Research from the property website Zoopla found that 42% of homeowners are accepting a discount of 5% or more on the asking price of their home in order to secure...
Episode 420 - On this week's episode I discuss whether it is worth following a fund manager when they leave one investment fund house for another. I also explain the...
After a week of meetings with finance experts and mortgage lenders, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has today announced that lenders will allow mortgage holders who are unable to...
Government-owned savings bank National Savings and Investments (NS&I) has increased the Premium Bond prize fund by a total of £39m, meaning it now pays a notional interest rate of 3.7%...
Students starting university in England in September 2023 could end up paying thousands of pounds more to study than those in the year above. The 2023 intake can expect to...
The Bank of England (BoE) announced a rate rise of 0.50%, taking it from 4.50% to 5.00%. It is the 13th consecutive base rate rise since December 2021 and it...
Latest figures show that the average 2-year fixed-rate mortgage deal has exceeded 6% for the first time since rates peaked towards the end of 2022. In this article, we explain...
Episode 419 - On this week's episode I take a look at the current state of the buy-to-let market, exploring the yields on offer and how the latest mortgage rate...
Welcome to the latest episode of my monthly YouTube show where I discuss what is happening in investment markets and what to look out for. This episode I talk about...
Those wishing to plug gaps in their National Insurance contribution record going back as far as 2006 now have until April 2025 to do so, thanks to a recent deadline...
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