A monthly update from our Managing Director, Monica Bradley, on the reported ‘price war’ among mortgage lenders and what the long-term future might be for interest rates. What’s been happening in the mortgage market in the past few weeks? Over the last few weeks, I’ve...
House prices dipped slightly, and Halifax has described the property market as a ‘buyer’s market’. UK house prices fell in September, but the pace of the monthly decline has slowed, according to Halifax. The lender, who published its latest House Price Index on 6...
Good news for home movers and first-time buyers. Major lenders have cut mortgage interest rates, with some fixed rates rates coming down below 5%. Mortgage interest rates have gone down more substantially than we’ve seen recently. Santander, the Bank of Ireland and...
The Bank of England has reviewed the base rate and chosen to keep it where it is. The rate currently stands at 5.25%. If the rate had gone up, this would have been the 15th consecutive rate rise. While anyone on a fixed-rate deal would not have been affected, those on...
CPI inflation goes down in July compared to June, but air travel and hotel costs keep core inflation stubbornly high. Consumer Price Index inflation (CPI) went down from 7.9% in June to 6.8% in July, according to figures published by The Office for National...
A monthly update from our Managing Director, Monica Bradley, on property prices and mortgage interest rates. How did the August base rate rise (from 5% to 5.25%) affect the mortgage market? The market had expected the recent increase, and so it had already been priced...
The government’s new 95 Per Cent Mortgage Guarantee Scheme launched on Monday 19 April 2021. The aim of the scheme is to make more 95 per cent mortgages available to those with smaller deposits. First-time buyers can apply but you don’t have to be one to be eligible.
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