News Archive for May 2008

Rock doubles debt management staff - Ananova

paying their mortgage. In a trading statement ... its pro-active mortgage retention programme, with customers

Friday May 30 2008, 01:52PM

FTSE advances as banks rally - Financial Times

Retreating oil prices hit London’s resource stocks on Friday, but bank-driven gains supported the wider market. By midday, the blue-chip FTSE 100 was 24 points higher at 6,091.8 ...

Friday May 30 2008, 01:38PM

20 tips to boost your income - Daily Telegraph

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Friday May 30 2008, 01:16PM

Call for sharia-compliant finance services to be available in Ireland - Irish Times

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Friday May 30 2008, 12:55PM

HSBC chairman says high leverage is'no longer acceptable'- Daily Telegraph

the UK mortgage market while rivals such

Friday May 30 2008, 12:47PM

Building societies weathering storm - MyFinances.co.uk

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Friday May 30 2008, 12:19PM

SBS beats turbulence to keep on building - Edinburgh News

The company's mortgage lending rose 53 per ... with total mortgage assets now at £259m ... high quality mortgage book with below industry ... In the matter of mortgage arrears and

Friday May 30 2008, 11:57AM

Rock to focus on debt management - BBC News

Many mortgage lenders are expecting to see ... meet their mortgage payments as a result ... downsize its mortgage book, from about £100bn ... to fund mortgage lending. As the credit

Friday May 30 2008, 10:24AM

Northern Rock to boost debt staff as arrears rise - Guardian Unlimited

Northern Rock, Britain's fifth-largest mortgage lender, was ... The mortgage bank, nationalised in February five ... halve its mortgage book by 2011 as

Friday May 30 2008, 10:03AM

Rock doubles debt staff as mortgage fears grow - Times Online

staff as mortgage fears grow Steve Hawkes ... the stricken mortgage bank is expecting to ... off their mortgage over the next year ... hit by mortgage defaults Northern Rock is ... homeowners as mortgage bills rise alongside energy ... halve its mortgage book from £100 billion ... to fund mortgage lending rather than savers’

Friday May 30 2008, 09:13AM

Lorry Drivers'Fuel Demo Gathers Pace - Sky.com

have a mortgage. My job is not

Wednesday May 28 2008, 01:23AM

MPS WANT ‘NO STRINGS’ £23,000 - Daily Express

MPs on mortgage payments, utility bills and

Wednesday May 28 2008, 12:47AM

House price indicator suggests market still weak - Daily Telegraph

showing that mortgage approvals in April were ... of rising mortgage rates - at their

Wednesday May 28 2008, 12:40AM

David Prosser's Outlook: How HSBC wants you to pay more - The Independent

of its mortgage customers would like to ... the UK mortgage market in recent weeks

Wednesday May 28 2008, 12:40AM

Mortgage approvals edge up - Financial Times

UK house prices Mortgage approvals edge up ... Mortgage approvals for new home purchases picked ... in overdue mortgage payments - May-26 Demand

Tuesday May 27 2008, 11:28PM

Homebuyers continue to feel the squeeze from credit crunch - Times Online

Mortgage lending fell by nearly 40 per ... Up to 38,704 mortgage deals were ... mortgage lending. They come as further ... a two-year mortgage deal for a borrower ... their short-term mortgage deals also prompted a ... average value of mortgage for house purchase

Tuesday May 27 2008, 11:14PM

Adwatch: McCain talks about helping with taxes, energy - Guardian Unlimited

mortgage debt restructured. Big ideas for

Tuesday May 27 2008, 10:45PM

Ashtead leaps with disposal on the cards - Times Online

of grim mortgage approval figures depressed sentiment ... showed that mortgage approvals stayed near record

Tuesday May 27 2008, 10:31PM

Taxi driver arrested as young mother dies falling out of moving cab ... - Daily Mail

unemployment and mortgage interest rates of 15 ... percentage of mortgage arrears by the end ... to meet mortgage repayments, so would struggle ... that if mortgage arrears at the end ... be experiencing mortgage payment difficulties, leading potentially ... falling into mortgage arrears or having their ... the average mortgage was a relatively modest ... behind with mortgage repayments, according to separate ... The Council of Mortgage Lenders(CML) is predicting ... 6m households had experienced mortgage repayment problems ... 27,530 mortgage repossession orders were made

Tuesday May 27 2008, 09:34PM

BofA to increase its stake in CCB - Financial Times

Bank of America on Tuesday said it would pay about $1.86bn to increase its stake in China Construction Bank to about 10.75 per cent from its existing holding of 8.2 per cent. The ...

