Bradford & Bingley being nationalised, just as Northern Rock was, spells the end of self cert mortgages. Bradford & Bingley were the leading provider of self cert mortgages and buy-to-let mortgages and now we will see the two mortgage products being ph...

You may have heard the term Shared Ownership or New Build Homebuy and wondered where exactly you fit in on this and whether it could benefit you in any way. As a prospective first time buyer I am often left anxious, wondering whether I am ever going to...

Tales of legendary stag weekends are told by fathers to their sons in pubs the night before the wedding. If you are that son and your stag weekend was less than legendary, or even memorable for the wrong reasons, then the groom will spend the rest of mar...

Stag weekends are a time that guys to come together and drink, bond and do everything they can to out do each other. Stag weekends make guys battle to be the best, whether that is the best at driving, climbing, shooting or pulling girls, they will do bat...

Are you over 50? Do you have a pension? If you have answered ‘yes’ to the questions above then you could release a tax free sum from your pension now. Pension release is simply unlocking your pension now, instead of waiting until your pension h...

Are you over 50? Do you have a pension? If you have answered ‘yes’ to the questions above then you could release a tax free sum from your pension now. Pension release is simply unlocking your pension now, instead of waiting until your pension h...

VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP Telephony and is the process of routing voice conversations over the internet. It means that we can utilise the internet as a phone line and talk for hours, even to someone in another continent and not...

Shared Ownership Mortgages and affordable housing schemes are helping people to get onto the property ladder. As the country enters a severe housing slump, shared ownership mortgages are aiding people to overcome the problems facing those trying to get...

The credit crunch has meant that we are all feeling the pinch. Mortgages are especially under fire and lending criteria has been stepped up and many mortgages offering large amounts of credit have been taken off the market. Self cert mortgages have be...

Raising a deposit for your new home is never easy, how can you save when you have ongoing rent, bills, car payments…. The list goes on, and if you do not have kindly family members who are prepared to offer you a helping hand you may feel like giving up...

Using kid’s ear defenders to protect a child’s hearing sounds obvious, but even something as innocent as watching fireworks can damage a child’s sensitive ear drums. When you were growing up you would have had several tests on your hearing to mak...

Raising a deposit for your new home is never easy, how can you save when you have ongoing rent, bills, car payments……….. The list goes on, and if you do not have kindly family members who are prepared to offer you a helping hand you may feel like gi...

Italy is one of the most popular destinations for tourist so you can see why investing in property here and buying off plan property in Italy would be a sound decision. Italy has over 60 million visitors a year and with a dearth of beautiful countrysid...

Over the past couple of months I have done quite a bit of reading up about Argentina as a great place for property investment. Situated with the Andes to the West and the Atlantic to the East, this incredible country has a lot to offer anyone looking to ...

Italy is one of the most popular destinations for tourist so you can see why investing in property here and buying off plan property in Italy would be a sound decision. Italy has over 60 million visitors a year and with a dearth of beautiful countrysid...