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Mortgage rates to rise as Euro crisis hits UK

Mortgage Solutions | 17 May 2012

Homeowners will be hit by fresh increases in mortgage rates as the storm in the eurozone hammers Britain’s financial system.

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Cameron to tell eurozone: 'make up or break up'

David Cameron will urge eurozone leaders to "make up or break up" today as he fears the euro unraveling will further dent the British economy.

Mortgage Solutions | 17 May 2012
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King: Queen's Jubilee will knock 0.5% off Q2 GDP

Sterling has fallen against the dollar today after a dovish quarterly inflation report from the Bank of England cut growth forecasts and left the door open to further quantitative easing (QE).

Mortgage Solutions | 16 May 2012

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UK unemployment figures edge back in Q1

The UK's unemployment rate showed a small fall from 8.3% to 8.2% in the first quarter, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Mortgage Solutions | 16 May 2012
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Ex-Barclays boss Varley 'out of running' for BoE top job

Former Barclays chief John Varley is no longer in the running for the top job at the Bank of England, Investment Week understands.

Mortgage Solutions | 15 May 2012
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King expects no change to interest rates 'through 2013' - reports

Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, will signal on Wednesday that interest rates will remain around their record low until the end of next year at the earliest, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Mortgage Solutions | 14 May 2012
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BSA live: Commission drives mis-selling in financial services

The way the financial services industry can protect itself from any mis-selling scandals in the future is by getting rid of commission, warned BBC Moneybox journalist Paul Lewis at the BSA annual conference.

Mortgage Solutions | 10 May 2012
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BSA Live: Lender forbearance strategies could crumble once rates rise

Policymakers will have to "proceed cautiously" when moving interest rates to keep arrears levels under control.

Mortgage Solutions | 10 May 2012
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BoE could have done more to avert crisis, says King

The Bank of England (BoE) should have "shouted from the rooftops" about flaws in the system which could have prevented the banking crisis, governor Sir Mervyn King has said.

Mortgage Solutions | 03 May 2012
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UK back in recession with -0.2% growth

The UK economy contracted by 0.2% in the first quarter of the year, slipping back into technical recession, preliminary estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown.

Mortgage Solutions | 25 Apr 2012
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Mervyn King branded a 'tyrant' by ex-MPC member

A former member of the Monetary Policy Committee has claimed Bank of England governor Mervyn King was "unprepared for the crisis" that wrecked the world economy and "controlled the bank with an iron fist."

Mortgage Solutions | 19 Apr 2012
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BoE deputy warns inflation will be higher than expected

Paul Tucker,deputy governor of the Bank of England, has warned inflation will be higher than expected this year, following yesterday's unexpected rise in CPI.

Mortgage Solutions | 18 Apr 2012
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MPC unanimous on holding rates amid inflation risk

Each of the nine members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to hold interest rates at the historic low of 0.5% this month, minutes from their latest meeting show.

Mortgage Solutions | 18 Apr 2012

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