Ray Boulger's Blog
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 12 August 2008 by
I note that Paul Broadhead, the Deputy Director General of AHIPP, the Association of HIP Providers, has resigned to take up the new position of Head of Mortgage Policy at The Building Societies Association in November.
It will...
Category: HIPs, House and home, Property market
Posted on 30 October 2007 by
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...
Category: HIPs, House and home, Miscellaneous, Property market
Posted on 28 August 2007 by
The revelation last week that 2 major mortgage lenders, Barclays Woolwich and HSBC, will only accept the personal search that most HIP providers supply on condition that the solicitor acting for them guarantees it,...
Category: HIPs, Property market
Posted on 4 August 2007 by
Last weekend the Sunday Telegraph said that Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are flawed because assessors gave different results on the same property. They booked two officially accredited assessors to evaluate the same...
Category: HIPs, House and home, Property market
Posted on 20 July 2007 by
This week the House of Lords voted by 186 to 160 to scrap Home Information Packs but despite this humiliation for the Government they subsequently stated that they still intend to introduce HIPs on 1 August for any property...
Category: HIPs, House and home, Property market, Regulation
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