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• Latest Mortgage Headline Rates: 18.10.2021

  Headline Rates as of 18/10/2021 0.97% 5 year fixed 60% LTV Residential 1.69% 5 year fixed Buy To Let Feel free to contact Debbie on our Mortgage Desk on 01675 446500 for further information dlavender@eastcotewealth.co.uk   Representative Example Plan 1; Example based upon mortgage value of £250,000, 60% LTV, 25 year term, Capital Repayment, Residential...

  October 18, 2021 by Robert Kenyon Read More

• EWM On the Move

  Dear All, The government has set out the roadmap for our country to return to normality, given the success of the vaccine programme, with the proposed date of 21st June when no social distancing will be required.  EWM will of course follow this guidance, and assuming this date is not moved then I am sure...

  May 12, 2021 by Robert Kenyon Read More

• A pot of gold could be at the end of your pensions rainbow – Birmingham Post article 28.10.2021

  Is there a lost pension with your name on it? Because 31 October is National Pension Tracing Day … so it’s time to find out. Cast your mind back 10, 20 or even 30 years. Where were you working? Can you remember if there was a pension scheme? Pension providers would normally send you a...

  October 28, 2021 by Robert Kenyon Read More

• Covid puts income protection in the spotlight – Birmingham Post article 21.10.2021

  Income protection has largely been the Cinderella of the insurance sector. According to the Financial Conduct Authority Financial Lives 2020 report, just six per cent of all UK adults hold IP. There is a variety of reasons for this: In some minds, income protection was lumped in with the widely mis-sold payment protection insurance. This...

  October 28, 2021 by Robert Kenyon Read More

• Beware the fraudster hiding in plain sight – Birmingham Post article 14.10.2021

  Financial fraud and online crime is thought to cost the UK £2 million every day. The Metropolitan Police’s Little Book of Big Scams, now into its fifth edition, is therefore a must-read. It explains the multiple deceptions out there and what you can do to protect yourself. Criminals will seek to persuade you to put...

  October 28, 2021 by Robert Kenyon Read More