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RBS cuts 3,500 more jobs
The Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting 3,500 support staff and closing more than half its business services offices.
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Lifetime ban for insurance broker
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Blair warns against ''too heavy'' regulation of financial sector
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Abbey to cut rates on 80% LTV products
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House prices drop 0.9% in August
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Lloyds TSB launches 2.94% two year fix
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Big boost to mortgage products in August
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Automated lending systems are holding back housing market
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Moody's escapes with slap on wrist in fraud investigation
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Seven in 10 keep banks in the dark over financial problems
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Monty's Blog
Mortgage lending up...a bit
Today saw the release of the latest set of data from the Council Of Mortgage Lenders, stating that gross mortgage lending rose by 5% in July compared to June, although this is still 3% down from July 2009.
MS Blog
MSTV: Boulger warns of two-tier broker system
In this edition of Mortgage Strategy TV we talk to Ray Boulger, senior technical director at John Charcol, about the impact of the Mortgage Market Review on brokers, the potential of a two-tier industry and the chances of higher LTVs returning.
John Charcol's Blog
My thoughts on the Policy Exchange forecast of Bank Rate at 8% in 2012
No doubt the reason Andrew Lilico, chief economist of Policy Exchange, which calls itself a think tank, chose to issue his paper forecasting Bank Rate would rise to 8% in 2012 this week is that in the August silly season when real political news is thin on the ground it is much easier to grab some headlines by publishing an outrageous forecast than when senior politicians are around to rubbish such forecasts. Policy Exchange must be desperate for some publicity.
Industry Blog
Is Sorry Enough?
The question of whether customers get treated fairly by our lending institutions has been raised a number of times over the past few weeks.
AMI Blog
What are they hiding?
How do you eat an elephant? A little bit at a time! The Financial Services Authority, in attempting to avoid there being another world debt crisis, are well through giving us their menu for repast.
Dale's Blog
Going back to our roots
The outlook maybe positive and the sun may be shining, but the reality is that we’re all working considerably harder to earn the same shrinking pound compared to a few years ago.
