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Ray Boulger

Ray Boulger is widely renowned as the guru of the mortgage industry and expert on the housing market.  Ray is constantly called upon by the media to provide informed comment on all areas of the market, and is a regular on the BBC, Sky and ITV.

Last year, Ray was voted guru of the year at the Headlinemoney awards by all of the nation’s money and property journalists. As such, we thought it was high time that you had direct access to him. Ray’s blog will be updated most days so the knowledge just keeps on coming.


Posted on 19/12/2007 by Ray Boulger

The minutes of the December Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting were released today and show that the vote to cut Bank Rate by 0.25% this month was unanimous, which was a surprise, and this plus some...

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Categories: Bank of England, Interest rates

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Posted on 04/11/2007 by Ray Boulger

The Guardian has reported that New York’s attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, filed a lawsuit accusing Washington Mutual, the U.S.’s third largest mortgage provider, of allegedly colluding with eAppraiseIT, an appraisal management...

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Categories: Mortgages, Property market

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Posted on 03/11/2007 by Ray Boulger

Mortgage Introducer reported that speaking at the Mortgage Next Conference, Peter Charge, director of national accounts at edeus, said: "When the market is booming, fast-track is a great product. But in the flight to quality,...

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Categories: Mortgages, Regulation

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Posted on 02/11/2007 by Ray Boulger

John Charcol has been helping clients with their UK mortgage needs since 1974 and we have now have expanded our mortgage advice service to a much warmer climate. If you’re thinking about investing in the Dubai property market we...

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Categories: Buy to let, Mortgages, Property market

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Posted on 30/10/2007 by Ray Boulger

I note that AHIPP (the Association of Home Information Pack Providers), are looking for a PR and Communications Manager. I reckon being PR Manager for AHIPP will be one of the most challenging PR jobs around but anyone tempted to...

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Categories: HIPs, House and home, Miscellaneous, Property market

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