare for all available tax allowances to be identified which means that the majority of Investors are not claiming all the tax allowances they are entitled to.  If you would like to find out if you are eligible for this tax break, please contact us immediately.  Tax rules change frequently and can be withdrawn at any time.  This rule will be reviewed in April.
Hot deal from Pegasus
• Pegasus Airlines, Turkey's low cost carrier, are offering 5000 seats to Istanbul at £39.99 one way, for flights taken between November 2009 to November 2010.  The flights can be booked now and fares include all taxes and charges but are subject to availabitily.  Pegasus offer connecting flights to 11 cities in Turkey including Bodrum, Izmir, Ankara, Dalaman and Antalya.
Global property prices on the up?
• With interest rates around the world at an all time low, many countries are reporting signs of improvement in their property markets.
Fractional ownership increases its appeal
• More developers are looking at increasing the appeal of fractional ownership to mass markets.
Costa bargains reignite interest
• According to Rightmove.co.uk's overseas division, interest in the Spanish market is crawling up again.  Spain accounted for 21% of overseas searches on the website in June 2009, an increase of 0.3% on May.  France followed hot on Spain's heels with 17%, although the percentage of hits had decreased by 8.2%.  Half of the regions that featured in the top climbers list were Spanish, with Tenerife experiencing an 9.1% increase in searches followed by the Costa del Sol with an 8.7% increase.  Another high achiever was Turkey, whose market share rose by 13%, taking it into the top 10 countries searched.   The Bodrum Peninsula proved particularly popular. The biggest loser was Dubai with a year on year decrease in searches of 60%.
Investing for the long term - Villa Park
• People often say to us, “is now a good time to invest?” and the truth is nobody knows.
Eurozone recession deepens as house prices drop
• Data compiled by the Financial Times on house prices in the 16 countries of the Eurozone shows a 4.8% drop in prices in the final 3 months of 2008, compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
Wealthy French property owners warned of tax inconsistencies
• Despite President Sarkozy’s significant increases in the 'abattement', or level at which a beneficiary has to pay inheritance tax in France, wealthy property owners should still be wary of inconsistencies between the French and British laws that govern inheritance tax.
 
 
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Summary
Edison Ford Investment Property traces its roots back to 1986 when Mike Ford started his Independent Financial Planning business in Yate near Bristol. In 1992, John Moon formed Edison Associates, (also a financial planning business) the two companies merging in 2000 to form Edison Ford.

With John and Mike both having a strong interest in property with personal portfolios dating back to the mid eighties, it was only natural for Edison Ford to become strongly associated with providing expert property advice to both new and existing clients.

The group now boasts its own Estate Agency, the original IFA practice, General Insurance Brokers as well as the latest addition to the group, Edison Ford Investment Property. The group also has associated links with Team edison, which specialises in motor sport PR and race car preparation and Team edison Friesians, importers of the beautiful Dutch Friesian horses.

 
Who is Edison Ford?
Our background and philosophy

Edison Ford Investment Property (EFIP) is a UK based overseas investment property specialist, offering unbiased and impartial advice on buying property in both the UK and overseas. Our background is in financial advice, an area in which our sister company, Edison Ford IFAs has been operating since 1992. EFIP was established in recognition of the tremendous investment opportunities available to our clients, from both the UK and overseas property markets.

EFIP’s directors and most of its staff personally invest and believe in the properties they market. They have spent their own time investigating and researching to find the very best choice of locations and properties. Only developers who meet our strict standards of service, build quality, financial strength and investment potential are considered.

This is one of the reasons you will find only a small selection of properties on offer from us at any one time, unlike other agents who may bombard you with hundreds of options, on most of which they will have very little knowledge.

We feel it is vitally important to know as much about you and your needs as we can. Our job is to find the right property to meet your needs. If we don’t have that property at the moment, we will tell you, not try to sell you something unsuitable.

None of our staff come from a sales background. They are trained as consultants, not sales people. Once you have dealt with us, whether you have become a client or not, our aim is to ensure you will feel comfortable contacting us for any of your financial or property requirements, at any time.

Our added value

As if our experience and knowledge was not enough, Edison Ford is determined those who buy through us gain much more than they ever would by dealing through another agent, going to a developer direct or ‘doing it themselves’.

