by fpgonline | Apr 9, 2025 | Latest News & Blog
Equity, currency, and bond markets have been in turmoil since early April, triggered by Donald Trump’s escalation of tariffs on all US trading partners. The new tariffs, which average 20-25%, vastly exceeded market expectations, are significantly higher than the 4.6%...
by fpgonline | Nov 8, 2024 | Latest News & Blog
The Bank of England’s decision to cut the lending rate from 5% to 4.75% this week will be welcomed by home owners up and down the land, with those on tracker mortgages expecting an immediate reduction in their monthly payments. The cut will also be seen as a...
by fpgonline | Oct 2, 2024 | Latest News & Blog
Since 2022, mortgage rates increased at a record pace, with the 10-year fixed mortgage rate doubling between March 2022 and December 2022. With inflation increasing, the Bank of England introduced several bank rate rises, resulting in higher mortgage rates. Thankfully...
by fpgonline | Sep 23, 2024 | Latest News & Blog
Nationwide, the UK’s biggest building society, has unveiled a new product aimed at first-time buyers, which offers an increased loan to income from 5.5 x to 6 x. Those looking to get on the housing ladder would be required to take out a five or ten-year fixed-rate...
by fpgonline | Aug 19, 2024 | Latest News & Blog
Volatility describes periods of unpredictable, and sometimes sharp, market rises and falls. It’s natural, but unnerving. Let us guide your pension planning. Whatever you do, don’t panic. The value of investments rise and fall for all sorts of reasons...
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