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Double billing, lacklustre house building and rising complaints – The Mortgage Solutions Quiz

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  • 22/08/2014
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Here's our news quiz to test your knowledge of the week's most thought-provoking, quirkiest and downright bizarre moments on Mortgage Solutions.

This week the government’s house building efforts were criticised for being weak. By how much did annual housing completions rise?

 

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A) 13%
B) 17%
C) 7%

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Correct answer C) 7%

 

Legal & General Mortgage Club director Jeremy Duncombe gave his prediction on what the ‘new normal’ annual gross lending level would be by 2017. What was the upper end of his gross lending forecast?

 

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A) £250bn
B) £225bn
C) £270bn

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Correct answer A) 250bn

 

Approximately how many complaints has the Financial Ombudsman Service received about payday loan brokers since the start of the year?

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A) 15,500
B) 11,800
C) 10,000

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Correct answer C) 10,000

A High Court judge in Belfast ruled that Bank of Scotland had been unfairly double billing its customers who fell behind with mortgage payments. What word did the judge use to describe the bank’s behaviour?

 

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A) Calculating
B) Unconscionable
C) Understandable

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Correct answer: B) Unconscionable

A financial adviser received five years in jail for stealing from the elderly and recently bereaved clients. How much in total did he steal?

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A) £85,000
B) £125,000
C) £65,000

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Correct answer A) £85,000

 

Congratulations you have completed The Mortgage Solutions Quiz!

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