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April 23rd, 2015

Minutes of this month’s meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England have shown a change in attitude of committee members towards a rate increase.

All nine members voted to keep Base Rate at 0.5... Read More

April 22nd, 2015

As May 7th looms ever closer, the polls remain fiercely contested with no clear leader in sight. Over the past two weeks each party has outlined their individual manifesto for election, in a bid to sway the minds of the vo... Read More

April 17th, 2015

Contractors looking to buy new houses and flats have been given a fantastic new option by the UK’s largest lender. Halifax have announced that specialist broking partner,  Contractor Mortgages Made Easy (CMME), can now ... Read More

April 16th, 2015

According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, expectations and doubts pertaining to the result of the imminent general election are holding back lending levels in the UK mortgage market. Figures compiled this week by CML s... Read More

April 15th, 2015

Prime Minister David Cameron has this week pledged to extend the ‘Right to Buy’ scheme to all housing association tenants in Britain, should his Conservative party win next month’s General Election.

April 9th, 2015

As the main political parties draw their battle lines for the last few weeks of their election campaigns, the Bank of England have predictably decided not to fine tune their economic controls over the UK.

Tinkering ... Read More

April 7th, 2015

Entrepreneurial campaign, Start Up Britain, has released a set of figures suggesting that 2014 saw a record high for the number of new businesses created in a 12 month period. The research was funded by the think tank, the... Read More

April 1st, 2015

Banking giant Barclays has this week loosened loan to income (LTI) criteria for higher level mortgage funding, as news comes of a further drop off in mortgage approvals.

Previously, Barclays would limit loans to a m... Read More

March 26th, 2015

According to Halifax, the month of February provided evidence that buyers are once more confident that house prices will continue to rise over the coming year. Based upon the results of the lenders confidence tracker surve... Read More

March 25th, 2015

Contractor mortgage options have this week been extended further with the news that Teachers Building Society has introduced a special contractor rate.

Available to education professionals with a minimum of 12 month... Read More