Tuesday May 27 2008, 09:26PM

City bonuses defy credit crunch and hit new record of £13bn - Daily Telegraph

rising repossessions, mortgage costs and the growing ... rising repossessions, mortgage costs and the growing ... repay my mortgage. The same day I ... a big mortgage and spiralling prices while

Sunday May 25 2008, 01:29PM

Health minister used taxpayers'money to pay premiums on husband's ... - Daily Mail

for the mortgage. The Keens submitted the ... out a mortgage on the property as ... £300,000 mortgage on constituency house that ... claim the mortgage on their West London ... £300,000 mortgage on house that was ... £300,000 mortgage on constituency house that

Sunday May 25 2008, 01:29PM

Health minister Ann Keen paid her husband's life insurance on expenses - Daily Telegraph

pay the mortgage on their £500,000 ... with a mortgage and an additional loan

Sunday May 25 2008, 12:32PM

Retail round up - Sunday papers - Retail Bulletin

And the Council of Mortgage Lenders predicted

Sunday May 25 2008, 11:42AM

Banks to blame for sub-prime crisis says Buffett - Guardian Unlimited

risks in mortgage lending, U.S. billionaire

Sunday May 25 2008, 11:35AM

Buffett blames banks for credit crisis - MSN UK News

risks in mortgage lending, U.S. billionaire

Sunday May 25 2008, 11:35AM

Editor-At-Large: The have-it-all days are over. We're back to ... - The Independent

overdrafts and mortgage repayments have all increased

Sunday May 25 2008, 09:04AM

Why first-time buyers should head overseas - The Independent

of independent mortgage broker Savills Private Finance ... foreign currency mortgage. If the Euro weakens ... getting a mortgage regardless of whether you ... of the mortgage crisis Nationwide mortgage advances

Saturday May 24 2008, 01:56AM

RBS chief is lined up for top job at Abbey - Edinburgh News

the 153-year-old mortgage company into corporate lending

Saturday May 24 2008, 01:56AM

No pick-up for US housing market - BBC Business

will allow mortgage giants Freddie Mac and ... by poor mortgage options to take another

Friday May 23 2008, 03:33PM

Manufacturing inflation blow to early rate cut hopes - Herald

bills, rising mortgage payments, and tumbling consumer ... in UK mortgage and credit card default

Friday May 23 2008, 01:43AM

40pc fall in home loans as crisis bites - Daily Telegraph

to fund mortgage lending. Nationwide, the second-largest ... that the mortgage market has been hit ... housing and mortgage markets were likely to ... Northern Rock Mortgage lenders tighten their policies:

Friday May 23 2008, 12:24AM

JPMorgan to cut 8,000 Bear Stearns jobs worldwide - Times Online

months as mortgage losses and writedowns have

Friday May 23 2008, 12:24AM

Credit crunch'to get worse before upturn'- Scotsman

its new mortgage lending dropped by more

Thursday May 22 2008, 11:55PM

Fed Reserve auctions $46.1B in Treasury securities to investment firms ... - MSN UK News

Fed Reserve auctions $46.1B in Treasury securities to investment firms to ease credit stresses . The U.S. Federal Reserve has auctioned US$46.1 billion (euro29.26 billion) in safe Treasury securities to investment firms, part of an ongoing effort to ease credit stresses."/

Thursday May 22 2008, 08:35PM

Homes Downturn Means Leap In Letting - Ananova

wait for mortgage lenders to offer buyers ... numbers of mortgage firms to lend money ... access a mortgage and a number of

Thursday May 22 2008, 08:28PM

Nationwide Profits Up But Lending Hit - Ananova

It became the UK's second-biggest mortgage lender ... housing and mortgage market is subdued, we

