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Onwards and upwards? 20 Aug 2013 | 02:48 pm
A little time has passed since Bank of England Governor Mark Carney announced the new policy of forward guidance for the Bank’s interest rate setting committee, the MPC. So how have the markets reacte...
What the papers say – 10th and 11th August 2013 13 Aug 2013 | 02:18 pm
Last week’s announcement by Mark Carney, the new Governor of the Bank of England, featured heavily in the weekend’s financial press. His intention to keep base rate at 0.50% until the unemployment rat...
What the papers say – 3rd and 4th August 2013 6 Aug 2013 | 02:18 pm
The Times and the Guardian both looked this weekend at the growing market for UK holiday lets, now worth around £540 million per year. Leeds Building Society has become the latest lender to enter the ...
Life insurance companies make further improvements to critical illness cover 22 Jul 2013 | 08:10 pm
In a little over a month, LV=, Zurich and Aviva have all made further improvements to their critical illness policies in an effort to stay ahead of the game and gain meaningful share of the critical...
What the papers say – 13th and 14th July 2013 18 Jul 2013 | 03:56 pm
Niche mortgage deals were the focus of this weekend’s financial press, following the launch of the Leeds Building Society 0% mortgage. This deal offers a range of 3 and 5 year fixed rates where the pa...
No win for the MPC 17 Jul 2013 | 06:19 pm
Minutes of the July Monetary Policy Committee meeting were released this morning and make (moderately) intriguing reading. The headline is that for the first time in ages the Committee was unanimous...
What the papers say – Week 6th July 2013 8 Jul 2013 | 03:52 pm
The Mail on Sunday looked this weekend at the impact of an inevitable rate rise, and urged borrowers to check their current rate and use an online calculator to see how much their payment would increa...
Sir Mervyn King bids farewell as Governor of the Bank of England 28 Jun 2013 | 02:03 pm
This weekend, Sir Mervyn King brings to a close his ten-year tenure as Governor of the Bank of England, the institution he joined in 1991. His successor, the Canadian Mark Carney, previously Governor ...
Record Lows for Fixed Rates 21 Jun 2013 | 09:04 pm
The mortgage market has been transformed over the course of the last year and recently there seems to have been a steady stream of more upbeat news. That has predominantly focused on the falling mort...
First time buyer prices rise as home ownership remains out of reach for many 20 Jun 2013 | 03:06 pm
First time buyers are facing an increasingly uphill struggle to get on to the housing ladder, according to new a report commissioned by Shelter, the housing and homeless charity. The study looked at e...
