Perhaps the most critical characteristic shared by successful investors and traders is their psychological approach to the market. All forms of financial investments have foundational knowledge that is essential to success in that market. I am not suggesting that you can simply think the right way and trade stocks, commodities or any other market successfully. [...]
Deposits required for house purchases nowadays are much larger than those needed a couple of years ago, you are looking at putting up at least 15 per cent deposits and more likely twenty to twenty five per cent deposits to get a half decent rate. Who really has that kind of money?
There is a number [...]
If you are one of the many people struggling to afford the mortgage that comes with a new home or trying to get over the hurdle of having enough saved for a deposit to but your first home then there are various government initiatives to help. In Scotland the Government introduced the Low-cost initiative for [...]
Purchasing a home can be a bittersweet experience. On the one hand, the excitement of owning a new house, and on the other, the dreaded reality that you have no money left in your bank account.
Typically, we scrape together as much cash as possible and apply it to the down payment and closing costs. But [...]