Forty-nine per cent of adults to have experienced adverse credit in the last three years and are planning to purchase a house in the next year with a mortgage, or remortgage, have said they would use online research to find a broker
UK savers hoping to open a help-to-buy (HTB) ISA have until 30 November 2019 to do so, although rushing to meet the deadline could end up costing individuals dear, Hargreaves Lansdown has warned
Retail investors have withdrawn more than £4bn from the leading UK direct property funds in the past year, with concerns about the impact of Brexit on property values making investors nervous, according to new analysis by AJ Bell
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Over £17bn of assets owned at death by UK citizens is held in cash, an average of £69,000 per estate, according to analysis of HMRC figures by Equiniti Benefactor. Unsurprisingly, residential property accounts for a majority of inherited wealth, accounting for £43bn, 54 per cent of the total wealth inherited in the UK each year.
The Institute of Public Policy Research Commission on Economic Justice is calling for a change to the way wealth is taxed.
It has suggested capital gains should be taxed at the same rate as income, and this would see tax rates on gains from share price rises hiked from 18% to 45% for higher rate taxpayers