Mortgage Bulletin 3 February 2012
03 February 2012
The UK magazine money week are full of doom and gloom on the UK Housing market stating that for a decade, investing in property looked like a dead cert. All you had to do was buy a property and then sit back and watch it soar in value. But now the good times are officially over. Britain is in the grip of a full-blown house price crash. In fact this is already the worst house price crash on record, far bigger then the slump in the 1990's with house prices back to 2004 levels. > Read More
Mortgage Bulletin 27 January 2012
27 January 2012
Hope for green shoots of recovery seem to be moving further away in 2012 according to the Office for National Statistics this week. Fears grew that the UK Economy is heading back into recession, as economic output shrank by 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011. > Read More
Mortgage Bulletin 20 January 2012
20 January 2012
The MPC voted to hold base rate at 0.50% again in January and a rise looks a long way off. Mainstream predictions for the timing of the first increase range from 2013 to 2016. Among the new pundits was the Centre for Economic & Business Research, which has previously been marginally ahead of the curve in predicting low interest rates. > Read More
Mortgage Bulletin 6 January 2012
06 January 2012
Happy New Year. I think that we are all a little uncertain what 2012 will bring but there was some hopeful news for first time buyers when the housing minister Andrew Green asvised he was looking at States assistance with house deposits and loan guarentees. > Read More
Mortgage Bulletin 21 December 2011
21 December 2011
The Directors and Staff of Acorn Mortgages wish you a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. > Read More
Mortgage Bulletin 18 November 2011
18 November 2011
Yesterday the Jersey House Price Index for the third quarter of 2011 was released.
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Mortgage Bulletin 4 November 2011
04 November 2011
In the UK news this week there is discussion on something known as GDP.
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Mortgage Bulletin 28 October 2011
28 October 2011
News this week is that the rate of inflation has rocketed to a 20-year high
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Mortgage Bulletin 21 October 2011
24 October 2011
We are today celebrating the 100th publication of our weekly bulletin.
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Mortgage Bulletin 14 October 2011
17 October 2011
Three quarters through the year and this week looked at registrations and re-registrations in the Royal Court
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