Money Box Live: Your Mortgage

Money Box

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4.2 • 825 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this special programme we'll answer questions on mortgages, from interest rates to what to do if you're struggling to afford yours. Perhaps you’re looking to move or you need to re-mortgage this year - this is the podcast for you.

The experts on the panel are, David Mendes Da Costa, Principal Policy Manager at Citizen's Advice, Charles Roe, Director of Mortgages at UK Finance and Sonya Matharu, Senior Mortgage Broker at The Mortgage Mum.

Presenter: Felicity Hannah Producer: Amber Mehmood Editor: Jess Quayle

(First broadcast 3pm Wednesday 25 January, 2023)

Transcript

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0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:07.0	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.0	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:14.0	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for Lucan.
0:21.6	It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime.
0:25.6	I'm Alex Fondunzelman.
0:26.6	This is The Lucan Obsession.
0:28.6	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:30.6	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:35.6	Welcome to the podcast of Moneybox Live, the program about your money.
0:40.9	And today it's mortgages.
0:42.7	The mortgage market has been rather more dramatic than we'd all like in recent months.
0:47.1	We saw the chaos that followed last autumn's mini budget.
0:49.9	And then, of course, the Bank of England has been hiking interest rates after well over a decade of
0:54.9	record lows. It has been a roller coaster. But today on Moneybox Live, we're going to make
1:00.2	understanding it a walk in the park. We'll be answering your questions on mortgages and the housing
1:05.6	market. But before we go to a caller, I want to introduce two of today's three experts. I'm joined by David Mendes-Decosta, the principal policy manager at Citizens' Advice,
1:15.4	and Charles Rowe, Director of Mortgages at UK Finance, which is the trade body for the banking and finance industry.
1:21.5	Panel, good afternoon.
1:22.8	Good afternoon.
1:23.2	Hello.
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