9 Jan 2017 Author: Carol Bragg Speaking to The Times, the actress Rebecca Hall describes the impact of her father’s dementia on the family. Actress Rebecca Hall has spoken openly about her father’s illness and how it has affected her family. Hall who lives in New York with her husband and two cats is the […]
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Commercial Property Tempts Buy-to-Let Investors
18 Jan 2017 Author: Stephen Breen Tough new tax rules and changes to affordability criteria have driven residential buy-to-let landlords to look for alternative investments – in commercial property. An increasing number of buy-to-let investors are making commercial investments in the hope for a higher return and improved stability. Auction house Allsop reports a three-fold […]
First Time Buyers: How To Beat The Stress Mortgage Test
19 Jan 2017 Author: Stephen Breen The credit crisis saw mortgage deals for those with a small deposit vanish – but confidence has slowly returned to the market and 95% mortgage deals are aplenty. However, first time buyers with less than 15% to put down may still find themselves struggling to obtain finance, thanks to […]
Helping Dementia Sufferers In The Community
Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, has said that our failure to coordinate health and social care means we are spending “a lot of money not very well” to support people with dementia. The current care system is at breaking point with between 25 and 50% of hospital beds now filled by people […]
New Rules For Inheritance Tax
As the number of people liable to pay inheritance tax rises – the result of surge in house prices – the government continues to reuse to raise the inheritance tax (IHT) limit. If your estate is worth more than £325,000 your heirs will have to pay 40 per cent tax on the whole value of […]
Buying A House On A Flood Plain
13 Jul 2016 Author: Stephen Breen The legal issues When you buy a property, your solicitor may recommend an Environmental Search. Occasionally your mortgage lender may insist on a search. The results of the search will reveal whether there are risks of flooding, contamination or subsidence in the area. It will also reveal if there […]
The Little Known Secret to Reducing Your Mortgage Costs
23 Jan 2017 Author: Stephen Breen If you’ve got money in a current or savings account offering a paltry rates of interest, you can put it to better use by offsetting it against your mortgage. With the best bank and savings accounts offering little more than 1% interest, it could make sense to move your […]
We Need to Accept There Is No Cure For Dementia and Adapt
In 2017, around 225,000 people will be diagnosed with dementia – now the leading cause of death in Britain. 60,000 will die of the disease – and it will be a contributing factor in the deaths of many more. This debilitating illness is still without a cure and experts are now saying we need to […]
How To Sell Your Home
Although the housing market has shown surprising resistance to the uncertainty of the Brexit vote, some homeowners are finding it difficult to sell their properties. The recent vote to trigger Article 50 when the Government still hasn’t presented a credible plan has perhaps fuelled uncertainty and left buyers a little hesitant to make any rash […]
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