Mortgages
How Gordon Brown could tempt Labour into a stealth ‘mortgage tax’
Business
Robert Johnson
Paul Tucker, a former deputy governor of the Bank, argued in an influential 2022 paper that the scale of the payments caused ...
Almost 150,000 landlords facing ‘significant’ jump in mortgage costs in 2024
Business
Robert Johnson
Reductions in tax relief on buy-to-let mortgages, which were phased in between 2017 and 2020, have amplified the impact of higher rates ...
Bank of England warns private credit poses threat to financial stability
Business
Robert Johnson
Sarah Breeden, the Bank’s deputy governor with responsibility for financial stability, said risky corporate lending “is a business model that has grown ...
Mortgage price war ramps up as Rishi Sunak prepares to claim inflation victory
Business
Robert Johnson
Halifax, which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, Britain’s biggest lender, said it was cutting its mortgage rates by up to 0.46 ...
I completely dodged the mortgage crisis – and I’m feeling pretty smug
Business
The more money you have in your offset savings account the more your mortgage bill falls. Of course, most do not have ...