Family feeling: Sue Alcock is glad to have got her daughter Emma and son-in-law Jason on the housing ladder Credit: Alessandra Spairani University lecturer Sue Alcock, 50, released equity in a property to help her daughter purchase a house Getting on to the housing ladder can be tricky – particularly when lots of your money is going on rent in the meantime. That is why Sue Alcock, 50, from […]
Buying your first home is a magical moment. Along with nailing down a steady job and getting married, it’s one of those undeniable signs that you’re a full-fledged adult. It’s also a process with long-term financial and emotional consequences. The last thing you want to do is make rash decisions […]
While buying the perfect home can be a dream come true, paying for the mortgage that might come with it can be a very daunting task, especially if you need to settle hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of debt. Still, that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to take […]
Paying a mortgage into your 80s might not be what you’d planned on doing when you first bought your house. But for most people retirement doesn’t look anything like it did even 30 years ago. Rise of the “non-conformist” borrowers National Counties Building Society has just signed off a mortgage […]
