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Louis Mason is Marketing and Communications Director at Oportfolio Mortgages and has more than ten years of experience working within financial services. Louis oversees Oportfolio’s marketing and communications, producing and managing mortgage-related content across the website, including guides, news articles, market commentary and case studies. He works closely with Oportfolio’s mortgage advisers and other industry professionals to turn complex mortgage and property topics into clear, accessible information for borrowers. His writing covers a broad range of subjects including mortgage affordability, first-time buyers, remortgaging, buy-to-let, high-net-worth and complex mortgages, lender criteria and developments in the UK mortgage and property markets.
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Is The UK Economy Growing Or Shrinking?

Is The UK Economy Growing Or Shrinking?

The UK is currently in, or if not yet very close to a recession after months of shrinking economy and general economic struggles due to various factors. We are all holding our breath and hoping that the measures being put into place by the BOE and the government will...

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House Prices Drop By 2.3% On Average

House Prices Drop By 2.3% On Average

The biggest news on the property market front is that house prices have dropped in the biggest reduction since the UK financial crisis kicked off. Halifax bank, which regularly releases a house price index, have announced that the average house price has dropped by...

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TMW Changes Stress Test To Help Landlords

TMW Changes Stress Test To Help Landlords

Buy-to-let mortgage lender TMW have announced that they are making changes to their mortgage affordability stress test. But this time, it looks like they are going to be making it easier for borrowers. A great sign that the buy-to-let mortgage market will hopefully be...

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Help To Buy Deadline Extended

Help To Buy Deadline Extended

The Help to Buy scheme was a scheme introduced by the UK government in 2013 as a means of boosting the new build property market and to give more people the chance to purchase their dream home. The scheme ran successfully from 2013 until the end of this year when it...

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Are Buy-To-Let Mortgages Recovering?

Are Buy-To-Let Mortgages Recovering?

Finance expert and press officer at Moneyfacts.com Rachael Springall released a report yesterday into the re-emergence of Buy-to-let mortgages over the last week or so after being completely decimated in recent months. The financial crisis that the UK (and the world...

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