David Conway's Media Coverage
Mortgage Professional
What is the future of online estate agents?Does face-to-face interaction with an estate agent make a difference?
Mortgage Solutions
Swap rates fall post-US bank failure could reverse rising UK base rate and mortgage price trajectoryFollowing the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank swap rates in the UK have fallen by as much as 0.2 per cent, which could pause the rising Base Rate trajectory and stabilise mortgage pricing.
Daily Telegraph
Should you fix your mortgage as sub-4pc deals disappear?HSBC increases fixed-rate deals as lenders price in higher borrowing costs
Evening Standard
Virgin offers sub-4% five-year fix for new purchasesNew 3.95% fixed rate will require a 40% deposit
Financial Reporter
Newspaper headline stating ‘stick with your lender’ to get best mortgage deal faces broker backlashAdvisers were not impressed, with some saying the headline “could absolutely be construed as advice”.
IFA Magazine
Stick with you lender - you will get a better mortgage deal’ Really?A headline in yesterday’s Sunday Times Money section read ‘Stick with your lender — you will get a better mortgage deal’. Whilst their article does s
Mortgage Solutions
Rate switch cancellation will become more ‘common’ increasing broker and lender workloadsRate switch cancellations will become more and more common over the coming weeks as mortgage rate pricing continues to decline, which could lead to an increase in lender workload, brokers have said.
IFA Magazine
HMRC property transactions data - reaction from estate agents and mortgage expertsHMRC property transactions data (January) published this morning show that transactions in January were down on those from December. But what’s the view out the
Mortgage Professional
UK house price decline slows – Halifax“The property market was buoyant in January”
IFA Magazine
Land Registry Dec HPI – “a correction is looking increasingly likely” property and mortgage experts reactFollowing the Land Registry December HPI published this morning, Newspage asked brokers and property experts for their thoughts. Sofia Jones, Managing Dire
AOL
Virgin offers sub-4% five-year fix for new purchasesNew 3.95% fixed rate will require a 40% deposit
IFA Magazine
Virgin launches 5-year fixed rate at 3.95% - reactionVirgin, from today, has gone sub-4% on 5-year fixes, at 3.95%. Importantly, it is also offering a 3.99% 5-year fix for purchases. Free PR platform, Newspage, so
Evening Standard
Virgin offers sub-4% five-year fix for new purchasesNew 3.95% fixed rate will require a 40% deposit
FTAdviser
Lenders hike fees to ‘keep BTL profit machine churning’Lenders have been steadily increasing the arrangement fees charged on buy to let mortgages in recent weeks with brokers suggesting it is in an attempt to maintain profit levels and allow landlords to borrow...