There were also rumours that mortgage payment holidays could last around a year to help people deal with the financial fallout from the coronavirus crisis.
And concerns about self-employed borrowers after the current crisis was another of the biggest stories this week.
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Accord restarts physical valuations and increases LTVs to 85 per cent
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