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May 8th, 2014

The Bank of England base rate has been held at 0.5% again, as the clock counts down to a base rate increase in early 2015.

Bank of England chief Mark Carney stated recently that any rate increase will not b... Read More

May 7th, 2014

Recent news from industry group ‘Engineering the Future’ has suggested that there could soon be a real skills shortage in the manufacturing field, as many of the nation’s engineers approach retirement... Read More

May 1st, 2014

With many lenders now adjusting to new processes in the wake of the biggest change to the mortgage market in many years, we can now look at just what this means to you, in real terms.

What used to happen, in what ol... Read More

April 24th, 2014

During the summer of 2013, a shortage of surveyor support elongated processing times for a mortgage application in the UK. Market wide concern has again appeared this month, as reports suggest that large surveying firms ar... Read More

April 23rd, 2014

The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority has this week suggested that shorter term fixed rates could be a thing of the past, as lenders begin to feel the effects of the Mortgage Market Review.

Mart... Read More

April 16th, 2014

The Mortgage Market Review (MMR) outlines a clear set of rules which are being introduced to reinforce Consumer Protection, overseen by the Industry Regulator, The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and will be applied ... Read More

April 10th, 2014

One of the markets leading buy to let lenders, BM Solutions, announced just under a month ago that they would be opening criteria to allow for first time buyers to raise finance for new investment property purchases. F... Read More

April 10th, 2014

Some of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders have announced how long a borrower should expect to be interviewed for regarding their mortgage requirements under strict new mortgage rules that go live on 26th April. These rul... Read More

April 10th, 2014

The Bank of England has held the base rate at 0.5% this lunchtime, as the mortgage industry in the UK approaches the most fundamental changes since the onset of the credit crisis in late 2007. This is on the back of revise... Read More

April 9th, 2014

As the Mortgage Market Review D-Day of 26th April rapidly approaches, there has been a swell of demand for fixed rates in a mortgage market bracing itself for the stormy winds of change.

As lenders become increasin... Read More