Thursday May 22 2008, 08:28PM

US warning on ‘jumbo’ mortgage freeze - Financial Times

on ‘jumbo’ mortgage freeze By Saskia Scholtes ... US government-sponsored mortgage financiers, on Thursday warned ... whether the mortgage agencies should be able ... for a mortgage product that may yet ... presses for mortgage rescues Home World Companies ... com Mortgage markets Interactive guide FT series

Thursday May 22 2008, 07:38PM

Fed auctions $46.1b in Treasurys to ease credit stresses - Guardian Unlimited

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve has auctioned $46.1 billion in safe Treasury securities to investment firms, part of an ongoing effort to ease credit stresses. The auction ...

Thursday May 22 2008, 07:31PM

N.Rock expects to repay BoE loan even if recession - Guardian Unlimited

percent of mortgage customers to other lenders

Tuesday May 20 2008, 01:49PM

First Direct resumes mortgage lending - Times Online

Direct resumes mortgage lending David Budworth First ... Mortgage experts are hoping that First Direct's ... in the mortgage market and better times ... of its mortgage deals tomorrow. From Wednesday ... UK's biggest mortgage lenders, the Abbey and ... First Direct withdrew from the mortgage market ... raised their mortgage rates or withdrew offers ... withdraw from mortgage sales to non customers ... and volatile mortgage market. It will be ... Direct resumes mortgage lending Tempus: Behind the ... on your mortgage BROADBAND Dial-a-geek Our guide ... survive the mortgage drought MOST READ MOST ... Money Shop Mortgage Protection Home Insurance Life ... Money Tools Mortgage Calculator Currency Convertor Loan

Tuesday May 20 2008, 01:14PM

Northern Rock could miss target date to repay £24bn taxpayer loan - Guardian Unlimited

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Tuesday May 20 2008, 01:14PM

Rock in 2010 loan repayment goal - BBC News

to fund mortgage lending. As the credit ... of its mortgage book. The bank is

Tuesday May 20 2008, 01:06PM

AIG raised capital in region of $20 billion, CEO says - Reuters UK

to subprime mortgage investments. The company had

Tuesday May 20 2008, 12:45PM

Is First Direct's move good news for borrowers ? - Times Online

First Direct's re-entry into the mortgage market may look like a vote of confidence that the worst is finally over for homeowners, but the numbers tell a different story. The ...

Tuesday May 20 2008, 12:02PM

NAD subsidiary wins license from California Department of Real Estate - Banking Business Review

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Tuesday May 20 2008, 10:58AM

ING Direct to make public takeover bid for Interhyp - Banking Business Review

independent residential mortgage distributor, at E64 per ... Interhyp is ING Direct's biggest mortgage distributor

Tuesday May 20 2008, 10:58AM

Property agencies feeling the pinch - This is Dorset

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Tuesday May 20 2008, 10:58AM

Canny buyers to cash in on credit crunch - This is North East

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Tuesday May 20 2008, 10:07AM

The experts agree: it is getting better - Times Online

meeting their mortgage payments on time. More ... lower mortgage rates, falling house prices, and ... of shady mortgage brokers, greedy oil companies

Sunday May 18 2008, 02:03AM

I knew JFK, says Gore Vidal, and believe me Obama’s the better ... - Times Online

what a mortgage is. His head rattles

Sunday May 18 2008, 01:27AM

Epidemic of debt spreads to Britain's middle class - Guardian Unlimited

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Sunday May 18 2008, 12:44AM

Bradford&Bingley boss has nowhere left to U-turn - Daily Telegraph

the bank's mortgage book. Katherine Griffiths reports ... Gloucester, the mortgage provider owned by Lloyds ... B&B's mortgage business ballooned, making it now ... too-narrow-a- focus mortgage lending, there is an

Sunday May 18 2008, 12:01AM

Carl Icahn backed in Yahoo! fight - Daily Telegraph

sub-prime mortgage market, has amassed 50m shares

Sunday May 18 2008, 12:01AM

Treasury on back foot as deputy Governor quits - The Independent

swap their mortgage securities for gilts. Interesting

Saturday May 17 2008, 11:54PM

Is Britain's love affair with the property market finally over? - Times Online

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Saturday May 17 2008, 11:33PM

