Friday, May 28th, 2010
The need for shares investment advice has been highlighted in a report which states that 90 well-known UK investment funds are now seriously underperforming. Collectively, these so-called ‘dog’ funds contain £14.25bn of investors money, up 96% since last year.
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Consumers who would never dream of cutting their own hair will happily ‘have a go’ at sorting their own finances, without expert financial advice. An ‘advice shy’ attitude can seriously damage your financial health, says a new study.
Tags: DWP, Enterprise Investment Schemes, Environment, Environmental News, Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Financial Planning Advice, Financial Planning Review, Friends of the Earth, Independent Financial Advice, Independent Mortgage Advice, Repossessed Spanish Property, Stockholm Environment Institute
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Investors can save thousands with regular financial planning advice and financial reviews. Fine-tune your financial planning with regular reviews of your mortgage deal, funds investments, and pension planning.
Tags: Annual Financial Review, Annual Pension Review, Base Rate, Basic State Pension, Cash ISAs, Cheap Life Insurance, Enterprise Investment Schemes, Environment, Environmental News, Financial Planning, Financial Planning Advice, Financial Planning Review, IBM, Income Tax Allowances, Individual Voluntary Arrangement, Inheritance Tax Liability, Investment Funds, Investment Strategy, Investments, ISAs, Life Insurance, Maximum Pension Contribution, Mortgage Application, Mortgages, Online Mortgage Deals, Pensions, Personal Insurance, Repossessed Spanish Property, Savings, Savings and Investments, Stocks And Shares ISA
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
More than 1m householders have had to use a credit card for rent payments or mortgage repayments in the last 12 months, according to the data published today by housing charity Shelter.
Tags: Compulsory Retirement Age, Consumer Financial Planning Body, Credit Card Companies, Credit Cards, Enterprise Investment Schemes, Financial Planning, Financial Planning Review, Home Mortgage, Investment Advice Northern Ireland, Investment Bond, Mortgage, Mortgage Advice, Mortgage Adviser, Mortgage Repayments, Personal Finance, Retirement
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
As the mortgage market continues to thaw following last year’s ‘ice age’ for mortgage lending, there is further good news for those who may have fallen into mortgage arrears in recent months.
Lenders are more committed than ever to working with debt advisers and mortgage borrowers to ensure that as many people as possible stay in their homes, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) in its response to the chancellor’s pre-budget report this week.
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Regulation of the buy to let mortgages sector is to be added to the remit of the Financial Services Authority, in a move announced by the Treasury this week.
The Financial Services Authority is also to regulate third parties who buy mortgages from lenders, to provide additional security to mortgage borrowers.
Tags: Buy to let Mortgages, Equifax, Experian, Financial Planning Review, Financial Services Authority, FSA, Home Mortgage, Investment Management Association, Mortgage Lender, Mortgage Loan, Retirement, Self Employed Income Protection, Unemployment Cover
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
A location near a top-performing primary school can add over 3% to your home value.
New research from Nationwide* reveals that primary schools that increase their pass rate for 11-year-olds in the Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) by 10%, add 3.3% to the value of a typical house in their area.
Tags: Financial Planning Review, Home Mortgage, House Prices, House Values, Retirement, Self-Certified Mortgage, Sustainovator
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
The need to take whole of market mortgage advice with access to all mortgage products on the market has been emphasised yet again this month.
Tags: Affordable Mortgage Deal, Best Mortgage Deal, Budget June 2010, Financial Planning Review, Home Mortgage, Independent Mortgage Advice, Investment Bond, Investment Calculator, Mortgage Advice, Mortgage Affordability, Retirement, Stock Market Investments, Stockbroker Adviser, Stockholm Environment Institute, Whole of Market Mortgage Advice
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
Lenders are taking action to boost the home mortgage market for first time buyers, in order to maintain the current level of house purchases when the stamp duty exemption is cut back in January.
Financial advisers can now offer 85% and even 90% mortgages that will make homebuying easier for first-timers who could not afford the 25% mortgage deposits required to access the best deals over the past year.
Tags: Best Mortgage Deal, Budget June 2010, Equity Release, Estate Planning, Ethical Investment Funds, Ethical Investment Portfolio, Financial Planning Review, First Time Buyer, First Time Buyer Mortgage, First Time Buyer Mortgages, First Time Mortgage, Friends of the Earth, Home Mortgage, Independent Financial Advice, Investment Bond, Mortgage Advice, Retirement
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