Jim Gillespie - The Right Mortgage

10/03/2022

04/11/2021

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has voted 7-2 to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%

06/10/2021

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/16260874/secret-estate-agent-reveals-sneaky-tricks/?utm_source=sharebar_app&utm_medium=sharebar_app&utm_campaign=sharebar_app_article

AS someone who has worked in estate agencies for more than 20 years, I have seen so many tricks of the trade. They range from the downright scandalous and corrupt to the little tricks to create som…

05/10/2021

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58738741

As stamp duty returns to its pre-pandemic status, there are opposing views over recent tax policy.

28/09/2021

https://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/news/continuing-high-demand-sees-house-prices-grow-6-zoopla/?eea=MkVGdkVjM21pQmt4Tm5EYTFUNHpHaUl1MGo5SVljNkZMTkd1QjQ0QURmVUVkMnBvanNXMEJVVlRNZDhtNXBzeg==&n_hash=1752

House prices grew 6.1% on a yearly basis in August, shows Zoopla’s latest house price index, with demand tracking 19% higher than a year previous. Coupled with this increased hunger for properties, the report adds, is a 5% drop in new supply flow on the year. Zoopla also says that the 18-month tre...

23/09/2021

https://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/news/bank-of-england-keeps-base-rate-at-0-10/?eea=MkVGdkVjM21pQmt4Tm5EYTFUNHpHaUl1MGo5SVljNkZMTkd1QjQ0QURmVUVkMnBvanNXMEJVVlRNZDhtNXBzeg==&n_hash=1743

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at the Bank of England has again voted unanimously to keep the bank rate at 0.10%. The committee also voted 7-2 for the continuation of the buying of corporate bonds, with the two breakaway members believing that the economic outlook “warranted a tightening in t...

20/09/2021

Over 90% of all mortgage applications went via a broker rather than customers dealing direct with a lender

UK lenders are increasingly reliant on broker channels for distribution of their mortgage products, a study has found. The Iress Mortgage Efficiency Survey unveiled that the number of mortgage applications through brokers was up from 77.5% to 90% over the last year. The survey, in its 10th year, als...

17/09/2021

Struggling homeowners will need help paying their mortgages as the furlough scheme ends this month, say UK Finance and the Building Societies Association. The government’s Support for Mortgage Interest loan scheme helps homeowners who are on benefits, but must wait 39 weeks to claim. But the bodie...

13/09/2021

https://healthcareandprotection.com/zurich-pay-outs-soar-75-but-worrying-drop-in-early-stage-cancer-claims/

Zurich paid out more than £222m to retail customers who made claims on their life, critical illness, and income protection policies in the first half of the year. The H1 2021 figures represent a 75% increase in the number of claims paid over the same period last year. For critical illness policy cu...