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AMI's 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.
MS Blog
MS TV: FSA must not be too strict with authorisation
Robert Sinclair, director of the Association of Mortgages Intermediaries says there are fears over how rigorous the regulator will be when it carries out its approved persons checks.
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.
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.