How you can beat rising inflation - Times Online

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Saturday May 17 2008, 09:24PM

In these taxing times, Brown is getting desperate - Sunday Herald

to a mortgage famine; keep the economy ... bring down mortgage rates. Instead, they put

Saturday May 17 2008, 08:12PM

Agents axe free home pack offers - Guardian Unlimited

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Saturday May 17 2008, 05:56PM

owned Thinc fined for subprime mis-selling - Guardian Unlimited

3 billion) worth of mortgage contracts during ... its subprime mortgage customers before giving advice ... particular subprime mortgage products it recommended matched

Thursday May 15 2008, 02:10PM

Resilient buy-to-let may soften housing downturn - Reuters UK

number of mortgage lenders exit. The buy-to-let ... for higher mortgage costs by raising rents ... buy-to-let at mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley ... specialist arm Mortgage Express, has reported strong ... Finance News Mortgage lenders go slow on

Thursday May 15 2008, 02:02PM

Bank of England warns no more rate cuts before 2010 as credit crisis ... - Daily Mail

2009, keeping mortgage costs painfully high. Mr ... The mortgage drought is having a crippling ... interest rates, mortgage rates are still soaring ... with their mortgage to shoppers deserting the ... solicitors to mortgage brokers. With rising unemployment

Thursday May 15 2008, 02:02PM

Bank of England warns'the good times are over'as Britons face real ... - Daily Mail

2009, keeping mortgage costs painfully high. Mr ... The mortgage drought is having a crippling ... interest rates, mortgage rates are still soaring ... with their mortgage to shoppers deserting the ... solicitors to mortgage brokers. With rising unemployment

Thursday May 15 2008, 01:55PM

Axa-owned Thinc fined for subprime mis-selling - Reuters UK

7 billion pounds' worth of mortgage contracts ... its subprime mortgage customers before giving advice ... particular subprime mortgage products it recommended matched ... Mortgage lenders go slow on rate

Thursday May 15 2008, 01:41PM

Investec says conditions remain tough - Guardian Unlimited

Kensington Group, a mortgage lender bought by ... 9 percent of the total mortgage portfolio

Thursday May 15 2008, 01:41PM

Barclays dramatically increases share of new mortgage lending - Daily Telegraph

of new mortgage lending By Angela Monaghan ... of new mortgage lending in the UK ... at its mortgage business Woolwich was 20pc ... The Council of Mortgage Lenders said on

Thursday May 15 2008, 01:20PM

Peroni puts the fizz into SABMiller profits - Daily Telegraph

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Thursday May 15 2008, 01:20PM

HOUSE PRICES: SHOULD I STAY OR GO? - Daily Express

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Thursday May 15 2008, 12:22PM

FSA levies biggest ever sub-prime fine - Times Online

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Thursday May 15 2008, 11:54AM

Wachovia says cutting fixed-income jobs - Guardian Unlimited

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Monday May 12 2008, 05:48PM

Southerners Have More Cash To Splash - Ananova

payouts, minus mortgage payments and taxes for

Monday May 12 2008, 05:41PM

High St Bank Writes Off Another £1.6bn - Ananova

of the mortgage market with a "rate-matching

Monday May 12 2008, 05:41PM

Factory gate inflation surge gives BoE headache on interest rates - Daily Telegraph

to new mortgage borrowers rose by around

Monday May 12 2008, 05:41PM

Rock claims'solid progress'despite more arrears - This is Money

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Monday May 12 2008, 04:44PM

1 in 4 lenders fail to pass rate cut on - Reading Evening Post

More than one in four mortgage lenders ...  Meanwhile, research carried out by mortgage group ... for best-buy mortgage deals was 87.6 ... the five mortgage types reviewed now have ... only seen mortgage rates and fees rise

Monday May 12 2008, 04:36PM

Sharp rise in arrears at Northern Rock - Financial Times

the UK mortgage lender was nationalised. The ... able to mortgage elsewhere will mortgage elsewhere

