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Solicitors and conveyancers
Buying a home is an elaborate jigsaw; a collaboration of many parts which must all come together for things to run smoothly.
Employing a good solicitor is an essential part of this as ultimately even with your dream home secured and the finance arranged to purchase it, without completing the legal process it can never be yours.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The EU General Data Protection Regulation, better known as GDPR, became law in the UK on 25th May 2018. It’s the biggest shake up in data protection and the way companies hold personal information in 30 years and it supersedes the existing Data Protection act.
Are lifetime mortgages on the rise?
It cannot be denied that great changes are taking place in the way we live and work, with people in the developed world living longer, in better health and many working later in life – in particular those who run their own businesses.
Interested in interest only?
Traditionally, the way of paying your mortgage loan – as with most other forms of repayments – was to pay a combination of the capital you borrowed and the interest accrued on it at the chosen rate from the lender.
New home or pre-loved?
When you’re looking for your first or next home, the choice of property out there can make for a bewildering time. You may find yourself torn between a brand new home that has never been lived in or a dwelling that is hundreds of years old.
So, what are the pros and cons of buying old or new?
