JUFS – Mortgage Broker London http://www.jufs.co.uk/ Financial Planners | London Mortgage Brokers Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:05:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 AI, investment hype and the discipline of not getting carried away https://jufs.co.uk/ai-investment-hype-and-the-discipline-of-not-getting-carried-away/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:05:14 +0000 https://jufs.co.uk/?p=17527 Artificial intelligence (AI) may become one of the most important technological developments of our lifetime. It could change how companies operate, how services are delivered, how information is processed and how entire industries are organised. So this is not an article arguing that AI is...

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]]> Inheritance Tax: Why panic is not a plan https://jufs.co.uk/inheritance-tax-why-panic-is-not-a-plan/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:53:56 +0000 https://jufs.co.uk/?p=17525 Inheritance Tax is rarely just about tax. It is about family, fairness, control and what happens to wealth after we are gone. It is also becoming harder to ignore. Many families are looking at frozen allowances, rising asset values, stretched public finances and the possibility...

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]]> Business update https://jufs.co.uk/business-update/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:20:20 +0000 https://jufs.co.uk/?p=17507 Behind the scenes, 2026 has already been one of the busiest and most productive years in the firm’s history. Alongside supporting clients and welcoming new relationships, we have been investing significant time in reviewing how we communicate, how we deliver advice and how we continue...

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]]> Why financial planning is a team sport https://jufs.co.uk/why-financial-planning-is-a-team-sport/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:18:39 +0000 https://jufs.co.uk/?p=17505 When people think about financial advice, they often picture a relationship with a single adviser. In reality, delivering good financial planning requires far more than one person. Behind every recommendation, review meeting and client conversation sits a team of people working together to keep plans...

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]]> The cost of waiting for certainty https://jufs.co.uk/the-cost-of-waiting-for-certainty/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:15:06 +0000 https://jufs.co.uk/?p=17502 Most significant financial decisions have one thing in common. People want certainty before they act. They want certainty before investing. Certainty before moving home Certainty before retiring Certainty before selling a business Certainty before helping their children financially Unfortunately, certainty rarely arrives. The future remains...

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]]> Why financial planning is more than managing investments https://jufs.co.uk/why-financial-planning-is-more-than-managing-investments/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:12:57 +0000 https://jufs.co.uk/?p=17499 Many people assume that financial planning is primarily about investments. Understandably so. Investment markets receive enormous attention. Financial news focuses on stock markets, interest rates and economic forecasts. Investment performance is often the easiest aspect of financial advice to measure. But in reality, managing investments...

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]]> Why cash feels safe (even when it isn’t) https://jufs.co.uk/why-cash-feels-safe-even-when-it-isnt/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:10:39 +0000 https://jufs.co.uk/?p=17497 For much of the last decade, cash was easy to dismiss. Interest rates were close to zero, inflation was low, and investors were often rewarded for taking risks. Today, the conversation feels very different. With many savings accounts paying around 4%, a question we hear...

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]]> Why property decisions need more than mortgage advice https://jufs.co.uk/why-property-decisions-need-more-than-mortgage-advice/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:07:05 +0000 https://jufs.co.uk/?p=17495 Decisions relating to property are often the largest financial commitments people make. Yet many property decisions are approached surprisingly narrowly. Your focus might be: Can we borrow enough? What interest rate can we secure? Should we fix for two years or five? These are important...

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]]> Why we’re starting to share more of our thinking https://jufs.co.uk/why-were-starting-to-share-more-of-our-thinking/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:05:34 +0000 https://jufs.co.uk/?p=17488 One of the privileges of our profession is that we spend our days helping people make important decisions. Some are financial. Many are not. Property decisions, retirement choices, helping children financially, business sales, inheritance planning, career changes and countless other life events all have financial...

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]]> Are you supporting a loved one? You might need a Lasting Power of Attorney to act https://jufs.co.uk/are-you-supporting-a-loved-one-you-might-need-a-lasting-power-of-attorney-to-act/ Tue, 12 May 2026 14:38:10 +0000 https://jufs.co.uk/?p=17485 Millions of well-intentioned people in the UK are helping their loved ones manage their online financial accounts, but could risk having these accounts frozen because they don’t have a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) in place. Lloyds’s 2024 Consumer Digital Index (3 November 2025) suggests...

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