We all know life doesn’t end at age 65-70 and neither should it on the high street! Often, retired people have managed their finances successfully over the years and enter retirement mortgage free. At the same time, many, whilst having no mortgage, also suffer from reduced income and there is a saying in our profession […]
Month: April 2018
The mortgage process is pretty straight forward, whatever your scenario.
Arranging a mortgage can take time. But actually, the process, regardless of whether you are a first time buyer, home mover or simply re-mortgaging, will be roughly the same. On any new purchase, the selling agent will seek to agree a number of deadlines with you, including the arrangement of mortgage finance. At this point […]
In January, the average mortgage interest rate was 2.53%. How does that compare to yours?
Some eye watering statistics from The Money Charity this week. The Charity has reported that total mortgage lending stood at £1.37 trillion at the end of January. This is up from £1.32 trillion in 2017. Averaged over the 11.1m households with a mortgage, this equates to £123k per home in January. The average interest rate […]
Piazza Italia was superb! Lenders launch in to Near Prime for those with small deposits
This column is always a difficult one to write in the middle of the Easter holidays and whilst a lot of people are away, including myself! So, whilst writing this from our ski chalet, I do look around the surroundings and weigh up the local house prices and compare to those back home. We are […]