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The Martin Lewis Podcast

Mortgage Special: Time To Fix? Will Rates drop further? How to find top deals

The Martin Lewis Podcast

BBC

Business

4.2789 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

The main topic the week is everything you need to know about mortgages.

There is also an update for savers and Martin explains a legal challenge to the UK and Scottish Governments' decision to cut the winter fuel payment.

And the Tell Us got a huge response looking at what people did with their first pay packet.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.8

Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named The Martin Lewis Podcast.

0:10.1

I do wonder what that's going to be about.

0:12.3

Now, usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Adrian Chiles,

0:16.6

but don't worry, there's bonus money-s saving tips just for you lucky, lucky podcast listeners

0:21.3

too.

0:22.4

In today's pod, mortgage rates are back below 4%.

0:26.8

Is it time to lock in?

0:28.3

Will rates drop further?

0:29.8

How'd you find top deals?

0:31.2

Where'd you get help?

0:32.3

We'll try and answer all of those.

0:35.1

Then I've got news for you.

0:36.5

There's a court case just launched looking to try and block the

0:39.8

government from cutting the winter fuel payment for pensioners. How plausible is it?

0:44.3

Our tell us this week has had an enormous response. Thousands of you have got in touch to tell us

0:51.8

what you earned in your first pay packet and whether

0:55.2

you splurged on it or not.

0:57.7

And this week's mastermind for Adrian is all about savings and I've got a few tips on that

1:02.7

for you too. Play the theme tune.

1:07.6

I got meals I got paid

1:10.8

So I'm going to work for a

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