Tag: Bank Of England

Bank of England

How changing interest rates affects inflation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Prices are rising and the Bank of England is under pressure to raise interest rates to support the economy –...

Buy to let lenders offer ‘golden goodbye’ discounts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2011, 15 years ago | 4

Cash-strapped banks are offering to write off huge amounts to encourage landlords and property investors to remortgage to another lender....

Bank interest rate stays at 0.5% despite economic worries

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The Bank of England base rate remains unchanged despite economic pressures to step up a gear. The Bank’s monetary policy...

Why some mortgage lenders including Paragon Mortgages Stress Test at 9% or more

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th January 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Lenders and commentators – including the influential Paul Fisher, the Bank of England’s director of markets – are warning that...

Mark Alexander

Bank of England Agents Summary 23rd December 2010

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 1

Click here to download the report As many of you wll know, I report to BoE voluntarily and regularly meet...

Stubborn mortgage lenders hold property market hostage for profit

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2010, 16 years ago | 6

Estate agents have slammed stubborn and self-serving mortgage lenders for holding homeowners and homebuyers hostage for the sake of their...

UK’s financial report – OK, but could do better. Some good news at last for Property Developers.

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

A flurry of results and reviews about borrowing, the economy and tax that show the current state of the UK’s...

British Bankers Association says bank mortgage lending has sunk to a 9 year low

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

High street banks lent less on mortgages last month than at any time since February 2001, according to the British...

Don’t let house price surveys build up your hopes. Deciding which house price survey to trust is easy – none of them

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

House price surveys are nonsense – and do not offer anything other than an indication of the value of a...

Falling rates boost buy to let mortgages.

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage rates are steadily falling while the number of lenders is increasing. BM Solutions is the latest...

Mortgage lending remains sluggish for August. However, net lending secured on homes was up £1.7 billion, above the previous six-month average of £0.7 billion

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The summer holidays hit mortgage approvals for August as the Bank of England revealed total loans to buy a home...

Student boom fuels soaring house price growth. Student numbers are increasing as universities and colleges in towns and cities all over the UK expand. But while student populations are on the up, only one new bed space was created for every eight new students in 2009 – and the numbers are still outpacing accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors looking for the best returns on their cash should look at the booming student letting sector. Student numbers...

Bank of England Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions September 2010

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Bank of England Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions September 2010

Bank of England pegs interest rate at record low yet again. That’s 18 months in a row but what does this mean for landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage borrowers can breathe a sigh of relief for another month as the Bank of England’s Monetary...

Brokers break the banks for mortgage choice. PR based report from Trigold Crystal, a software company providing mortgage sourcing software for brokers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Independent mortgage advisers have thousands more loan products to choose from across the market than direct providers like banks and...

Bank of England Report. Mortgage lending figures released from the Bank of England and Building Societies Associates reveal little has changed for borrowers in the past six months – and will probably stay the same

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The Bank of England statistics for lending to individuals – which covers homeowner loans and buy-to-let finance – showed net...

Mark Alexander

Are 8% interest rates scaremongering?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Mark Alexander explains why, even though rates at these levels are extremely unlikely, high interest rates due to high inflation...

Don’t bank on the high street lenders to finance your business. The Chief Executive of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers speaks out following a survey of members regarding the true state of the market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors and small businesses are finding problems borrowing as banks and finance institutions have slashed lending by about £13...

Buy to let rents and yields up again. Report based on findings from LSL

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Rents are edging back to highest ever levels as the average UK buy to let rent hit £676, according to...

High yields and low prices spark a boom in the UK holiday lettings market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Low house prices and interest rates have sparked a holiday home boom as investors swoop property at popular tourist locations...