The rise of 40-year mortgages is putting first-time buyers' retirements at risk - and could cost some £100,000 more in interest. Long-life mortgages: UK Finance's report shows how as interest rates climbed, longer mortgage terms dramatically shot up Borrowers are taking out longer loans in order to squeeze monthly payments down and fit into affordability-based lending criteria, but they can …
Rotterdam has a sleeves-rolled-up reputation. ‘Rotterdam has everything a big city should offer,’ says Richardo Cruz Fortes, team lead on Rotterdam for Expat Mortgages. ‘It’s also growing, with new build areas attracting a lot of young professionals like the Delfshaven and Rotterdam South. Feyenoord football club might have cancelled building its new stadium, but the plan was to build lots …
It has world-leading tech firms and start-ups, an innovative university of technology and a bustling, well-connected centre – and experts believe that buying a house in Eindhoven could start your vibrant new life in the Netherlands. ‘It is expected that in three years, one third of the population in Eindhoven will be foreign – students, seasonal workers and expats,’ says …