Articles tagged "mortgages"
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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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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Vote for our mortgage broker, Ronan!
Friday, February 15th, 2013
Worldwide’s Independent Mortgage Broker Ronan Marrion has been nominated for two awards in the upcoming Financial Reporter 2013 awards. We are all really proud of Ronan and the work the mortgage department do, and we would be delighted if you could help him to win. All the details on how you can do that are [...]
Tags: mortgages, Worldwide Financial Planning
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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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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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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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Family Springboard Mortgage – what’s the deal?
Friday, January 18th, 2013
We were interested in the release of a new mortgage that the Woolwich (Barclays Bank’s mortgage provider) have just launched. It’s called the Family Springboard Mortgage and as the blurb about the product states, it aims to ‘help the home buyer get on or move up the property ladder by allowing parents or other family [...]
Tags: first time buyer, first time buyers, mortgage, mortgages
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Making the most of your mortgage
Friday, January 11th, 2013
It’s the time of year when many of us are thinking about renewing and reviewing, along with lots of good intentions to eat more fruit and vegetables and less chocolate – definitely the case for some of our sweet-toothed advisers! With Christmas just behind us, many of us are no doubt thinking of ways to [...]
Tags: independent financial advice, independent mortgage broker, mortgages
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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 14th December 2012
Monday, December 17th, 2012
It’s a week closer to Christmas and the temperatures are plummeting across the UK, coupled with more stormy weather. And to accompany the weather, there have also been a few storms of a financial nature blowing across the UK and Europe. Read below to find out more! As always, if you have any queries, call [...]
Tags: Barclays, mortgages, Northern Rock
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The future for your interest only mortgage
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
As we talked about in last week’s article, interest only mortgages seem likely to become a thing of the past. For first time buyers or anyone taking on a new mortgage, it’s not the best news, but it’s potentially even worse news for anyone who has already taken out an interest only mortgage. Because as [...]
Tags: interest rates, mortgages
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