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The Own New - buy a new home scheme

Buying a home is a rite of passage that many people hope and plan, often fo...
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First time buyers: A guide to mortgages

Getting a mortgage to buy your first home is exciting, but not knowing the ...
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What is mortgage life insurance, and why do I need it?

Purchasing a home with a mortgage is an exciting step that requires plannin...
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Landlord mortgages: Our top tips to help combat rising costs

The current speedy mortgage rate rises have understandably come as a shock ...
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Why and how Buy to Let stacks up as an investment

Why do people Buy to Let? For a decade, from the late ‘90s until 2008, B...
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Common landlord mistakes and how to avoid them: #4 Not having enough insurance protection

If you have a buy to let mortgage, it will be a requirement that you have b...
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What's happening with Buy to Let interest rates and mortgages?

Since some fixed mortgage rates rocketed to above 6% following last Septemb...
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Common landlord mistakes and how to avoid them: #3 Not understanding how landlords are taxed

Property tax can be hugely complicated and if you’re new to being a landl...
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Buy to Let mortgages: 5 top tips for 2023

As a landlord, maximising your rental profits means keeping your costs unde...
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Making Tax Digital: update for landlords

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD) is the government’s new digital t...
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Mortgages for flats with cladding now available

The 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, in which 72 people died, prompted big changes...
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Common landlord mistakes and how to avoid them: #1 Not working out your break-even point

Rental profit is top of the investment priority list for many landlords, so...

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