The numbers that show things are getting better

The figures that reveal a different market to that seen by borrowers

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David Finlay, intermediary managing director for Barclays, highlights the facts and figures suggesting things really are getting better in the mortgage market.

Unlike what seems like the majority of the summer so far, the mortgage market has certainly turned up the heat in recent months with products at their most competitive levels for many years. Base rate serenity Much of this is due to a period of relative stability with speculation easing over any immediate interest rate rise after a period of sustained conjecture and supposition. This is not to say this won't return. We all know the potential of economic change at any given moment through a catalogue of influencing factors, but we do appear to be sitting in a moment of base rate s...

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