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No off-colour jokes, we promise! We’re talking mortgages this week – more specifically, how much you can borrow with a mortgage. When it comes to a mortgage, size can make a big difference. How much you want to borrow is one of the crucial factors in determining how your mortgage application proceeds. That might seem [...]

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Interest-Only Alternatives

Monday, November 26th, 2012

Interest only – on the way out? There have been a few news stories about the issue of interest only mortgages being phased out by lenders recently, so it’s a good time to look into the subject more closely. Interest only mortgages seem to be heading for a slow demise; at the very least, lenders [...]

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Buying Your First Home

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

You’ve bought your first home… now what? Buying your first home is a pretty big deal, in more ways than one. A house is probably the biggest, most expensive purchase you’ll make during your lifetime. It’s also one heck of a financial commitment. Scary stuff aside though, buying your first home is also an exciting [...]

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Buyer Beware!

Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

Buyer Beware… especially if you’re a first-timer Buying anything these days seems to be fraught with potential problems. Even choosing groceries involves checking ingredients, use-by dates, even calories for those of us (including a few of Worldwide’s advisers) who are watching our weight. When it comes to buying bigger and more expensive things, then even [...]

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First Time Buyer

Monday, July 30th, 2012

So you want to buy a house… …But a small deposit is holding you back. You’ve managed, with a lot of hard work and economies, to save up a couple of thousand, but you know that realistically, this will soon be swallowed up by costs. Buying a house isn’t cheap, certainly not when you factor [...]

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Mortgage Review

Friday, June 15th, 2012

How fit are your finances? Olympic excitement is building up at the Worldwide offices and we’re all looking forward to the 27th July and the opening ceremony of the 2012 games. Britain’s hosting of the games is (almost) a once-in-a-lifetime event; the games themselves happen only once every 4 years; keeping yourself and your finances [...]

Tags: fixed rate mortgage, independent financial advice, mortgage broker, mortgages

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SVR Comparison Table

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

We have detailed below the total savings you could make by creating a standard variable rate comparison, showing what you would save if you had the best tracker rate Worldwide’s FT award winning mortgage brokers could find today. The table below will be kept up to date, so feel free to bookmark it. For a [...]

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Property Funds

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

We are reviewing the advice given in relation to property funds: A number of large insurance companies run extensive commercial property funds. Some concentrate on retail properties and others on commercial buildings such as office blocks. Investors can use these funds to obtain a small share in the benefits of ownership of good quality property [...]

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