Are you a high net worth individual with a £700K, £800K, £900K, £1 Million+ large mortgage loans coming up for renewal within the next year to two years? If the answer is yes, then you are one of the 1.8 million people expected to come off their fixed rate deal. For...
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Portfolio Landlord Mortgages
So you’ve owned a property for a while and decide to rent it out. This initial buy-to-let investment proves to be a profitable source of income for yourself, so you decide to get another. Soon you find that you are in the position to buy more, and more. You have now...
Does Your Insurance Cover You For 100% Of Malignant Cancers?
Facing a diagnosis of cancer is a daunting prospect, both emotionally and financially. While insurance can provide a safety net during such a challenging time, it's crucial to understand the extent of coverage offered, especially when it comes to malignant cancers. In...
What Does A Mortgage Administrator Do?
What Is A Mortgage Administrator? Most people know or are at least somewhat aware of what a mortgage advisor is and does, it's pretty self-explanatory and when people start looking for a new mortgage, getting the right mortgage advisor is at the top of their priority...
What Is A Mortgage Illustration?
Most people know about mortgage affordability checks, deposits, credit checks and mortgage offers. But what about arguably the most important part of the mortgage application process? The document that shows you exactly what your mortgage advisor recommends and shows...
What Is Bridging Finance?
For anyone looking for temporary short-term lending, perhaps bridging finance could be for you. Bridging finance is a great solution for people who need a quick, temporary cash injection but don't want to have to take out a conventional long-term mortgage. In this...
What Is A Let-To-Buy Mortgage
Do you own a residential property, either with or without a mortgage? Are you looking to move to a new home but struggling to sell your property? Or perhaps you just fancy keeping hold of the home for the time being? Maybe a let-to-buy mortgage is for you. A...
Where Are Mortgage Rates Headed And Will They Go Down?
With the announcement coming out of parliament today that the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt will backtrack on almost all of the previous chancellor's tax cut announcements from the mini budget, a lot of people have been asking "where are mortgage rates heading?". In our...
What Questions Should I Ask My Mortgage Broker?
In a challenging economy like the one we find ourselves in today, the help and support of an experienced and dedicated mortgage broker is invaluable. Going it alone in the mortgage world at this moment in time is dangerous as rates increase left right and...
Is It Worth Paying A Penalty And Securing A New Mortgage Deal?
Your current fixed mortgage deal might not be up for renewal anytime soon, but is it worth biting the bullet and paying the lender's early redemption penalty to secure a new mortgage deal now? Last week the mortgage market fell into chaos as lenders started...
Plan International – Oportfolio’s Charity Initiative
As financial advisors, we are passionate about taking care of people and making sure that we can help make people's lives better financially in any way we can. So, with this mentality at the forefront of everyone in the office's minds, we wanted to extend our...
Is Buying Property Now The Savvy Way Forward?
It seems that the only thing the newspapers are talking about right now is how bad the state of the country is economically. Every headline seems to say something about incompetent government ministers, ill-judged tax reductions, the soaring cost of living, and the...
Buy Now And Be In Your New Home For Christmas!
Yes...we've said it. The C word. Christmas! In most circumstances, Monday the 3rd of October would be WAY to early to start talking about Christmas however when it comes to mortgages and property you can never be too early. Christmas is 83 days away or just under 12...
What Is Competent Adviser Status (CAS)?
*Please note that we are not currently hiring any mortgage advisors or providing any training Today, people need mortgage advisers and financial advisers in general, more than ever. The mortgage market is a bit of a mine field at the moment, to put it lightly. And to...
Fees For Buying A Property. Are They Worth It?
Something that is often overlooked when purchasing a property by many are the fees that can be associated with it. The majority of people who buy a house or an apartment need a mortgage and the majority of people who need a mortgage will need insurance. But,...
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