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![Brokers Speak Out - key industry issues for 2024](/upload/images/23%2012%2020%201.jpg)
Crystal Specialist Finance has conducted its Annual Survey with over 10,000 brokers for the second year running. The point is to see...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rate Rise Rumours - latest inflation data may trigger new hike](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2023%2003.jpg/23%2010%2023%2003__400x267.jpg)
There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Warning - Inflation Won’t Hit 2% Target until Mid-2025](/upload/images/23%2008%2014%20%204.png)
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee is warning that inflation - which is effectively determining base rate and interest rates...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Absolute Lunacy - mortgage industry responds to latest rate rise](/upload/images/5%20BankofEngland_4-400x310.png)
The Bank of England’s latest base rate rise - up 0.25 per cent to 5.25 per cent - has been poorly...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Broker Alert: first sign of borrower arrears across UK](/upload/images/1%20BritishPound-400x310.png)
Pepper Advantage, a global credit intelligence company with over $60 billion in assets under management, has published a gloomy report on...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![UK Finance reminds lending sector of obligations](/upload/images/4%20BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
Trade body UK Finance has issued a timely reminder to the mortgage lending sector of its obligations to borrowers struggling following...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rate Rise Preview: what it means for mortgages](/upload/images/1%20Rate%20Rise%20Preview%20-%20what%20it%20means%20for%20mortgages%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.png)
There’s almost complete unanimity amongst analysts that this week will see yet another Bank of England base rate rise - and...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will There Be A Housing Crash?](/upload/images/will-there-be-a-housing-crash.jpg)
Mortgage lenders and brokers have rarely had a higher profile than right now, when they are seen as key to the...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Growth in number of approvals to small deposit borrowers](/img/default/it.png)
First-time buyers and existing homeowners capitalised on low rates across the market in October, according to fresh research from e.surv. Its latest...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Larger deposit borrowers see market share squeezed](/img/default/it.png)
First-time buyers and others with small deposits took a greater share of the market last month than in August, according to...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage costs drop during Q1 2018](/img/default/it.png)
The cost of most mainstream mortgages were down when compared to the start of last year, according to the latest quarterly...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Demand for five-year fixed deals drops to annual low](/img/default/it.png)
Demand for five-year fixed rate remortgages has fallen to the lowest level since July 2017, according to conveyancing service provider LMS. The...
27 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Hesitant borrowers turn to fixed rate mortgages](/img/default/it.png)
Yorkshire Building Society has seen a surge in fixed rate mortgage applications from borrowers ahead of a potential Bank of England...
31 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Britons unprepared for rising mortgage rates](/img/default/it.png)
Britons are unprepared for rising mortgage rates even though nearly three-quarters would see their monthly repayments rise if the base rate...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Fixed-rate mortgages plunge to fresh lows](/img/default/it.png)
Two, three and five-year fixed rate mortgages have plunged to new lows despite speculation of a base rate rise next year. Comparison...
05 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Lenders start pulling best buy fixed rates](/img/default/it.png)
Record low fixed rate mortgages may already be a thing of the past as lenders start pulling rates. New research from Moneyfacts.co.uk suggests...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Homeowners unprepared for interest rate rise](/img/default/it.png)
Homeowners with variable rate mortgages remain dangerously exposed to rising interest rates, new research suggests. Three out of four homeowners on a...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![First-time buyer sales hit post-crisis high](/img/default/it.png)
The number of first-time buyer sales rose nearly 5% in July to hit the highest figure since the recession. There were 29,700...
28 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Rush to remortgage as fixed rates creep upwards](/img/default/it.png)
Homeowners rushed to remortgage in July amid signs that fixed-rate mortgages are now starting to creep up in price. Remortgaging jumped 29%...
27 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage rates creep up ahead of key BoE meeting](/img/default/it.png)
Lenders have started to push up the cost of their mortgage deals as the Bank of England moves a step closer to the first base...