Author Archives: Mark Dyason

2012 – A set in stone look at what the future holds for mortgages, or at least our best guess.

For Mortgages, it is that time of year when ‘Industry experts’* are let loose in blogs and other media to let us all know what will be happening in the next year. They are always wrong. Wwhen the sheen of … Continue reading

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Buy to Let’s booming – but who will lend the uplift

Since the crunch we have seen first time buyers pretty much excluded from the market and house prices protected by Government, BoE and lender policy.  The upshot of this is a very healthy buy to let and letting sectors, which are growing to … Continue reading

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Edinburgh Mortgage Advice in the press this month

This month has been a good month for us getting our news and views out there, here is a selection of what we said. CML Scottish Lending Numbers 25/11 A good set of numbers, but really more evidence of a … Continue reading

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View from the Coalface – Getting Precise about the Scottish Mortgage Market

This is a new set of blogs – with the aim of being a monthly commentry on the mortgage industry from the broker’s point of view, it may have some jargon and TLAs sprinkled about so apologies for that, but I hope … Continue reading

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House Prices, Stick, Twist or Fold

Here is an article I wrote a year ago, however it still holds true today and I am proud of the Share Cert line! After a weekend of articles saying different things, we look to summarise UK House Prices over … Continue reading

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A positive view on what is happening to the housing market in Scotland

We were asked for our view on the recent news regarding the housing market in Scotland and whilst we don’t think it is fantastic, we seem to be able to be a wee bit more positive than some….have a look and … Continue reading

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Bank of England Base rate on hold till Q4 next year

A recent reuters poll of 60 economists has concluded that the base rate will remain at just 0.5% till at least October of next year – but what does this mean for mortgage customers? Well unless the Eurozone sorts out … Continue reading

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A New Look for Edinburgh Mortgage Advice

Hi there and welcome to our new look site, it is on here we want to bring you the latest news on Mortgages with relevant and irreverant news and views. We wanted a fresh new look to match our new … Continue reading

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