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How to build your own house
The housing market has reached a summer lull and many are blaming Brexit. But how easy is it to build your own property in the current climate?
Six things millennials need to know before applying for a mortgage
Getting a mortgage is a long and strenuous process so here’s how to maximise your chances of success
We test drive cars so why not houses?
Buying a house is the most important financial decision of your life. Surely we need more than a half-hour viewing to make up our minds.
Is a change of prime minister good for the markets?
If Boris Johnson’s premiership follows recent historical trends, it should boost the markets
Could our love of quick credit come back to haunt us?
There’s a cost to our increasingly credit dependent lives and lenders are taking full advantage
How to sell your home in a tough market
Follow these 8 steps to beat all the talk of a bad market and sell your home quickly
Labour’s leasehold plans won’t help modest earners
For all his socialist talk, Corbyn has a habit of announcing policies that will benefit the rich. His leasehold reforms are no exception
The best cities for buying property outside London
As more and more home buyers look to escape the capital, we explore the up and coming alternatives to London
The tragic court case that reveals why you must make a will
If ever there was a tale that should remind you of the advantages of drawing up a will it is…
How would Labour’s proposed tax grab affect your home?
Labour’s tax plans would mark the most radical shake up of the property market since just after the Second World War. So how can you insulate yourself and your home against a possible Corbyn government?
Will Neil Woodford’s downfall be repeated?
As Neil Woodford shows, fund managers’ luck runs out all too often
How to bet on the Tory leadership race
Think you can predict the Tory leadership race? Why not place a bet on it? If pub gossip is anything…
Labour’s water nationalisation plans can only spell disaster
Labour’s plans to renationalise National Grid, revealed last week, show to what lengths Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell will go…
Why you shouldn’t hate the little guys who buy-to-let
Most industries have long since been seized by the big guys. Look at coffee shops, once a tapestry of micro…
The green rush: should you invest in cannabis?
How big is the legal cannabis industry? Every time I think I’ve seen the highest estimate along comes another breathless…
Everything you’ve heard about millennials and money is wrong
Millennials are often portrayed as wasting their earnings on soya vanilla lattes and Instagrammable holidays in exotic locations. A Barclays…
Boycotting energy companies won’t solve climate change
They pollute the planet. They are turning global warming into a catastrophe. And they are taking humanity to the brink…
Good as gold? Ethical investing is not the no-brainer it seems
The 1980 cult film The Blues Brothers focuses on Jake and Elwood’s quest to save their convent orphanage by raising…
Believe in the post-Brexit bounce
There will be some slightly heavy traffic on the M20. A Waitrose somewhere will run out of freshly cut Dutch-grown…
Whatever happened to the Brexit property crash?
Whatever happened to the great Brexit property crash? The stock market has been pummelled on occasion since the referendum in…
Has the tide turned on emerging markets?
Knowing that stock markets have had a turbulent time recently, I looked up my investments online to discover that some…
Making Tax Digital – and more difficult: HMRC’s new ruse
Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I have nothing but respect for Her Majesty’s Revenue &…
The case of the disappearing bitcoin
Imagine that you lost the keys to your house and neither locksmith nor fire brigade with battering ram could pick…
Don’t despair – there’s hope for the high street yet
Business rates keep rising. The online giants keep on expanding. The living wage has pushed up staff costs in what…
Loophole Cottage
I have a faint memory that I once came across a property called Loophole Cottage. It was named, I think,…
An object lesson in investing in luxuries
On Saturday afternoons, Bernie Ecclestone and I can often be found nudging in front of each other looking for bargains.…
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Table Talk with Jeremy King
https://audioboom.com/posts/7311423-with-jeremy-king Jeremy King, one half of the restaurateurs Corbin and King, is behind some of the most iconic restaurants in London,...
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