So you’re serious about buying a home and you think you have enough money together to take the plunge into the property market?
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MoneyExpert: Life Begins At 40, But You Pay At 34
Life may begin at 40, but the average Briton begins paying for it at 34, market research for Axa Wealth Management has revealed.
MoneyExpert: Monthly Mortgage Figures Continue To Break Records
Overall mortgage lending reached £30.4 billion during July, down six per cent from the all-time record of £32.4 billion in June, says Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) figures.
MoneyExpert: Government Accused Of Debt Complacency
The government has been accused of complacency over rising levels of personal insolvency after a report claimed that Whitehall was “making progress” in fighting debt.
Motley Fool: Lenders Sneak In Extra Rate Rises
As always, the banks have been swift to pass on the Bank of England’s recent 0.25% rate rise to those with mortgages but haven’t been quite as quick to hand it on to savers. Quelle surprise!
Motley Fool: Buy-To-Let Boom Spells Doom
Buy-to-let is about making money from rental income, not about capital gains in rising house prices. It’s also a poor investment choice which is doomed to failure, even for skilled investors. Ha! Just kidding! I only wanted to make some landlords’ blood boil. You see, property investment is a controversial subject. If you’re familiar with […]
Motley Fool: The Lowdown On REITs
Many private investors have put money into property in recent years, but, as an asset class, it isn’t perfect. If you want to invest in residential property, you could buy a flat or a house, perhaps using a buy-to-let mortgage. The problem with this approach is you may end up putting a big chunk of […]
Family Finance: How To Save For Your Mortgage
So you think it is impossible to get enough money together to convince the banks to offer you a mortgage on your first home? You are still renting and have given up getting your first foot on the property ladder?
Family Finance: Check Before You Let
Author: Dot Piper
The buy-to-let market is buoyant, with buy-to-let mortgages up by over 475% in five years. As falls in share prices dent the confidence in the stock market, many buyers have moved to this more “hands on†type of investment, and most are very happy to have done so. Typically you may get a […]
MoneyExpert: Base Rate Effect On Mortgage Rates Minimal €“ For Now
Despite initial fears of an immediate body-blow to affordability, the movement in mortgage market rates has been relatively slow since last weeks (week’s) base rate increase.