September 30th, 2014
For the second month in a row, the Bank of England (BOE) has revealed that mortgage approvals have fallen on the previous month’s activity. Property purchase levels dropped in August to 64,212, from 66,100 in July, a... Read More
September 25th, 2014
After temporarily removing Help to Buy options for home movers over the summer months, contractor friendly lender Nationwide Building Society has re-launched products for applicants looking to utilise the Government backed... Read More
September 18th, 2014
A review of 14 price comparison sites by industry regulator the Financial Conduct Authority, has offered some worrying opinion.
According to the FCA, consumers are not being given the correct information to help... Read More
September 17th, 2014
An improving economy and increasing house prices will see a vast increase in remortgage applications over the coming months, according to a leading niche brokerage.
Taj Kang, Operations Director of specialist br... Read More
September 11th, 2014
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has confirmed that it will publish revised lending guidelines in the coming weeks, with reference to the surprise decision taken by the Treasury to regulate so called ‘accidental lan... Read More
September 10th, 2014
The point at which the Bank of England Base Rate increases is getting closer, Governor Mark Carney told the Annual Trades Union Congress yesterday.
Carney said: “With many of the conditions for the eco... Read More
September 4th, 2014
The Bank of England base rate has been held at 0.5% again this lunchtime. The real question, however, will be about how many members of the nine-person committee voted to put rates up today, and how this will further compo... Read More
September 2nd, 2014
The Bank of England’s housing market assessment shows that purchasing activity was down on the previous month’s numbers, but figures continue to improve as it appears that mortgage lenders gradually get to grip... Read More
August 29th, 2014
At the start of August, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) followed up the release of the Mortgage Market Review guidelines with confirmation that on the 1st of October, lending limit caps would be put into place to con... Read More
August 28th, 2014
Contractor Mortgages Made Easy are delighted to announce that they have secured bespoke contract-based underwriting with one of the largest building societies in the UK.
In yet another move by a large UK lende... Read More