Monday May 12 2008, 12:47PM

Arrears increase at Northern Rock - Channel 4 News

Nationalised mortgage lender Northern Rock has reported ... rate of mortgage redemptions. It has sought ... the UK mortgage industry had made this ... of new mortgage products, with gross residential ... US sub-prime mortgage market, the global economy

Monday May 12 2008, 12:19PM

HSBC takes £3bn credit crunch hit - Channel 4 News

of the mortgage market last month with ... US sub-prime mortgage market, the global economy

Monday May 12 2008, 12:19PM

Northern Rock says savings recover but arrears rise - MSN UK News

LONDON (Reuters) - Mortgage bank Northern Rock ... reported modest mortgage lending, though arrears were ... in the mortgage market, and to boost ... Northern Rock, the country's fifth-largest mortgage lender ... gross residential mortgage lending in the first ... a shrinking mortgage book, with mortgages three ... the UK mortgage industry remains highly uncertain ... its targeted mortgage redemption levels in the

Monday May 12 2008, 10:53AM

Huge rise in Merseyside repossession orders revealed - IC Liverpool

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Saturday May 10 2008, 01:54PM

Citigroup aims to shed $400 billion of assets - Reuters UK

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Saturday May 10 2008, 01:47PM

Tabloid Bingo: McCann, Matthews, McGuckin And More… - Anorak

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Saturday May 10 2008, 01:25PM

More gloom in homes market - Financial Times

orders for mortgage repossessions rose to their

Saturday May 10 2008, 11:52AM

More families face losing their homes - This is Southampton

pushes up mortgage payments, new figures have ... Justice show mortgage providers started legal action ... with their mortgage, including expanded access to ... and the mortgage industry that borrowers may ... has urged mortgage lenders to warn borrowers

Saturday May 10 2008, 11:31AM

Mortgage repossession orders up 17% - Guardian Unlimited

Lenders have come under pressure to do more for struggling homeowners after the number of people threatened with losing their homes rose to its highest level for 16 years ...

Saturday May 10 2008, 11:09AM

Biggest rise in home repossession threats since 1991 - Guardian Unlimited

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Saturday May 10 2008, 11:02AM

Norfolk homes reposessions soar - Eastern Daily Press

with their mortgage repayments after government data ... that 384 mortgage re-possession claims have been ... 27,530 mortgage repossession made, up 17pc ... significantly higher mortgage rates over recent months ... people facing mortgage arrears problems at the ... The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) is ... prepare for mortgage difficulties when fixed-rate deals ... has urged mortgage lenders to warn borrowers ... ” A mortgage repossession order is granted ... to hike mortgage rates as they seek

Saturday May 10 2008, 06:23AM

Moody's high-risk mortgage advocate retires - Times Online

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Thursday May 08 2008, 05:03PM

Mortgage costs'will not fall for two years'- Times Online

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Thursday May 08 2008, 02:32PM

Charcol asks founders for fresh funds as credit squeeze hits brokers - The Independent

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Thursday May 08 2008, 12:56AM

REFILE-US STOCKS-Wall St sinks on oil's surge; financials hit - Reuters UK

to toxic mortgage investments. Shares of Citigroup

Wednesday May 07 2008, 09:36PM

Mutuals are warned on niche loans - Financial Times

of specialist mortgage lending despite not properly ... EDITOR’S CHOICE Mortgage provider tightens criteria -

Wednesday May 07 2008, 09:14PM

Comment: Statistics and false comfort - Financial Times

P repositions matter. The recent government report that US gross domestic product inc­reased 0.6 per cent in the first quarter was very misleading. It implied that economic ...

