Category: Mortgages

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House prices in London outstrip the global market

Autumn statement 2015

This month the Bank of England has yet again held UK interest rates at the record low of 0.5%. The Bank Rate (sometimes called the ‘Base Rate’) has now remained unchanged for more than six…

Average house prices at £200,000, an all time high The Halifax’s latest index shows that the average UK house price has hit an all-time high at £200,280, with annual house price inflation (HPI) now running…

Mortgage interest rates have never been lower, and this applies to Buy to Let (BTL) as well as residential mortgages. If you haven’t reviewed the financing of your BTL property recently, now is the time.…

The UK property market is likely to resume ‘business as usual’ now that the uncertainty over the General Election result has been removed. Buyers and sellers who were waiting to see the policies that would…

1. Using an advisor saves you time and hassle. Applying for and being offered a suitable mortgage at a competitive rate can be quite a saga. Recent changes in regulations mean that lenders must follow strict…

The Bank of England has recently reported that fixed rates are at record lows. So could the next few months ultimately prove the best time in history to take out a fixed rate mortgage? The…