Brian Murphy
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Brian MurphyHead of lending at
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Wednesday 8th June 2011
Brian Murphy Blog
Will interest rates increase soon? I have read a number of comments in recent days where various economic forecasters are providing their insight on where they think interest rates will be in the coming months...
Friday 13th May 2011
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The last few days have seen some interesting comments and data emerging from the housing and mortgage markets...
Thursday 28th April 2011
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The much vaunted Royal Wedding is 24 hours away and not surprisingly is dominating the news agenda. With the Easter break having come...
Monday 18th April 2011
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The Independent Commission on Banking has delivered its much anticipated report on the future of the banks in the UK...
Friday 18th March 2011
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The announcement that from Lloyds Banking Group that Cheltenham & Gloucester is to cease offering mortgages through the intermediary channel from the end of March on the face of it seems like a blow...
Friday 11th March 2011
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So the central policy rate setters have, in spite of pressure, held their nerve for another month and retained the bank base rate at 0.5%. This means we have now had two years without a change...
Friday 15th October 2010
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House prices: up, down, left, right and centre It has been a crazy week for the property market. Hysteria, Armageddon, end-of-the-worlddom, as Martin Ellis at the Halifax ruins our cappuccinos by telling us that prices crashed by 3...
Monday 20th September 2010
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Not much has changed since my last post in August. Prospective borrowers are still edgy about the upcoming Spending Review, the state of the economy and the direction of house prices, while, according to the latest RICS housing market survey, ever-increasing supply is continuing to apply downward pressure on prices...
Tuesday 7th September 2010
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There’s a lot of talk at present about what’s going to happen to the mortgage and property markets in the next six months. Some are predicting a sharp decline in lending volumes and prices, while others, increased activity...
Monday 23rd August 2010
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The stand-out trend in July’s National Mortgage Index, a new index jointly collated by the Mortgage Advice Bureau and Coreco Group, a broker focused on the London market, is that borrowers are increasingly opting for fixed rate mortgages...
Thursday 1st July 2010
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The stand-out trend in July’s National Mortgage Index, a new index jointly collated by the Mortgage Advice Bureau and Coreco Group, a broker focused on the London market, is that borrowers are increasingly opting for fixed rate mortgages...








