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Mortgages
Buying a house is the biggest financial decision most people make. Unless you are buying with cash, a mortgage is unavoidable. Picking the right one is crucial to ensuring it's not also unnecessarily expensive.
Recent articles
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(22 August 08)
These are tough times for those of us who want to be in cash. With the Retail Price Index now at 5%, almost none of us are making a real return on our money after inflation and tax. So where should you park your money?
(15 August 08)
Good news for Britain's 3.6 million self-employed workers: new HMRC guidance states explicitly that self-employed workers can offset their mortgage interest and council tax against their income tax bill - expenses that accountants have traditionally believed to be 'off-limits'.
(08 August 08)
It is perfectly possible to get a mortgage, just as long as the bank is sure you will be able to pay it back. But banks also know that most of the nation can’t, writes Merryn Somerset Webb.
