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...Scottish Mortgage’s public and private portfolio is delivering strong operational results, evidenced in part by free cashflow from the portfolio companies having more than doubled over the past year....
...The board of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has announced a £1bn share buyback in an attempt to prop up its share price, as high interest rates and complex regulations continue to weigh on the investment...
...Karen Noye, mortgage expert at wealth management company Quilter, said: “The large increase in mortgage rates seen over the last couple of years is really starting to bite for some borrowers and this is...
...Scottish Mortgage’s value surged during a pandemic-era tech stock rally, with shares rising 76 per cent between March and September 2020....
...Mortgages for house purchases, or remortgages, were down 21 per cent, while new lifetime, or equity release, mortgages were down 40 per cent....
...Rocket Company, owner of Quicken Loans, the country’s largest non-bank mortgage lender, is up 66 per cent since November....
...The BoE said January’s “effective” interest rate — a measure of the weighted average cost — on newly drawn mortgages fell 9 basis points, to 5.19 per cent....
...That’s why they have to react so quickly,” said Simon Gammon, a mortgage broker at Knight Frank. At the end of 2023 there was a rally in bond markets that prompted lenders to lower mortgage rates....
...“Of course, every shareholder would like the company to pay 110 per cent as dividends, and we can afford it — but not for long . . . Our task is to develop the company....
...This prompted some lenders to increase their mortgage rates in February....
...“You might be addressing the deposit affordability issue, but you’re still left with the mortgage affordability issue,” Cook said....
...Now, we had the most questions from those whose fixed-rate mortgages are coming up for renewal in the year ahead. Now if that’s you, you’re in good company....
...In a trading update the company said 2023 revenues of £147mn and adjusted profit of £14mn both beat consensus forecasts. It will publish audited results in March....
...“All of the data suggests a recovery in the housing market in 2024,” said Tomasz Wieladek, chief European economist at investment company T Rowe Price....
...About 1.5mn fixed-rate mortgage deals are set to expire this year. Greater competition in the mortgage market will be helpful to borrowers....
...Lewis’s most controversial job is advising LetterOne, a company 49 per cent owned by two sanctioned Russian oligarchs....
...Lenders use swap rates to guide their pricing of fixed-rate mortgages....
...The company on Wednesday reported home sales by its agents were down nearly 20 per cent in 2023, but said a recent pick up meant it was entering the new year with more sales in the pipeline than at the same...
...Tomasz Wieladek, chief European economist at the investment company T Rowe Price, said the figures “imply a large rebound in UK domestic demand in December” and “clearly raise the prospect that the economy...
...Surely repaying the mortgages before I retire has to be the goal? For previous generations, a mortgage was something younger people had....
...“We have a variety of mutual funds that offer mortgage exposure, but our ETF suite does not include a mortgage-focused strategy....
...As for the differences: there’s huge variation in the market from big corporates to smaller companies, plus the in-house brokerage arms of estate agency chains (making it possible for them to earn a fee...
...Mortgage rates have eased from their 2023 highs, allowing more buyers to consider a purchase. Mortgage approvals hit 55,000 in January 2024, up from 44,000 in September 2023....
...BNP was not the only eurozone lender to offer Swiss franc mortgages....
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