Archive for November, 2011
5 Reasons Why It’s A Good Time To Get A Mortgage
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Have a look at our short video which shows that it’s actually an amazing time to get a mortgage some of the highlights include:
- Mortgages are cheaper than they have ever been since records began
- House prices are the cheapest they have been since 2006
- There are loads of incentives from house builders available now on new property
- Renting is much more expensive than getting the equivalent interest only mortgage
- Contrary to many beliefs, Banks are prepared to lend to people again and even deposit requirements are easing
So maybe it is time to look at that mortgage again.
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Sources of data from this video include (Bank of England, Nationwide House Price Index, Residential Rental Price index-www.rentright.co.uk)
IFA Tweeters Poll: The Results
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Those of you who follow us on Twitter will be aware that we have been running a poll to find out who is the best IFA related tweeter. The poll created a huge amount of interest with nearly 500 votes cast and a fair amount of controversy along the way!
Our thanks go out to all of you who voted and contributed to the buzz surrounding the poll, the IFA community on Twitter is certainly a vibrant one covering all aspects of the modern Twitter user – there are informative tweeters, extremely knowledgeable tweeters, there are controversial tweeters and there are some extremely funny ones too. Whether you are an IFA or not, please take a look at some of the accounts below and follow if you like what you see – there are tweeters here that cater for all tastes.
It gives us great pleasure to announce the results as follows: (more…)
Top IFA Tweeters 2011
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Twitter is fast becoming second nature amongst society’s daily lifestyle routines, with over 230 million tweets each day, the majority of people are choosing to update Twitter with a lifestyle, news and information tweet to followers and users.
With this in mind, Remortgage Supermarket have decided to research into the ‘Top 25 IFA Tweeters’, for people who are interested in financial advice, news and guidance.
Our list is the result of research and observation, into over 200 IFA Twitter accounts over the past month. This has since resulted in the difficult task of narrowing our list down to 25 twitter accounts for people to choose.
To help us pick the top 25 IFA tweeters, we factored in the users Twitter influence, the frequency of tweets, the number of followers and the overall relevancy and usefulness of their tweets.
Anyone who tweets about financial advice, information or news has been considered, along with professional Independent Financial Advisers.
Here is the list of Top 25 IFA Tweeters with links to their Twitter page and Twitter Bio. We recommend that you follow all of them on Twitter and vote for up to 5 IFA’s in the poll below.
So enjoy and get voting.
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