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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 22nd February 2013

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Welcome to your regular financial news round up. We may be a little optimistic, but there is a definite hint of spring in the air here in Cornwall! Make the most of it before the spring showers arrive… As always, if you have any queries, call us free on 0800 0112825 or email us info@wwfp.net and we’ll be happy [...]

Tags: banks, HMRC, HSBC, Inheritance tax, retirement, savings, tax

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55 is the pension highway legal limit

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

With the state retirement age galloping towards 70 faster than a Findus lasagne, it is worth noting that there are ways to access your personal pension at 55 – but there are a lot of ‘buts’. The dream of full retirement at 55 may be out of reach for most of us. However, a 4 [...]

Tags: pensions, retirement, tax, tax relief

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Family Springboard Mortgage – Our View

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

An award-winning mortgage adviser in Cornwall has welcomed the launch of a new type of mortgage that aims to help young people get on the property ladder. Ronan Marrion, who works for Truro and Wadebridge based independent financial adviser, Worldwide Financial Planning, believes the Woolwich’s Family Springboard Mortgage will help first time buyers. The mortgage [...]

Tags: housing market, mortgage, mortgage advice, mortgages

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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 15th February 2013

Friday, February 15th, 2013

Welcome to your regular financial news round up. We’ve all the week’s biggest stories from the financial world right here, including some important news on Inheritance tax. As always, if you have any queries, call us free on 0800 0112825 or email us info@wwfp.net and we’ll be happy to help. You can be assured that we will answer your [...]

Tags: Barclays, independent financial advice, Inheritance tax

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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 8th February 2013

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Welcome to your regular financial news round up, for the week ending the 8th February. Don’t forget – it’s Shrove Tuesday, better known as Pancake Day on the 12th! As always, if you have any queries, call us free on 0800 0112825 or email us info@wwfp.net and we’ll be happy to help. You can be assured that we will [...]

Tags: Bank of England, banks, investment

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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 1st February 2013

Friday, February 1st, 2013

Welcome to another financial news round up, the very first for February 2013. It’s a week which has seen more blues for banks, and more bother over bonuses. All the details on those stories and more below. As always, if you have any queries, call us free on 0800 0112825 or email us info@wwfp.net and we’ll be happy to [...]

Tags: banks, Barclays, tax

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Adviser warns endowment backed mortgage holders to seek advice

Friday, February 1st, 2013

A Cornwall-based mortgage adviser is warning people who still have endowment backed mortgages to have them reviewed as soon as possible. The interest-only mortgages have hit the headlines in recent years after it was discovered many policyholders could lose their home due to a shortfall in the endowment. It is estimated that more than a [...]

Tags: housing market, independent financial advice, mortgage, mortgage advice, mortgages

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Pensions Made Simple

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Apart from the pension geeks at Worldwide Financial Planning, very few people get excited by pensions. Pensions are boring, right? Most of us would probably agree, until we need to start drawing one. However, the latest government announcement on the simplification of the state pension has created quite a bit of interest – it centres [...]

Tags: pensions, retirement

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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 25th January 2013

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Welcome to your regular financial news round up, in the week that the wealthy and powerful meet in Davos, Switzerland for the 2013 World Economic Forum. More details about that below. As always, if you have any queries, call us free on 0800 0112825 or email us info@wwfp.net and we’ll be happy to help. You can be assured that [...]

Tags: banks, FSA, inflation, PPI

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Good News for the Mortgage Market

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has said that the mortgage market is making a recovery, even though consumers don’t necessarily feel that way. There are several reasons for this, the CML state, including the greater availability of high Loan to Value (LTV) mortgages, including many 90% LTV products as well as the biggest number [...]

Tags: CML, first time buyers, housing market, mortgages

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