Insights

12/12/22

Today Sam Mason is talking about buying property from a family member.  If they’re willing to offer you a ...

29/11/22

Before engaging a mortgage broker, you might wonder how they’re paid, will the service be free or might you ...

24/11/22

A down-valuation is when a mortgage lender’s surveyor values a property lower than the current owner or buyer expects ...

22/11/22

We know that this Christmas will be financially challenging for many, so we’re going to pay someone’s mortgage ...

18/11/22

Although we are seeing the Bank of England base rate rise, that does not necessarily mean that mortgage rates will ...

11/11/22

Today Sam Mason is talking about the housing market – specifically a question that’s being asked a lot at the ...

01/11/22

Early last month, City AM had a dramatic headline: ‘Cash-strapped homeowners turn their properties into personal cash machines.’ They reported ...

27/10/22

Due to the recent financial turbulence, a lot of us are feeling the pinch with the cost of living rising ...

20/10/22

The recent Mini Budget, a £45 billion tax cutting package, paid for by increased public borrowing, led to panic among many ...

13/10/22

Since the financial crisis of 2008, the Bank of England has kept its base rate low, meaning that borrowing has been ...

06/10/22

The pound went into freefall after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s Mini Budget, with news of a raft of tax cuts ...

27/09/22

As rises in the cost of living continue to squeeze our finances, some insurance policyholders have noticed their monthly premiums ...

23/09/22

Kwasi Kwarteng, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, has delivered a mini Budget, dubbed The Growth Plan, in which he ...