Tag: Bank base rate

Bank of England cut interest rates to 4.5%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th February 2025, 1 year ago | 0

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) hawks came out on top today, voting 7-2 to cut the Bank...

Reeves inflationary budget puts mockers on Bank Base Rate reduction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 1 year ago | 4

With inflation now running above the 2% target rate at 2.6%, the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), voted...

Bank of England breaks with Fed lead and increases Base rate by 0.5% to 5%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd June 2023, 3 years ago | 15

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted 7 to 2 to increase the Base rate by 0.5% against the...

Bank of England quarterly inflation report summary

Author: Neil Patterson

14th February 2014, 12 years ago | 8

No need to panic about interest rate rises as we are still in a bad place, but an improving place...

Bank of England Inflation report and what it means for Interest Rates

Author: Neil Patterson

15th November 2013, 12 years ago | 10

Unlike the press DON’T PANIC, the economic news is good but not that good in the Bank of England Inflation...

CPI Inflation down – releasing more presure on Bank Base Rate

Author: Neil Patterson

12th November 2013, 12 years ago | 9

The Consumer Price Index CPI inflation figures for October show a year on year fall to 2.2% from 2.7% in...

Contra proferentem mortgage conditions

Author: Mark Alexander

9th October 2013, 13 years ago | 49

Unless you are a qualified contracts lawyer who has also studied Latin you will probably not have a clue as...

Housing Bubble fears – genuine or an overreaction?

Author: Neil Patterson

17th September 2013, 13 years ago | 22

There has been a great deal of commentary in the press the last couple of days raising fears of a...

Class Action Litigation BOI + Bristol and West Mortgages

Author: Mark Alexander

5th March 2013, 13 years ago | 28

As you have probably heard, Bank of Ireland (BOI) and Bristol and West have advised borrowers who took tracker rate...

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Negative Interest Rates a possibility?

Author: Neil Patterson

26th February 2013, 13 years ago | 6

Paul Tucker the deputy Bank of England governor has told the Treasury Committee that negative interest rates should be considered....

My tenants have flooded my property but who’s problem is it?

Author: Mark Alexander

24th July 2012, 14 years ago | 57

I received a phone call a month or so ago to saying that my tenants have flooded my property and...

Principality will consider Holiday Homes on BuyToLet

Author: Neil Patterson

20th July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Principality Building Society will consider lending on holiday homes using their standard buy to let product range and criteria....

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The Bank of England increase stimulus for the economy

Author: Neil Patterson

5th July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

In today’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting The Bank of England have decided to increase the stimulus into the economy on top...

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Should buy to let landlords buy life insurance?

Author: Mark Alexander

15th June 2012, 14 years ago | 10

I had a really interesting discussion about life insurance yesterday with a lady I’ve respected for many years. I will...

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Bank of England base rate remains at 0.5%

Author: Neil Patterson

7th June 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Hardly surprising, but still good news for borrowers is that the Monetary Policy committee voted to keep the Bank Base...

Buy to let semi-exclusive rates are made available by BM Solutions

Author: Neil Patterson

7th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

BM Solutions are making semi-exclusive products available to their preferred broker sources showing they still have an appetite and spare funds available...

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What’s Hot this week on the Property Tribes Forum

Author: Mark Alexander

1st June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

There are so many valuable discussions for Landlords going on over on Property Tribes this week I thought I would...

Godiva resurrect buy to let capped rates

Author: Neil Patterson

23rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Godiva the specialist buy to let arm of the Coventry Building society is bringing capped rates back into the market...

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Banks not renewing commercial loans

Author: Neil Patterson

25th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

We are witnessing a significant rise in the incidence of some banks refusal to offer new or extended terms to...

Principality 70% LTV buy to let rate revised

Author: Neil Patterson

19th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Principality has revised one of its two buy to let products upwards. The new rate at 4.99% has a low...