Jargon Buster: What are the key mortgage terms every first-time buyer should know? Buying a house can certainly be a daunting experience, especially when it’s your first time doing so. What doesn’t help is the wealth of jargon and terminology used during the mortgage process and throughout the entire journey to buy your new home. If [...]
If you’re about to come off a fixed rate mortgage, then you could be forgiven for wondering what’s in store for you. Until relatively recently, interest rates have been at near-historic lows for over a decade. In the last two years, though, they’ve rocketed. Higher interest rates, coupled with the cost-of-living crisis and high inflation levels [...]
Cancer impacts so many of us Cancer is a disease that leaves very few of us untouched. Statistics from Cancer Research UK suggest that as many as one in two people born after 1960 will be diagnosed with some form of the disease over the course of their lifetime. That’s the kind of statistic that makes you think. Little wonder that [...]
Life after your Fixed Rate mortgage. Should you stay with your lender? Staying with your current lender may feel like the saftest option when your mortgage comes to an end, but that’s no guarantee that you’ll be getting the best deal. That’s why we recommend shopping around to get a mortgage that’s fits you. When there [...]
Contrary to costs such as legal fees, estate agency fees or Stamp Duty, having your new home surveyed isn’t actually compulsory. However, with a property being the most expensive thing most of us will ever buy, the price of not having it checked by a surveyor could be devastating. If you buy a property for the [...]
Estimates suggest that well over one million borrowers have lapsed onto their lender’s default standard variable rate (SVR). Has this happened to you? If so, now could be the perfect time to consider a remortgage, to get your finances in good shape for the year ahead. Do you know your mortgage rate? If your current tracker, [...]
If you have dependents – people who rely on you financially – then you should have life insurance. In fact, if you have dependents and don’t have life insurance, you are exposing them to grave financial risk. And who would want to do that? Life insurance tends not to feature on ‘to do’ lists because it [...]
Why do we insure our car? Apart from the fact it is a legal requirement to drive on the road, we need to make sure we can still get about if anything happens. So why don’t we do the same with ourselves? Insuring our incomes and also ourselves is something most of us don’t consider important [...]
