Five things clients will call you about this week

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Here is our weekly round-up of articles your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

Buy-to-let Buy to let purchases are expected to reach their highest levels since the onset of the credit crunch. Following the announcement by Bank of England governor Mark Carney last week, which indicated interest rates will remain unchanged until as late as 2016, The Times reports on the expectation that savers will take advantage of this three-year window of opportunity to invest in property. Read more here. Emerging Markets The Telegraph looks at the economic slowdown currently underway in a number of emerging markets, including China, India, Brazil and Russia, and asks wh...

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