Our reputation and negotiation skills allow us to offer you a number of unique benefits, which we know are not available anywhere else. Some of these are:
  • Independent UK based solicitors specialising in overseas property
  • Financing advice from Edison Ford IFAs
  • Genuine discounts off brochure prices
  • Other benefits such as free air-conditioning
  • Advice & support throughout the purchase process
  • Personal contacts in the areas we recommend
  • Resale and letting facilities in the UK and overseas
Protecting your money

Buying property overseas is full of potential pitfalls and traps. To provide you with as much protection as possible, Edison Ford recommends you utilise either an independent UK based solicitor, or a recommended solicitor in the Country of purchase, to handle every aspect of your property. In either case, Edison Ford will only recommend a legal team to you, which has proven its integrity and service are exceptional.

Many developers and agents will try to persuade you to use the developer’s own solicitor, even using this as a sales angle by proclaiming ‘free legal fees’ or similar. This is very significant, as the odds when using the developers own solicitors are stacked way against you.

Some of the contracts we have seen from developers are simply laughable and yet hundreds and probably thousands of normally sensible people entrust substantial sums of their own money to a system, which is at best entirely biased against them. At worst, you could end up buying something which is illegally built, non existent or worthless.

Whilst there can never be a 100% guarantee, utilising the services of our recommended solicitors, will ensure you have someone accepting the responsibility to protect your interests, rather than the developers.

Finding the money

Foreign mortgages for UK residents are available in many countries, although the type of products, rates and flexibility will depend on the local mortgage market. Edison Ford’s experience of using overseas mortgages to purchase property, has allowed us to confidently offer this tested resource to those clients who will benefit.

Given the nuances of borrowing money overseas and the sometimes restricted products, many of our clients release capital from existing property to finance their overseas purchases. This is an area in which our sister company Edison Ford IFAs, has a great deal of experience. As part of the fact find service, we will establish your exact situation, provide you a summary of where you stand and make some recommendations on how best to raise the finance. Edison Ford IFAs has access to every lender and scheme on the market and with its combination of state of the art computer search facilities and hands on knowledge, can easily find you the best deal to suit your circumstances.

If you have the outright ‘cash’, then you may not need our advice, though we could still help you by recommending the most cost and tax effective way of using your money.

Sending the money

Unlike many agents and developers who cannot get you to part with your money quickly enough, we will advise you not to make any payments until all our enquiries and those made by the solicitor are satisfactory. In some cases, we have had clients holding on to their deposits for many months, pending satisfactory completion of documentation. Had they gone direct to the developer, they would have parted with their money within two weeks, losing all their protection and bargaining power.

Along the way

If you are purchasing a property Off-Plan, you probably won’t be able to visit your property to keep an eye on its progress as its being built. Thankfully, in many locations EFIP makes regular trips to see how things are progressing and will report back to you with photos and descriptions as often as possible.

Owning the property

If you are looking to purchase an exceptional property, be it for holiday use or Investment, we believe with our experience and commitment to our clients we can find you the perfect property, support you, guide you, ensuring your property adventure starts with Edison Ford Investment property.

John Moon
Managing director
 
Some of our team
John Moon, M.D.

John has overall responsibility for the running of EFIP. John's background is in banking, having been a commercial loans underwriter for Nat West, which he joined back in 1973, going on to run a small finance company in 1988 where he developed the roots of Edison Associates.

Having purchased his first investment property in the early eighties, John's interest in property has continued to grow, his enthusiasm for bricks and mortar enabling him to give valuable advice and assistance to his loyal clients in the Bath area, a number of whom have become property millionaires with John's help.

Alongside his financial career, John is an accomplished journalist and commentator in the motor sport world, having much radio experience and a number of TV appearances to his credit. John's separate business, Team Edison, has looked after the PR activities of the Castle Combe Circuitsince 1988.

One of John's significant roles for EFIP is speaking at seminars and training sessions for introducers on various aspects of property investment and financing.
Mike Ford, Director

Although Mike started his working life with engineering in mind, he soon realised the world of finance was his true vocation. After a highly successful career with the CIS, where he gained much experience and spells working as a financial consultant, Mike set up his own practice in 1986.

This grew to the extent that Mike was able to step back from its day to day running in 2000, having completed the merger with Edison Associates. Mike's main responsibilities became those of business development, creating Edison Ford Estate Agents and Property Management and working as joint MD of EFIP, as well as overseeing the growth of Edison Ford General Insurance Brokers.

Like John, Mike also has a passion for property and acts as a business consultant to a select number of clients for whom he is able to provide high level advice and negotiating skills in complex business areas and transactions.

Mike's interests, apart from his two young children, include golf and horse racing.

Below is a photograph of some of our team, together, outside our head office in Bath.
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