Edward Checkley's Media Coverage
Freelance Informer
School fees VAT hike: Self-employed parents scramble for mortgage solutions to pay private school billsThe impending 20% VAT increase on private school fees, set for September 2025, has ignited a wave of concern among self-employed parents.
IFA Magazine
Is Brexit to blame for planning applications falling sharply? Industry experts reactFollowing ONS data published yesterday showing planning applications and granted planning permissions in England were down sharply in Q1 2023, UK newswire, N
Financial Reporter
Is it currently a buyers’ or sellers’ market?Industry experts agreed that whether a buyer or a seller has the upper hand can differ by location, property type, and more.
IFA Magazine
Supplement or substitute - How do advisers view ChatGPT’s potential impact on financial services?AI technology is without doubt the future we are heading towards. However, what that future looks like is still unclear. How will AI be used? Will it repl
IFA Magazine
Brokers reveal which types of borrower will struggle to get mortgages in 2023As lenders tighten their criteria due to rising rates, reduced affordability amid the cost of living crisis and the prospect of a long recession ahead, free PR
Mortgage Solutions
Mortgage porting is the ‘unexpected gift’ of rising rates – analysisAn air of urgency and panic has been prevalent in the housing and mortgage market for some time.
Mortgage Solutions
Risk of limited company BTL mortgage prisoners on the rise ‒ analysis - Mortgage SolutionsThe changes to limited company buy-to-let mortgage products in the fallout from the mini Budget risk creating a swathe of landlord mortgage prisoners, it has been claimed.
LandlordZONE
Would you? Number of landlords selling properties to their tenants risesMortgage brokers around the UK have reported a big rise in tenants being given first refusal to…
IFA Magazine
Great Landlord Sell-off: Brokers see “enormous uptick in enquires from tenants who have been given first refusal to buy the...Brokers have reported “an enormous uptick in enquires from tenants who have been given first refusal to buy the property they’re renting”. They say increas
IFA Magazine
Nationwide House Price Index: “Obscene rise in energy bills is something that needs to be proactively addressed by lenders”...Following the Nationwide August House Price Index published this morning industry experts have reacted. Ross Boyd, founder of the always-on mortgage comparison
CityAM
Property and rent price rises speed up as low stock and inflation grip householdsThe pace of property and rental price rises in the UK has sped up, according to the latest figures, as a cost of living crisis shrinks household budgets.
IFA Magazine
Land Registry HPI - “More mad house price growth in May” - reaction from agents and brokersFollowing the Land Registry house price data published this morning agents and brokers have commented: Wesley Davidson, founder of broker Fox Davidson: “Th
Mortgage Solutions
Mortgage demand expected to soften in Q3 – BoE - Mortgage SolutionsLenders expect the demand for mortgages to decline in Q3 this year following a rise in activity during Q2.
inews.co.uk
What to do if your home is down valued, from negotiating a new price to increasing your depositAccording to online broker Mojo Mortgages, down valuations affected 12.8 per cent of all house purchase mortgages in April 2022
Mortgage Professional
Will rates ever go down again?Brokers also give their views on the growing number of people taking out longer term fixes as a result of increasing rates
Financial Reporter
Broker views: Is the age of rock bottom rates over?As more and more people lock into longer term fixes, Newspage asked a selection of mortgage brokers if the age of rock-bottom interest rates is finally over.
Mortgage Professional
Rent prices UK – government reveals the latestWhich regions and local areas have the highest and lowest monthly rents?
FTAdviser.com
Halifax latest lender to hike mortgage ratesHalifax is the latest lender to announce a hike in mortgage rates with the increase kicking in from this week June 24
Financial Reporter
Boris confirms new mortgage affordability and Right to Buy plans: Industry reactsPrime minister Boris Johnson has today confirmed plans which will allow homebuyers on lower wages to use housing benefit - currently amounting to £30 million per year - towards their mortgage.
This Is Money
How could ‘benefits to bricks’ mortgages and new Right to Buy work?New Government plans aim to help housing association tenants and benefit claimants get on the property ladder - but how will it work in practice?
FTAdviser.com
Brokers deem Johnson’s housing benefits pledge irresponsiblePrime minister Boris Johnson is to set out plans to boost home ownership in England which will see low earners allowed to use housing benefits to cover mortgage payments