Samantha Partington
Journalist at Freelance
Former Daily Mail reporter now freelance, writing about property, PF and lifestyle. Aspiring fiction writer & literature lover. [email protected].
Articles
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4 days ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Samantha Partington
Buy-to-let experts have revealed there are several little-known tricks that landlords can use to slash their mortgage costs – in some cases by thousands of pounds a year. Some 190,000 landlords with mortgages worth more than £26 billion are up for renewal this year. These tips could prove invaluable for the many who are facing steep monthly payment increases.
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6 days ago |
moneyweek.com | Samantha Partington
Mortgage brokers are receiving a growing number of enquiries from homeowners looking for ways to use a property to help them avoid inheritance tax since the government revealed its plans to include pensions in IHT calculations. Wealth that’s built up under your roof can be released early and passed on to the next generation lowering the value of your estate on death.
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1 week ago |
mortgagesolutions.co.uk | Samantha Partington
First-time buyers are forecast to remain the largest demographic purchasing properties this year, yet this is the group facing the biggest barriers to getting a mortgage. Although they face the same set of challenges to homeownership that have been prevalent in the market for a number of years – high house prices mean high deposits, but high rents make it difficult to save – the 2025 cohort of first-time buyers are also an increasingly diverse bunch.
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1 week ago |
msn.com | Samantha Partington
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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1 week ago |
aol.co.uk | Samantha Partington
More than three million households own leasehold flats in England and some, as the years tick by, face rising costs should they wish to extend the term of their lease. Owning a leasehold property means you don’t own the ground your property stands on, known as the freehold. That is owned by the freeholder, who you may have to pay ground rent to. A lease gives you the right to occupy a property for a stipulated amount of time laid out in your contract.
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