September 26th, 2016
According to the Association of British Insurers (ABI), the number of income protection policies increased for the first time since 2007. The number of policies taken out in the UK in 2015 was 1.15 million, a 2% rise from ... Read More
September 21st, 2016
With savings rates across the UK falling after the Bank of England base rate drop to 0.25% in August, savers have never had it so bad. Across the UK Banks and Building Societies have announced rate reductions on many o... Read More
September 16th, 2016
Since George Osborne’s decision to reduce tax relief on buy to let mortgage interest payments from April 2017, buying to let has become a less tax efficient proposition to contractors. However, there could well be an opt... Read More
September 15th, 2016
Bolstered by recent upbeat economic data, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee announced at midday today that it is holding the interest Base Rate at 0.25%.
This follows the Bank’s decision last month... Read More
September 7th, 2016
The FCA presented its findings yesterday (06.09.2016), after completing a thematic review of financially exposed mortgage borrowers and the measures that mortgage lenders have taken to provide support. The results of the r... Read More
September 7th, 2016
Contractor friendly lender Leeds Building Society has increased its maximum age for residential mortgages from 75 to 80 in an overhaul of their criteria.
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September 6th, 2016
Contractor Mortgages Made Easy are delighted to announce the latest contractor deal secured exclusively for Contractor Mortgages Made Easy clients.
Clydesdale Bank are offering an exclusive new rate in response to t... Read More
September 1st, 2016
The Governments ‘June Quarter’ report showed a 6% increase in the number of new homes being built compared to the same period last year. So far for 2016, a total of 139,030 new homes have been built, with more still un... Read More
August 31st, 2016
With higher house prices, increasingly more families are finding themselves above the inheritance tax threshold when they inherit.
The main threshold is £325,000 above which inheritance tax is 40% on estates of tho... Read More
August 31st, 2016
Andy Haldane, the chief economist for the Bank of England (BOE), claimed in a recent interview with the Sunday Times that investment in property is a safer choice for retirement when compared to a pension plan. When aske... Read More
