One in four homeowners is paying their lender’s highest mortgage rate – and some even think it helps them pay off their loan faster… Borrowers could save £4,080 per year by ditching their standard variable rate This is the ‘default’ rate when your initial term ends and it can be up to 6% Some thought … Read more
Pandemic pushes older homeowners into thinking about downsizing earlier than planned By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 19 January 2021 The pandemic has pushed nearly two million older homeowners to think about downsizing earlier than planned, new figures reveal. The survey of those … Read more
Punished for PAYING UP! As the cladding crisis rages, scandal of the homeowners shut out of £1bn support fund… for trying to make flats safe Ministers have set aside a total of £1.6bn to fund remediation work But many flat owners are having to cover the cost of recladding themselves This is because the current pot … Read more
Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud backs Mail on campaign for homeowners stuck in properties with fire-risk cladding Grand Designs Kevin McCloud slammed ministers’ response to cladding crisis TV presenter said plans to make leaseholders cover costs were ‘inappropriate’ Mail revealed long-term loans to fix problem could slash property values by 30% By Miles Dilworth Money Mail … Read more
Pensioner homeowners are missing out on thousands of pounds of income by failing to claim their full entitlement to state benefits. Some 42 per cent of eligible homeowners are failing to claim any benefit at all, losing out on £830 a year on average, according to a report by Just Group, a specialist in retirement products … Read more
Remortgaging at current rates could save homeowners £169 a month – so why are the majority not considering it? Switching from variable to fixed rate could save homeowners £2,000 per year People say remortgaging is stressful and they are worried about fees Almost a third of people do not know what their current interest rate … Read more
BEN WILKINSON: The cladding scandal has seen homeowners bitterly betrayed… ministers must act now to end their misery By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 5 January 2021 Home ownership is a dream that takes a lot of hard work and sacrificial saving for many … Read more
Homeowners have become part of living Advent calendars as they each unveil amazing Christmas-themed windows on the days leading up to December 25. Several projects have popped up on different streets across the country in response to the pandemic, as fundraisers and in replacement of cancelled festive markets and fairs. Photos shared on social media … Read more
Rogue salesmen working with Britain’s biggest utility companies are putting vulnerable customers at risk by flouting coronavirus rules, Money Mail can reveal. An undercover investigation reveals the sinister tactics used by door-to-door sellers to coax their targets into switching providers. With no regard for safety, salesmen were filmed routinely defying Government guidance to enter people’s … Read more
More than half of homebuyers under-35 have been bankrolled by family – and a fiftth got more than £30,000 Some 56 per cent of under-35s who own a property had financial help Two thirds of them couldn’t have bought their home without this support They received £19k on average, and absent it would have delayed buying … Read more