2015 - Page 19 of 19 - MoneySucks?

When’s the right time to buy?

January 15, 2015April 28, 2015 Fergus Muirhead

I’m not convinced by all of these articles I’ve been reading recently about the difference in cost between buying and renting. Most of them seem to be written or promoted by bank or building societies keen to sell their mortgage products to us, and most seem to conveniently forget that the cost of buying is likely to increase significantly in…

One doesn’t need Income. One’s a Prince..

January 11, 2015April 28, 2015 Fergus Muirhead

I’m fascinated by reports that Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson have bought a chalet in the Swiss Alps for somewhere between £8m and £13m. My fascination starts with the gap between the small number and the high number, given that the difference between the two – £5m – would buy you 25 houses in Scotland, 30 in the north of…