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🚨 HSBC Releases Sub 4% Mortgage Rate 🚨
Watch our CMO Polly on Sky News explaining what this could mean for the mortgage market 👉👉👉
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(3/4) It's expected that mortgage rates should continue to go down, despite the recent rises. Unemployment remains low & house prices - an indicator of consumer confidence - are rising again. Although inflation has stayed stable at 4.0%, it’s anticipated that it will go down.
(1/4) Has the worst already past?
Last week, worrying headlines emerged that the economy has dipped into a technical recession - defined by failing to grow two quarters in a row - but some think we might already be out of the woods.
#inflation #recession #economy #realwages
(2/4) Pay is rising faster than inflation, with some experts predicting real wages to rise by 2.6pc this year. This will aid spending and promote a return to economic growth - which should propel us out of a recession and might signal the end of cost of living crisis.
#paygrowth
Ouch. First-time buyers in London must save for 31 yrs for - twice as long as their parents. Homes in the capital cost 12x avg salary, while across Britain houses are 9x salaries - a ratio not seen for 150 years 🤯
Read the full article here 👉 👉 👉 telegraph.co.uk/money/proper…
🔊 Biggest drop in average 2 year fixed rate mortgage since 2022. The drop was across all deposit sizes, falling from 5.93% at the start of Jan to 5.56% at the start of Feb.
Read the full article here 👉 👉 👉
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The Tembo Lifetime ISA has entered with a bang 💥 From today, we’re offering a 4.3% rate to all first-time buyers who open a Tembo Lifetime ISA with us - that’s the best LISA rate available on the market 🚀
We’ve got big news! We can officially announce that we have acquired the award-winning Lifetime ISA provider Nude.
Bank of England votes to hold base rate at 5.25% for 4th time - the highest level since 2008. Scroll through to get our key takeaways from today’s meeting.
#baserate #bankofengland #mpc #baserateofinterest #mortgagerates #interestrates #mortgages
This weekend, the Tembo team were on the ground at the London New Home Show for the third year in a row. We love these events because they let us speak to home buyers face-to-face. Plus, this year our superstar Liv spoke on the panel about how to finance a Shared Ownership home.
Did you see us in the weekend papers?
Our analysis was featured in the Sunday Express, Mail on Sunday AND the Sunday Mirror - not to mention trade press. It’s not hard to see why, the headline stat was quite eye-catching - a rise of nearly 30% in over 50s buying their first home
(1) You might have seen us mention to the @FT earlier this month how we share customer reviews internally to keep everyone smiling during the cold winter days.
Well, we wanted to spread the joy. Have a scroll through to see some of our favourites from the last few weeks 👉 👉 👉
(1) 46% of mortgage holders could be on SVRs, costing them thousands. The average SVR is 8.18%, while the average 2 year fixed rate is 5.59%. For a £200,000 25 year mortgage, staying on the SVR could cost £329 more per month vs remortgaging to a 2 year fixed rate
#remortgage
(3) More than 1.5m homeowners will reach the end of their fixed-rate deals throughout 2024, with the average annual increase estimated to be £2,900. This means millions of households could end up paying through the nose if they avoid remortgaging and move onto their lender’s SVR.
(1)👂👂 Have you heard the rumours about 1% deposit mortgages?
There’s speculation that the gov is considering a 99% LTV initiative to win favour from younger voters. But is it a good idea?
Here’s our two penny’s worth:
#1percentmortgage #1percentdeposit #mortgages

































