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Top Tips for a Successful Mortgage Application!
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
The easy availability of mortgages was a key factor behind the credit crunch, and once the global banking system started to implode it was one of the first things to give. Lenders have cracked down on loan-to-values and tightened up lending criteria, making it hard for all but the most angelic homebuyers to get a [...]
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Interest Only Mortgages – What Are The Options?
Friday, May 10th, 2013
You may have seen or heard a good deal of media coverage on Interest Only Mortgages. That is because the Thematic Review into Interest Only Mortgages has now been published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), with the headline numbers being; • There are approximately 2.5 million households with Interest only Mortgages • Approximately 10% [...]
Tags: interest only mortgages, mortgage
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What it means to you – the effect of the retail distribution review (RDR) so far!
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
The first of January 2013 is a date that many firms that operate in the financial services sector will see as very important for many reasons and the changes that it has presented do have an impact on the consumer. What has been the effect on these firms and more importantly what do you as [...]
Tags: RDR
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Lost in Space? Act now to track down all your pensions!
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
One marked change in modern life is the huge shift in work patterns. Many people will do a large number of jobs and possibly multiple careers throughout their life time. The days of school, one work place and then retirement are largely gone. Many of these jobs will come with a workplace pension and due [...]
Tags: pensions
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Young people ‘more interested in pensions than their elders’
Monday, April 15th, 2013
It may come as a surprise to many but recent research has suggested that the 1980s generation are more “switched on” to pensions than many of their older peers and is also more determined to save extra in the coming year. This comes despite the pressures of student debt or trying to get on the [...]
Tags: pensions
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Investing today! How do you decide which are the best funds to invest into?
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
This is one of the most interesting arguments in the financial services marketplace. There is more talk around this subject than any other and the confusion that is created tends not to help the investor. However this one area alone is where most investors could make the biggest mistakes with their investments and if understood [...]
Tags: investments
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‘Aspiring’ or ‘Inspiring’ what does the 2013 budget mean to you?
Thursday, March 21st, 2013
George Osborne presented his Budget on Wednesday 20 March 2013 and his opening statement set the scene for some of the new measures announced, stating ‘this is a Budget for people who aspire to work hard and get on’.(1) What that means to people depends upon your personal circumstances and as with any budget announcement [...]
Tags: 2013 Budget
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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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When size makes a difference
Friday, February 15th, 2013
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 [...]
Tags: large mortgages, mortgages
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Don’t go without when it comes to your money
Friday, February 8th, 2013
2013 is racing onwards and it’s February already. Is it really more than a month since Christmas? It might seem hard to believe, but it really is. And it’s at this time of year that some of us think about those resolutions we haven’t managed to keep – we’ve resigned ourselves to the fact that [...]
Tags: investment, ISAs, tax, tax relief
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