Press coverage

Melanie Bien, Private Finance's Director of Communications, is widely quoted in the media.  Below are some of our most recent mentions. Previous months' press coverage can be viewed from the menu on the left:

September 2010

8th September 2010, Daily Express: Beware of the banks bearing mortgage deals

6th September 2010, Financial Times: Halifax offers rate cuts on mortgage deals

6th September 2010, Mortgage Strategy: Banks use loyalty rates to lure clients to their mortgages

6th September 2010, Mortgage Strategy: Healthier market will push lenders to rethink credit scoring

5th September 2010, Daily Telegraph: Home owners to be moved off interest-only mortgages

5th September 2010, Sunday Express: Ethical banking can reap rewards

4th September 2010, Sunday Times: Postcode lottery could cost you a good mortgage [subscription only]

3rd September 2010, Financial Times: Price rises for the home alone

3rd September 2010, Financial Times: Bank signals curb on high loan-to-value borrowing

3rd September 2010, Daily Telegraph: Should you take the fixed rate mortgage bait?

3rd September 2010, Independent: House Doctor; 'Should we get a tracker mortgage? There are some good deals around'

3rd September 2010, Mortgage Solutions: Blog; Should we be buying property for our children now?

1st September 2010, Daily Telegraph: Large family homes prop up house prices rising £91 a day in value

1st September 2010, Mortgage Solutions: Marketwatch: Does the mortgage trade press come up to scratch?

August 2010

30th August 2010, Daily Telegraph: Where will interest rates be in 2012?

29th August 2010, Sunday Times: Making sense of the rate debate [subscription only]

28th August 2010, The Times: Money MOT: 'Help us to plan our family's future' [subscription only]

29th August 2010, Independent on Sunday: Self-employed borrowers face tough times

29th August 2010, Mail on Sunday: Get set to fix mortgage if base rate soars

28th August 2010, Daily Telegraph: Eight out of ten first-time buyers get deposit from parents

27th August 2010, Financial Times: Mortgage woes for homes on high streets

27th August 2010, The Times: Homeowners fear for the worst as rate fear rises [subscription only]

25th August 2010, Daily Express: Be prepared for rate rises

24th August 2010, Daily Telegraph: Northern Rock admits 'systems error'

24th August 2010, Confused.com: How can maternity leave affect your mortgage?

23rd August 2010, Mortgage Strategy: Axing self-cert is not going to make clients reveal all

23rd August 2010, Mortgage Strategy: Causing confusion

23rd August 2010, Mortgage Solutions: Blog; Are mortgages about to get cheaper?

22nd August 2010, Sunday Times: Move quickly to insure your mortgage rate [subscription only]

21st August 2010, The Independent: Mortgage lenders start to say yes again to first-time home buyers

20th August 2010, Financial Times: Rates cut on trackers and fixed deals

20th August 2010, The Independent: House Doctor; 'I'm strugggling to remortgage although I have lots of equity. How can this be?

20th August 2010, Daily Mail: Do we need fewer house price indices?

19th August 2010, The Times: How to borrow for the buy-to-let revival [subscription only]

19th August 2010, Daily Telegraph: Homeowners pay £1,700 per year more for fixed-rate mortgage deals

18th August 2010, Daily Mail: Landlords hit by huge fees on new loans

15th August 2010, Sunday Telegraph: Interest-only mortgages for the chop

14th August 2010, The Scotsman: First-time buyers locked out as lenders use credit ratings to avoid risk

13th August 2010, The Times: Meet the housing jury [subscription only]

13th August 2010, Financial Times: 'Crunch time' for house prices

13th August 2010, The Times: Sideways or down? The future for prices [subscription only]

13th August 2010, Mortgage Solutions: Coventry axes interest-only deals

11th August 2010, Daily Mail: Interest-only threat to 1m homes

11th August 2010, Daily Express: First-time buyers suffer from high house prices and mortgage squeeze

10th August 2010, Daily Telegraph: Mini property boom is over amid concerns of double dip recession

10th August 2010, Mortgage Solutions: Blog: The pitfalls of direct mortgage lending

8th August 2010, Sunday Times: Tips to beat the squeeze and secure that mortgage [subscription only]

6th August 2010, Financial Times: Banks up but brokers wary

6th August 2010, Financial Times: Banks curb interest-only deals

6th August 2010, Independent: House Doctor, 'We want to move but would have to extend our mortgage: should we do it?

5th August 2010, Financial Times: Podcast on interest-only mortgages

5th August 2010, Daily Telegraph: 'Mortgage brokers don't offer the lowest rates'

3rd August 2010, Independent: Now banks accused of causing mortgage famine

2nd August 2010, Mortgage Strategy: Metro Bank opens for business with direct deals

2nd August 2010, Mortgage Solutions: Growth spurt in £500k+ loans falters

1st August 2010, Sunday Times: What's next for house prices [subscription only]

1st August 2010, Independent on Sunday: Lenders reject nine out of ten applicants - welcome to the 90% loan

1st August 2010, Sunday Express: Avoid pitfalls of mortgage saving