buy-to-let investment still better than a pension – even with CGT threat

If, like many fifty year olds, you abandoned your pension a while back to fund a buy-to-let property the new UK government might be worrying you.

Their move to bring Capital Gains Tax (CGT) inline with income tax might seem fair for professional landlords, who buy and sell residential property for profit, but not for a private landlord whose second property is his retirement nest egg.