Mortgage availability falls to 10-year low as half of loans pulled from market
Home buyers have seen their mortgage options halve in the last 12 months, with the number of loans available falling...
Year: 2020
Forget negative rates – the Bank of England should admit it’s hit rock bottom
Third, the less interest deposits yield, the more an individual needs to save in order to sustain a given income....
Negative interest rates could put an end to free banking, experts warn
Negative interest rates could spell the end of free banking, experts warned after the Bank of England gave its clearest indication yet...
Night-time sector readies legal challenge to local lockdown plans
Bosses in the night-time sector are set to mount a legal challenge against the Government's "catastrophic" local lockdown plans, as...
AI and shifting demographics offer bright future beyond Covid gloom
While we all have to get to grips with this grim prospect, it is often helpful to lift our sights...
Mars partners with Disney for Halloween short film series amid altered holiday
Dive Brief: Candy maker Mars is sponsoring the Bite Size Halloween series, which showcases short films to help families celebrate...
Spectre of negative rates sends a chill through Britain’s banks
In 1984 Birmingham-based Midland Bank, then one of the UK’s big four banking groups, made a radical decision that fundamentally...
Finance adviser fears for the future of young people ‘stuck at home’
“I do feel very sorry for younger people in this business,” says Malik Karim, the founder of Fenchurch Advisory Partners....
Why chasing high yields no longer always pays off for buy-to-let landlords
Hamptons compared the number of newly agreed lets in the top and bottom deciles according to the government’s Index of...
Over half of young first time-buyers reliant on the Bank of Mum and Dad
More than half of young first-time buyers need financial support from parents in order to achieve their dreams of home ownership....
