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June 5th, 2014

The Bank of England have again held the base rate at 0.5%, as policy-makers start to curb mortgage lending in order to avoid a London housing market disaster.

A couple of weeks ago the Lloyds Banking Group, majority... Read More

June 3rd, 2014

The process of house buying is notoriously expensive for all involved, hence the reason that so many people only consider a move every 5-10 years, if at all. As the market continues to be increasingly competitive, ever esc... Read More

June 2nd, 2014

The self-employed will soon outnumber the public sector workforce, according to a new report.

The report, authored by the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), found that the self-employmen... Read More

May 30th, 2014

While recent press coverage related to the Help to Buy scheme has consistently linked inflated house prices to the Government scheme, newly released data confirms that the volume of properties purchased via this route has ... Read More

May 29th, 2014

Mortgage approval rates in the UK have dropped for the third consecutive month, according to the British Bankers’ Association, in the first tangible sign of how the Mortgage Market Review has impacted the industry.Read More

May 28th, 2014

The proportion of employers that believe they need more staff to meet increased demand has risen to over a third, according to the most recent findings from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)’s Jobs O... Read More

May 22nd, 2014

In reaction to calls from the Bank of England for lenders to assist in curbing ever increasing property values, the Lloyds Banking Group have chosen to introduce a 4 x income cap on any lending above £500,000. The move ha... Read More

May 20th, 2014

Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, sparked yet more discussion on the validity of the Governments Help to Buy incentive scheme over the weekend, especially provocative in a market where demand for property i... Read More

May 19th, 2014

The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has expressed the most serious concerns so far about the Government’s Help to Buy Scheme. In a candid interview with Sky News this weekend, Carney admitted that ... Read More

May 14th, 2014

As the stormy seas of MMR now begin to settle, remortgage business has been hardest hit by the regulator’s new changes, recent figures from the Mortgage Advice Bureau show.

Figures released for the month of Ap... Read More