Rocketing Interest Rates, 5 Myths About Retirement (and more!) in June’s Viewpoint

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It’s back to reality after the Platinum Jubilee. Here’s the latest installment of Viewpoint, the financial service’s newsletter from our award-winning friends at Yellow Brick Mortgages. In this edition we explore:

How might rising interest rates affect your mortgage?

The Bank of England has raised interest rates several times with further rises expected before the year is out. How does this affect your mortgage rate?

Would you feel more secure with income protection?

We’re more likely to protect our pets than our income. Here’s why it’s important to have some income protection in place and why now could be a good time to consider a new policy.

5 Myths about retirement

When it comes to retirement, there are some ideas that can turn out to be quite different when you examine them closely. We explore five of them in this month’s newsletter.

 

Download the latest Viewpoint newsletter here

Contact your local Watsons branch and we’ll introduce you to a member of the team at Yellow Brick Mortgages. Their services come highly rated and they are our recommended mortgage broker. 

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