Ray Boulger's Blog
Ray Boulger is widely renowned as the guru of the mortgage industry and expert on the housing market. Ray is constantly called upon by the media to provide informed comment on all areas of the market, and is a regular on the BBC, Sky and ITV.
Last year, Ray was voted guru of the year at the Headlinemoney awards by all of the nation’s money and property journalists. As such, we thought it was high time that you had direct access to him. Ray’s blog will be updated most days so the knowledge just keeps on coming.
Posted on 25 July 2008 by
For the last 3 weeks we have seen a steady stream of lenders cutting rates and there are more today, as detailed below. We are in a very different ball game to the first 6 months of the year, with lenders now actually competing...
Category: Buy to let, Interest rates, Mortgages
Posted on 2 November 2007 by
John Charcol has been helping clients with their UK mortgage needs since 1974 and we have now have expanded our mortgage advice service to a much warmer climate. If you’re thinking about investing in the Dubai property market we...
Category: Buy to let, Mortgages, Property market
Posted on 6 August 2007 by
The National Housing Federation (NHF), which represents 1,300 housing associations in England and says it is the voice of affordable housing, has today published a paper entitled “Home Truths.” Their claim to be the voice of...
Category: Buy to let, House and home, Property market
Posted on 15 July 2007 by
The Politics Show on BBC1 today had an interesting 20 minute item comparing the situation of German homebuyers with their British counterparts, followed by an interview with Yvette Cooper, who struggled with many of the...
Category: Buy to let, House and home, Property market
Posted on 21 June 2007 by
At their Annual Conference this week The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) claimed that the tax relief available on Buy-to-Let (BTL) mortgages is contributing to the problems faced by first-time buyers (FTB) and called on the...
Category: Buy to let, House and home, Property market
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