3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (1202+ words) With rates so high and budgets stretched, an increasing number of families are considering a part and part mortgage, experts say With mortgage rates at high levels, many households are looking for ways to cut their monthly bills. One method,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (652+ words) The 65-year-old comedian reveals how he went from living in a squat and relying on debt to paying off his mortgage In our How I Manage My Money series, we aim to find out how people are spending, saving and…...

3+ day, 17+ min ago  (657+ words) Kavel Rafferty, 54, spent thousands renovating her two-bed ex-council flat in Margate Kavel Rafferty has rented flats across Europe for decades, drifting between Stockholm, Barcelona, Brighton and London, without ever owning a home. Now, aged 54, the Margate artist has finally bought…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1390+ words) Here is what 10 Britons across generations say they really have squirreled away, and how they got there Behind these numbers are dramatically different stories: people with no buffer at all, those slowly building one, and some who save with near-religious…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (460+ words) We oldies can't do much about jobs and opportunities, but we can ease the housing crisis How do we fix the housing crisis? Welcome to The i Paper's opinion series, in which our writers share their experiences of the UK's…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1830+ words) Mortgage rates have risen since the conflict in the Middle East started earlier in spring - costing many buyers hundreds a month more A typical first-time buyer could need to raise more than "20, 000 more for a deposit to keep their mortgage…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1133+ words) Christina De Jonge, from Manchester, says her buy-to-let properties have helped put her five children through private school" When Christina De Jonge bought her first house at auction in 2020, she had no idea it would become the start of a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1803+ words) I had doubts about our relationship, and wish I'd never married him - I recommend everyone draws up a prenup before marrying Divorce, once rare and stigmatised, has become mainstream " 42 per cent of marriages now end this way, meaning nearly half…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (389+ words) Melissa Lewis has worked in the property industry for many years Melissa Lewis, 35, is a property investment specialist and deal analyst who has advised property investors on over 100 deals in her seven years in the job. "One consistent pattern I…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (700+ words) The most helpful thing parents may be able to offer is financial breathing room There isn't a single right or wrong answer to whether children should pay their parents rent. As both a parent and a business owner, I can…...