Base rate to stay low
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Base rate to stay low longer. Again.
Over recent months expectations of a rise in Bank of England Base Rate had started to grow, with many commentators forecasting a rise this summer, and some suggesting it could come rather earlier....
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Re-Mortgage
Monday, December 14, 2015
Remortgage – time to review
As we enter Autumn, lender focus turns to the end of year and building pipeline business for the New Year. Those that have perhaps not managed as large a volume of business as they would like will be...
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Buy to Let Punchbowl
Monday, December 14, 2015
The Buy to Let Punchbowl
Buy to Let lending seems to be back at the top of everyone’s agenda again. Recent figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders suggest buy to let has been one of the key drivers of the market recovery since...
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Securing a Deposit
Monday, December 14, 2015
Securing a deposit
Despite a climate of record low interest rates and ever improved deals for borrowers over the last 12 months, First Time Buyers still face a range of challenges when it comes to getting onto the property ladder, the...
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Support for Help to Buy
Monday, December 14, 2015
More support for Help to Buy Announced
The Autumn Statement brought a number of important announcements for homebuyers, not least a doubling of the housing budget to boost the supply of new homes. Much of the focus is on affordable...
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Long Term Fixed Rates
Monday, December 14, 2015
Long Term Fixed Rates
Expectations for an interest rate rise may have eased over the last couple of months, but even so borrowers are beginning to plan for the future, and think about what it will mean for them when rates do...
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House Prices Rise
Monday, December 14, 2015
House Prices Rise but Regional Gap Widens
Recent figures indicate that UK house prices are continuing to rise. Nationwide’s house price index showed that UK prices rose by 0.5% in September. That meant that the annual...
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Economic News - November 2015
Monday, December 14, 2015
ECONOMIC NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 2015
At the beginning of November, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted by eight to one to maintain interest rates at 0.5 per cent. The Bank also signalled that a hike in interest rates has now...
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