Wednesday May 07 2008, 08:24PM

ANALYSIS-Main Street may rain on Wall Street recovery parade - Reuters UK

and subprime mortgage holders, and on credit

Wednesday May 07 2008, 07:20PM

U.S. pending homes sales fall, productivity up - Guardian Unlimited

and as mortgage financing is more difficult ... housing and mortgage markets, businesses did their ... which showed mortgage lenders further tightening terms

Wednesday May 07 2008, 06:08PM

American house sales plunge 20% on price falls - Times Online

decline and mortgage providers tightened lending conditions

Wednesday May 07 2008, 06:08PM

FTSE hits four-month closing high - MSN UK News

after the mortgage bank's 4 billion pound

Wednesday May 07 2008, 06:08PM

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Tuesday May 06 2008, 01:56AM

Paragon offers to service banks'mortgages - Daily Telegraph

Buy-to-let mortgage specialist Paragon has opened discussions ... Mortgage lenders are being swamped with applications ... customers from mortgage redemptions. Post this story

Tuesday May 06 2008, 12:16AM

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pay his mortgage obligations and, perhaps, his

Monday May 05 2008, 02:00PM

More big losses expected from Fannie, Freddie - Reuters UK

value of mortgage assets they own and ... Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) (FNM

Monday May 05 2008, 01:10PM

Portuguese judge to rule on British'binge drink'parents - Times Online

for a mortgage company in Londonderry, is

Monday May 05 2008, 12:48PM

Spanish consumers quail, car sales seen falling - Guardian Unlimited

cannot escape mortgage debt by simply signing

Monday May 05 2008, 12:34PM

Three British children taken into care after parents'drank themselves ... - Daily Mail

for a mortgage company. One, John Alexander

Monday May 05 2008, 12:34PM

BofA may renegotiate Countrywide deal price: Friedman - Reuters UK

of the mortgage lender's outstanding debt would

Monday May 05 2008, 12:20PM

Gordon Brown adviser Stephen Nickell fears'mortgage rationing'- Daily Telegraph

Britain is now facing widespread "mortgage rationing ... days of mortgage rationing. No one will ... them a mortgage. advertisement Prof Nickell said ... to get mortgage funding that he would

Monday May 05 2008, 11:15AM

Embattled Brown to bin rubbish tax in bid to win back Britain - Daily Mail

Gordon Brown was today accused of "wasting" millions of pounds by carrying out yet another U-turn on pay-as-you throw litter schemes." /

Monday May 05 2008, 09:49AM

Birchall is April player of the month - Barnet&Potters Bar Times

won the Mortgage Express player of the

Monday May 05 2008, 08:16AM

Brazil search to resume - Western Telegraph

British sub-prime mortgage business which currently has

Monday May 05 2008, 03:44AM

House prices suffer worst decline since 1996, says Halifax - The Independent

1978, while mortgage approvals are running at

Saturday May 03 2008, 01:52AM

Posh organic cookery leads to plum job - Times Online

, a mortgage on the house, the

Saturday May 03 2008, 01:45AM

A black and blue Brown - Financial Times

Gordon Brown was asked this week on a cheery BBC breakfast radio show what he had first thought about when he woke that morning. As the British prime minister began reeling off a ...

Saturday May 03 2008, 12:48AM

Building society mortgage loans fall 68% - Guardian Unlimited

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Saturday May 03 2008, 12:05AM

Banks in mortgage confusion - Guardian Unlimited

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Friday May 02 2008, 11:51PM

US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank pump an extra $82bn into ... - Times Online

The US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank united yesterday to open a new front in their battle to quell the persistent money market strains that are fuelling the global credit crunch." /

Friday May 02 2008, 11:29PM

Bankruptcy for US linen retailer - BBC News

The significant deterioration in the mortgage, housing

Friday May 02 2008, 11:22PM

House price stability won't do much to help UK consumers - Daily Telegraph

ago, and mortgage rates for new borrowers ... But the mortgage market ructions are also ... by reduced mortgage availability, rather than consumer

Friday May 02 2008, 07:54PM

Can credit markets pass three Cs test on lending? - Financial Times

Three rules – known as the three Cs in credit – used to govern the business of lending. If you know what they are you are probably slightly old-fashioned – most lenders ...

Friday May 02 2008, 05:53PM

House prices fall as UK suffers income squeeze - Daily Telegraph

Britains biggest mortgage lender said today that ... Mortgage approvals - a good leading indicator ... five months, mortgage rates faced by Britains ... on their mortgage exceeds the price of

Friday May 02 2008, 04:34PM