16 Jan

Housing market is flat

According to the Bank of England mortgage approvals have taken a dip in November. Read it here https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2019/01/04/boe-figures-show-mortgage-lending-market-flat-at-best/?utm_source=customsell&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ms-house-advert-0401-first-send-1546600279 read more

14 Dec

FCA confused about major changes in mortgage market

This is a good article stating how the FCA attempts to fix the mortgage market with technology is not the complete answer https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2018/12/14/fca-wants-to-change-mortgage-advice-rules-sinclair/?utm_source=customsell&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ms-house-advert-1412-first-send-1544780172 read more

6 Oct

May will allow councils to build more house by raising cap

May then went on to say that the cap on how much councils can borrow against their housing revenue account assets in order to build houses “doesn’t make sense,” before adding: “today I can announce that we are scrapping that cap.” https://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/may-announces-end-to-council-borrowing-cap/ Do we really have a housing shortage in Scotland? Rates are low, you only need a 5% deposit and there are plenty of terraces and flats on the market so, can someone tell me where the shortage is?????? read more

18 Sep

Help to buy! Is it really helping???

I have never been a fan of Help to Buy but the article below explain, eloquently, more reasons why it is not a good idea. https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2018/09/18/help-buy-skewed-housing-market-needs-targeted-cochrane/?utm_source=customsell&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ms-house-advert-1809-1537265992 read more

19 Jul

FCA preparing for risk of NO-DEAL BREXIT

This article (please read) states that it will be business as usual for all financial intuition to conduct transaction if we have a hard line approach with leaving the EU. http://www.financialreporter.co.uk/finance-news/fca-preparing-for-cliff-edge-risks-of-no-deal-brexit.html read more

14 Jul

Expert says “Bank of England base rate unlikely to raise over 2%”

Sir John Cunliffe stated that the Bank of England base could be below 2% for the next 30 years. http://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2018/07/13/bank-england-base-rate-stay-2-30-years/?utm_source=customsell&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=msol-mai-house-ad-1307-1531495622 Could this be true? With the amount of debit people are accumulating it makes since to keep rates low in order to avoid a financial collapse but what happens when the debit becomes to overwhelming? Something to ponder read more

9 Jul

How will you pay for RENT or a MORTGAGE in retirement??

This is a must read for all http://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2018/07/09/one-seven-homeowners-expect-mortgage-70/?utm_source=customsell&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=msol-house-advert-mai-first-send-0907-1531129070 1 in 4 of us can expect to be paying for a mortgage after we retire. This is a scary prospect as most of us will be earning much less than we currently earn while working. What about people who rent??? I think it would be foolish for us to think that the Government will provided enough benefits read more