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Jessie Hewitson

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Jessie Hewitson

Retirement just got a lot more expensive - here's how much you need to save

Now is not the time to stick your head in your sand and avoid thinking about pensions because you don't think you will understand them

Jessie Hewitson

Homeowners face a mortgage dilemma on who they trust

Jessie Hewitson

I am one of the middle-class parents politicians say are bankrupting councils

Article thumbnail: File photo dated 12/09/2018 of model houses on a pile of coins and bank notes. UK mortgage lending is expected to record decade-low growth in 2023 and 2024, an economic forecaster is predicting. Overall, mortgage loans in 2023 are expected to rise just 1.5% net and 2% net in 2024, representing the lowest growth over a two-year period in a decade, according to the EY ITEM Club Outlook for Financial Services. It pointed to high mortgage rates, subdued economic growth and weakening housing market sentiment. Issue date: Monday November 6, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story MONEY Mortgage. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
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I've discovered my savings are invested in cigarette and arms firms - should I move my money?

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Inflation is more stubborn than any toddler, and the Bank is the exasperated parent

Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 MONDAY APRIL 24 File photo dated 12/10/2010 of for sale signs outside a block of flats. The average price tag on a first-time buyer home hit a record high of ?224,963 in April after edging up by 0.2% month-on-month, according to a property website. Issue date: Monday April 24, 2023. PA Photo. Rightmove, which released the findings, defined typical first-time buyer homes as those with a maximum of two bedrooms, including houses and flats. It said that agreed sales in the first-time buyer sector in March had been running around 4% higher than those seen four years earlier, in March 2019, while sales of homes higher up the housing chain were still lagging behind levels seen four years ago. See PA story MONEY House. Photo credit should read: Rebekah Downes/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 MONDAY APRIL 24 File photo dated 12/10/2010 of for sale signs outside a block of flats. The average price tag on a first-time buyer home hit a record high of ?224,963 in April after edging up by 0.2% month-on-month, according to a property website. Issue date: Monday April 24, 2023. PA Photo. Rightmove, which released the findings, defined typical first-time buyer homes as those with a maximum of two bedrooms, including houses and flats. It said that agreed sales in the first-time buyer sector in March had been running around 4% higher than those seen four years earlier, in March 2019, while sales of homes higher up the housing chain were still lagging behind levels seen four years ago. See PA story MONEY House. Photo credit should read: Rebekah Downes/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 08/02/17 of a row of To Let estate agent signs placed outside houses in north London. The value of the private rented sector in Britain rose 5.8% in the past year to ?1.4 trillion, according to a bank's report. House prices have soared 9.9% between March this year and the start of the pandemic, helped by the stamp duty holiday, Shawbrook Bank said. Issue date: Wednesday August 25, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story MONEY Rent. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 08/02/17 of a row of To Let estate agent signs placed outside houses in north London. The value of the private rented sector in Britain rose 5.8% in the past year to ?1.4 trillion, according to a bank's report. House prices have soared 9.9% between March this year and the start of the pandemic, helped by the stamp duty holiday, Shawbrook Bank said. Issue date: Wednesday August 25, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story MONEY Rent. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 08/02/17 of a row of letting agent signs placed outside houses in north London. Eviction hearings where tenants are committing anti-social behaviour or domestic violence should be given top priority in the courts when the repossessions ban lifts, landlords have urged. PA Photo. Issue date: Tuesday June 16, 2020. The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) claimed property owners are currently "powerless" to tackle some tenants' behaviour. See PA story MONEY Rent. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 08/02/17 of a row of letting agent signs placed outside houses in north London. Eviction hearings where tenants are committing anti-social behaviour or domestic violence should be given top priority in the courts when the repossessions ban lifts, landlords have urged. PA Photo. Issue date: Tuesday June 16, 2020. The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) claimed property owners are currently "powerless" to tackle some tenants' behaviour. See PA story MONEY Rent. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 21/09/23 of a general view of the Bank of England, London. British banks could face criticism if they follow in the footsteps of JP Morgan's Chase, which moved to block cryptocurrency payments for its UK customers, a banking lawyer has said. PA Photo. Issue date: Monday October 2, 2023. See PA story CITY Crypto. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 21/09/23 of a general view of the Bank of England, London. British banks could face criticism if they follow in the footsteps of JP Morgan's Chase, which moved to block cryptocurrency payments for its UK customers, a banking lawyer has said. PA Photo. Issue date: Monday October 2, 2023. See PA story CITY Crypto. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire