Q Could you please advise me? I have a property on which I have an interest-only mortgage that ends in three years’ time. To be able to pay back the mortgage I will be forced to sell. I am 63. Are there any other options open to me apart from marrying a super-rich sugar daddy…
London has suffered the biggest fall in job opportunities among Europe’s biggest cities, according to a report showing that national capitals across the region have been damaged most by Covid-19. Britain’s capital is also among five of the biggest cities in western Europe – London, Berlin, Madrid, Paris and Rome – that have recorded a…
A cross-party group of MPs is calling for the break-up of major high street banks, which they say are stifling competition and exploiting vulnerable customers. The call is part of recommendations put forward by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for challenger banks and building societies after a two-year inquiry into competition across the UK banking…
The Hut Group, which has just awarded founder Matthew Moulding one of the biggest payouts in UK corporate history, has agreed to fund a private security team to protect the entrepreneur and his family, the executive’s personal service contract shows. Based in offices next to Manchester airport and with a £1bn extension to its headquarters…
As wealth correspondent, which stories have most informed your thinking on the topic? In my reporting, I’ve been interested in how the hobbies and lifestyles of the super-rich affect everyone who isn’t well-off. I wrote an investigative piece on superyachts, and how their billionaire owners often spend £200m or more on what is essentially a…
Most of us would like to think that once we reach our 80s or 90s, our mortgage-paying days will be long gone. But life sometimes doesn’t work out like that, and there are those who still need a home loan in their 10th decade. Audrey Lewis is one. She is 91 and would like to…
