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ModaMortgages has launched a limited-edition range of two- and five-year fixed rate products, with rates reduced by 10 basis points (bps) compared with its previous limited-edition offering. The lender is offering two-year fixed rates from 4.14% and five-year fixed rates from 5.04%. It includes products suitable for single-dwelling properties and houses in multiple occupation…

Zoopla’s new research reveals the 36 British towns where a typical home is worth less than twice the combined annual earnings of two local full-time workers. The latest research found that a typical home is valued at £299,100, equivalent to 4.3 times annual household earnings, which is £69,600. However, in the country’s most affordable locations,…

Add Clinton Hill to the list of Brooklyn neighborhoods reporting pricey new records in the last year.  The home at 374 Washington Avenue sold for $9.4 million in an off-market deal, making it the priciest home sold in the neighborhood, Curbed reported. The record was confirmed by Leslie Garfield’s Matthew Lesser, Matthew Lipsky, and Sophie…

Estate planning and trust strategies provide huge benefits to clients, but financial advisors can only maximize their value if they understand the bigger factors surrounding them. Processing Content The historical and often personal experiences of African Americans with wealth and finance offer advisors — and other wealth, tax and estate-planning professionals — an important example of…

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Almost two-thirds of equity release borrowers choosing to pay some or all of the interest on their loans are aged under 70, according to customer data from lifetime mortgage lender more2life. The lender’s figures show that borrowers aged under 70 accounted for 63.6% of its Interest Reward customers during the first nine months of the…