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With the increasing cost of living and rising interest rates affecting households across the country, many homeowners may be unsure about...

In this guide we consider how and why property transactions have been affected by the current Coronavirus pandemic, and what is/isn’t permit

Unbelievably it has been a year since I was first diagnosed with breast cancer. I know that because I attended my first annual check this...

It is almost three months since I last write a blog about my health and a few people have mentioned that they were worried not to have...

We are certainly living in historic times. It is all too easy to get swept away with media and political hype around Brexit, trade wars,...

Nobody likes paying tax and by the same token, if you can reduce the amount of tax you can pay by legitimate means that should be...

In amongst the headlines of last months budget was a revision to the current Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme, which is due to expire in...

Since my last blog I have done a lot of waiting – but today was the day my chemotherapy treatment started (so please forgive me if what I...

Ever since a disastrous period for early unregulated schemes in the late 1980s and early 1990s, equity release has continually suffered...

I was completely overwhelmed by the response to my last blog ‘5 Lessons I have learnt from Cancer – So Far’. I have received many kind...

You have been saving towards buying your first home and are ready to take the step onto the property ladder. Before you hit the streets...

I am a great believer in seeing the positive in any situation – but I have to admit that, over the last couple of months, my ability to...

In October last year we took part in a ‘values challenge’, as part of an inspiring event organised by Ramsay Patterson. We were...

This weekend saw the launch of the ‘Open Banking’, a term not many of us will have come across before. Open Banking requires banks to...

Your net worth and access to financial resources are very different to your ability to take control of your finances and manage your...

Overall, a fairly unremarkable budget which is to be welcomed for the relative clarity it provides. The key points, combined with...

Stamp Duty Reforms There is speculation that, in order to unclog the slowing property market, the chancellor might announce stamp duty...

There has been much debate over when the Bank of England will raise interest rates and this month is tipped to be the month by many industry