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UK Inflation Dip Seen In December 2024
For the first time in three months, UK inflation has shown a modest dip, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 2.5% in the year to December 2024, a slight reduction from November’s 2.6%....

Barclays Property Insights: A Mixed Bag For The Housing Market
As mortgage brokers, we know that in this day and age, the property and mortgage market is far from simple to understand, and getting your head around trends and what they mean can be a bit of a nightmare. The latest Barclays Property Insights Report sheds light on...

How To Get A Mortgage As A Social Media Influencer
In today’s digital age, social media influencing has become a legitimate and thriving career. Whether that is on social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, X (formerly twitter), or YouTube. There is great money to be earned if you know how to crack the code. If...
Metro Bank Makes Changes To All Mortgage Products
Metro Bank have announced that they will be making some pretty major changes to their mortgage products for residential, remortgage, and buy-to-let ranges. The London based bank has always been known as a metropolitan lender with competitive services aimed at...
Mayor Of London Demands Rent Freeze
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has come out this week to demand that a citywide rent freeze be imposed as inflation and the cost of living begins to ramp up. A rent freeze would mean that landlords and other businesses and organisations that let out residential...
Time To Snap Up Mortgage Product Runs Low
Official figures announced by Money comparison website Moneyfacts show that the average time a mortgage product is available to consumers is down to 17 days, meaning that lenders are pulling products at a rapid rate and people are missing out on the more competitive...
High-end London Properties More Popular Than Ever
Private bank Coutts have said that demand for 1 million pound plus high-end London properties in the country’s capital has increased in the last year despite the rest of the property market beginning to struggle. Coutts have said that 13% more of these types of...
BOE Set To Raise Interest Rates Again?
Today is crunch day as the Bank of England must now decide whether they will raise interest rates to unprecedented levels. This comes as the European Central Bank and the US Federal reserve have both done exactly that by raising borrowing costs to...
What Is A Mortgage Lender?
If you buy a property anywhere in the world, unless you are extremely fortunate, you will most likely need to use some form of home loan from a mortgage lender. It may seem self-explanatory to some people but what is a mortgage lender really? And what does it mean to...
FCA Highly Recommends That Homeowners Switch Mortgage Products
In the face of rising interest rates and a rising cost of living, The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said that it would be extremely wise for banks, lenders, and advisor to encourage homeowners to switch mortgage products. Doing so could save you...
Are first-time buyers leaving London?
Latest figures released by estate agents claim that London’s first-time buyers leaving the capital to purchase their first home has increased by 1/5th compared to pre-pandemic figures. It seems that a combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and the risking rate of...
Amount Of Mortgages Being Accepted Fell In June 2022
The amount of mortgages being accepted fell in June 2022 in the face of rising cost of living and borrowers trying to stretch lending beyond their means. With rising inflation and economic struggles felt by the country, it was predicted that mortgage borrowing...
What Is a Business Development Manager?
Mortgages. Chances are that most people will need one at some point in their life. As mortgage brokers, our passion is to help our clients to get the best deal possible so that they can either buy their dream property, invest in a buy-to-let or remortgage their...
TSB Mortgage Rate Changes
TSB have sent communication out to all register TSB mortgage brokers today to announce the re-introduction of some essential products. The lender, which is part of the Lloyds banking group, have said that they are re-introducing several house purchase and...
Rate Rises – The Latest From HSBC, Santander and TSB
Mortgage lenders HSBC, TSB and Santander have all increased their mortgage rates this week, alongside a lot of other lenders in what seems to be a bout of mass hysteria from the banks. Since the Bank of England pushed the base rate up to 1.25% the other month, lenders...
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