Samuel Ewen's Media Coverage
Express.co.uk
Purplebricks offers new pricing model for customers to sell their homes for freeBuying and selling properties is a “stressful and costly journey that should be simplified”, Purplebricks has said.
London Property News
Barclays to ‘fire up rest of High Street’ with first sub-5% 2-year fixed remortgage productBarclays has just announced the first sub-5% 2-year fixed remortgage product for months, which will go live on Friday. Brokers said it would fire up the rest of the High…
Mortgage Solutions
Interest-only demand ‘not as high as expected yet’ say brokersWhile there has been an uptick in enquiries from clients around moving to interest-only, it has not been to the levels expected, according to intermediaries.
The Intermediary
Product transfers hit record high in Q2 - UK FinanceQ2 2023 saw 84% of remortgaging deals being internal product transfers.
The Telegraph
What you need to know about Japanese knotweed if you’re buying or selling propertyIt may no longer be the deal-killer of old, but the plant can still cause problems
The Sun
I’m a mortgage expert - six things homeowners MUST do as fixed rates endFAMILIES face a £200 surge in monthly mortgage payments when their fixed-rate deals expire this year. A staggering 1.6 million UK families will have to remortgage in the next 12 months, according t…
The Sunday Times
The big mortgage rate gambleStick or twist? That’s been the question facing homeowners since interest rates spiked in October. Mortgage holders who have come to the end of their deal rece
IFA Magazine
Advisers and Brokers react to Skipton’s 100% mortgageEarlier this week, Skipton Building Society announced their new 100% mortgage scheme that will allow renters who are struggling to save a deposit the chance to
Mortgage Professional
Nationwide removes interest rates on green deals – brokers reactThey give their verdict on the shake-up
Mortgage Professional
Will interest rates return to pre-pandemic levels?Experts slam the IMF for living in “cloud cuckoo land”
The Sunday Times
The big mortgage rate gambleStick or twist? That’s been the question facing homeowners since interest rates spiked in October. Mortgage holders who have come to the end of their deal rece
Mortgage Solutions
Lenders treating self-employed borrowers ‘like second-class citizens’Mortgage brokers have accused lenders of treating self-employed applicants like “second class citizens”, with borrowers suffering because lenders do not take the time to understand their income.
FTAdviser
Broker confusion as Barclays fails to accept online bank direct debitMortgage brokers were left confused after an error saw Barclays tell one broker it could not accept monthly mortgage direct debit payments from Monzo and other online banks.
The Intermediary
Barclays to increase rates across a number of residential purchase and remortgage productsBarclays bank is increasing interest rates on several of its mortgage products for both residential purchase and remortgage applications.
IFA Magazine
TSB gives brokers 25 minutes’ notice of rate changes – reactionBrokers have not been impressed by receiving an email from TSB Intermediary today at 12:35pm, announcing rates would be increasing by as much as 0.20% at... 13:
FTAdviser
Brokers fume after TSB gives 25 minute warning of rate hikeMortgage brokers have been left frustrated after TSB gave them just 25 minutes warning of an increase in interest rates.
Mortgage Introducer
How one mortgage broker built business during the pandemic lullWhen the property market reopened, “everything picked up very quickly”
Mortgage Introducer
Could the Bank of England cut the base rate this year?“Inflation is set to be back on target by the summer”
Mortgage Solutions
Rises in variable income limits ‘welcome’ but lenders unlikely to change ‒ analysis - Mortgage SolutionsBrokers have said that mortgage lenders who will accept higher amounts of variable income will become more attractive, but have said it is unlikely more lenders will change their criteria.
Financial Reporter
When will two-year fixes break the 4% barrier? - brokers reactBrokers are split on when they think two-year fixed rates will drop below 4%.
IFA Magazine
When will 2-year fixes break 4% barrier? - reactionWith inflation coming down faster than expected last month, Bank Rate likely to be close to its peak and the possibility of rate cuts later this year to stimula
Mortgage Solutions
Lenders should stop ‘cherry picking’ best borrowers in rate war ‒ analysisSamuel Ewen, managing director at Rosehill Financial Services, highlighted that recommendations are always made on a case-by-case basis, and added: “We’re arranging many more tracker rates with no exit...
Mortgage Solutions
Brokers split on appeal of overpayments in cost of living crisis ‒ analysisBrokers are divided on whether the cost of living crisis has improved or dented the appeal of making overpayments on mortgage repayments, while some have suggested that offset mortgages may work out a...
CityAM
‘Mortgage chaos’ of last few months eases as available deals surpass 4,000The number of mortgage deals available has surpassed 4,000 for the first time in six months according to a financial information website.