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
March 19th, 2015
Amongst the breadth of George Osborne’s 2015 budget statement came an apparently innovative approach to assisting first time buyers to purchase their first property. The Chancellor disclosed a new savings scheme specific... Read More
March 17th, 2015
With the May election around the corner and stricter lending criteria now in place, the property market seems to be experiencing a slowdown.
The Rightmove House Price Index for March has found that the price of prop... Read More
March 11th, 2015
Saffron Building Society has expanded its contractor mortgage range by reducing the minimum deposit to 10% for brokers. The 10% deposit option has been offered as a discounted rate from the standard variable rate for 5 yea... Read More
March 10th, 2015
In July 2014, the Prime Minister, David Cameron, headed calls for a ministerial role to be created for a permanent housing minister. The move came seemingly to appease certain industry figures pleas for the housing sector ... Read More
March 5th, 2015
The Bank of England has decided not to shift from their current position of maintaining the base rate, as some of their policies around mortgage lending have come under fire.
Trade organisations urged the policy-mak... Read More
