Residential Market Review – October 2022

Mortgage turmoil shakes housing market A turbulent economic and political month has dramatically altered the outlook for the UK housing market. The government’s ‘mini-budget’, announced on 23rd September, caused interest rate expectations to soar, which led to lenders rapidly withdrawing products. A third of mortgage deals disappeared overnight on 27th September; within a fortnight, 43% […]

Steering you through troubled waters

Even experienced investors are likely to find the current investment environment a challenge, particularly when one considers the array of uncertainties in the post-COVID economy which are so fundamentally different to those faced during the last two years. Opportunities, however, are still available to investors who can steer a safe course through choppy waters. Uncertainty […]

Controlling your investment emotions

While Rudyard Kipling may not have been thinking about investments when he penned his famous poem ‘If’, his words will certainly resonate with investors at the moment. The current investment landscape undoubtedly presents a challenge, even for experienced investors, but those who can keep their head when all about are losing theirs definitely have the […]

News in Review

“We now need stability and unity” In another whirlwind week in UK politics, Liz Truss resigned last Thursday, the shortest serving Prime Minister in British history. Speaking outside Downing Street she said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected. Her resignation after just 44 days kickstarted a contest to find the […]

Money/Wealth – In the News

With the next 30 years set to witness the largest ever intergenerational passing of wealth, the need for inheritance advice has never been greater. Intergenerational planning, however, can also help with more immediate financial needs, particularly when generations work collaboratively to find solutions that support the whole family both now and in the future. Healthy […]

News in Review

“We need to act now to reassure the markets of our fiscal discipline” Last Friday, in response to the mounting political crisis over his tax-cutting Growth Plan, Kwasi Kwarteng arrived back earlier than scheduled from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) conference in Washington, and headed straight to Downing Steet, where the Prime Minister sacked him […]