RichardT, Author at Robson Macintosh

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Every mortgage cloud may have a silver lining

3rd November 2022

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The Power of Compounding

18th October 2022

If you are already a RobMac client or follow our financial commentaries, you’ll know that we always take the long-term view about investments or any form of financial planning for the future. And th...

Update from Thea O’Sullivan from….Ghana

You may recall that back in March of this year that RobMac was helping to sponsor Thea O'Sullivan from Edinburgh who was raising funds to finance her planned trip to China where she was going to spend...

Every mortgage cloud may have a silver lining

7th October 2022

Despite the doom and gloom being expressed around the mortgage market in the UK, there may yet be some good news for first-time buyers when the market settles down. At present, and remember we ...

RobMac at 30!

1st September 2022

Birthdays keep rolling round – Happy Birthday 30th to RobMac and our clients. 21st, 25th and now 30th, time waits for no one and here we are celebrating and trying to recall the early days way ba...

Homebuyers will be able to secure larger loans from today Monday 1st August

1st August 2022

On 1st August the Bank of England are dropping the affordability test for mortgage lending. Up until now mortgage lenders had to follow the affordability rules set out by the Bank of England. T...

How do 10 tips for healthy finances in 2019 stack up in 2022?

18th July 2022

Back in January 2019, Andrew Hannay, director of RobMac outlined some top tips for a healthier financial position for that year. He thought it would be interesting to re-visit those tips today give...

More 5-year fixed mortgages signed in May

30th June 2022

To protect against further interest rate rises, the majority of homeowners have gone for 5-year fixed rate mortgages in May according to the latest figures from conveyancing firm LMS. We have alrea...

The annual Citywire Investment Conference

24th June 2022

The middle of June saw the RobMac investment team attending the Citywire Investment Conference up in Perthshire. This gives us an opportunity to speak to other IFA’s and Wealth Managers and to meet ...

Cryptocurrency Crazy – Did I say they were volatile?

17th June 2022

When I wrote this article last week looking at the pros and cons of cryptocurrencies, I had no idea of what was about to happen. Here’s a few headlines: A bitcoin was valued at $30,51...