Our take on the latest news relating to mortgages and insurance, and how it affects you.

Stamp duty holiday: How will it work? The chancellor has announced a temporary holiday on stamp duty on the first £500,000 of all property sales in England and Northern Ireland. […]

Mortgage holidays extended by further three months Homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage due to coronavirus will be able to extend their mortgage payment holiday for a further three months, […]

Coronavirus: Moving home allowed as curbs lift on estate agents in England The government has set out plans to restart England’s housing market, which has been in deep freeze since […]

Bank of England warns of deepest recession on record The Bank of England has warned that the coronavirus pandemic will push the UK economy towards its deepest recession on record. […]

Coronavirus: You can’t just stop paying rent, tenants told Tenants must not presume the coronavirus outbreak is “a green light” to stop paying their rent, a landlords group has said. […]

Avoiding coronavirus scams A major event like Coronavirus can initiate new types of scam activity. You may have already seen reports of fraudulent activity around the sale of face masks and hand sanitiser.  […]

The coronavirus pandemic could trigger a global slump bigger than the Great Depression of the 1930s, a closely watched international survey suggests. Manufacturing and services sectors in key geographical areas, […]

Coronavirus: Wages, sick pay and time off explained Struggling companies and self-employed workers have been offered financial help by the government, to help keep their businesses afloat and staff paid […]

In recent times there have been a number of changes that have directly affected landlords in the UK. If you’re a landlord you’ll know all about the tax changes and […]

Data released by the Office for National Statistics last month revealed the number of self-employed workers in the UK has surged to a new record high. There are now a […]