Few Building Societies Less Competition?

It is always sad to read of Building Societies merging and therefore less competition in the market place. I hope this process, which has been going on for some years now, will not hurt savers with lower rates and mortgage rates with higher costs. As an IFA and...

German Business Confidence

I was encouraged by the following article about German business confidence and prediction of avoidance of recession. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20781448 I hope that Europe’s biggest economy and probable underwriter of the Euro project bring some much needed...

Putting All Your Eggs In One Basket

The following article on the company which makes Blackberry smartphones is an interesting read http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20806486 I remember not so long ago that RIM was a hot stock and a toast of the town in technology stocks. A few years later their...

Contraction in Interest Only Mortgages

As an IFA and Mortgage Broker in London I have known about the huge contraction in interest only mortgages mentioned in the following article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20497388 I believe the FSA has been very cruel towards those people who took out interest...