May 2020
Financial Direction Through Uncharted Waters
The effects of the ongoing pandemic are being felt by families across the UK. It is a difficult time as many families are facing a reduction or loss of income. According to the Institute [...]
April 2020
Mortgage Availability Returning as Lenders Adjust to Lockdown
There is good news as the UK's top lenders are reintroducing their mortgage offers, making it easier to get a home loan as lenders find ways to operate during Covid-19 lockdown. Nationwide, Halifax, Virgin [...]
Mortgage Payment Holidays!
In its package to help people who have had their circumstances changed as a result of Covid-19, the Chancellor announced a series of measures to alleviate the financial impact of losing a job or [...]
August 2018
Weekly Round-Up: 24th August 2018
Organised fraud The Association of British Insurers’ (ABI) most comprehensive analysis yet into insurance fraud published this week highlights that every minute an insurance fraud is now detected in the UK. For the first time, [...]
Weekly Round-Up, 17th August 2018
Seven in pocket Girls are getting more pocket money than boys for the first time in a decade, averaging £7.09 a week according to the Halifax Pocket Money report. The average weekly amount boys receive [...]
Weekly Round-Up,10th August 2018
Stamp it out 121,500 first-time buyers have saved a total of £284,000,000 taking advantage of the government’s cut to stamp duty, according to statistics released this week which cover the period until 30th June this [...]
Weekly Round-Up, 3rd August 2018
Rate Rise At its meeting ending on 1 August 2018, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 0.75% in an attempt to meet [...]
July 2018
Weekly Round-Up, 27th July 2018
Switch on Industry figures on mortgage product transfers alternatively known as rate switches have been published for the first time by UK Finance. The numbers reveal that 390,200 homeowners switched product with their existing [...]
Weekly Round-Up, 6th July 2018
Second Steppers Many homeowners ready to take their second step on the property ladder now rely on financial help from family and friends to help make the jump from their first home, according to [...]
June 2018
Weekly Round-up, 15th June 2018
Positive headlines According the latest research from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the UK housing market saw a stable trend in new instructions in May, with the headline indicator turning positive for the [...]