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Nationwide storms into second place with mortgage lending: (23/05 07:35 - Introducer Today)
Nationwide, the UK’s biggest building society, has upped its mortgage lending to take second place in market share. Its 15.1% market share puts it one place behind Lloyds and knocks Barclays into...
Help to Buy could backfire: warnings mount: (23/05 07:35 - Introducer Today)
More high-level concerns have surfaced over the Government’s Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme aimed at people with only 5% deposits. The International Monetary Fund has warned it could...
Remortaging at a15-year low, says CML: (23/05 07:35 - Introducer Today)
Remortgaging is at a 15-year low, the Council of Mortgage...
Sir Mervyn King hails prosperous future for Manchester: (23/05 06:54 - Manchester Evening News)
The outgoing governor of the Bank of England today said there was an “exciting future” ahead for Greater Manchester's economy. visited the region ahead of his retirement next month. He spent time at...
Disaster fear if Osborne keeps his course: (23/05 06:39 - Belfast Telegraph)
The warned Chancellor George Osborne the UK is "still a long way from a strong and sustainable recovery", sending the pound tumbling against the dollar. Assessors warned there is a key risk that...
Nationwide enjoys rise in share of home loans: (23/05 06:38 - Belfast Telegraph)
Nationwide has boasted a record share of the UK mortgage market after seeing a big rise in the number of first-time buyers joining the property ladder. The building society increased gross mortgage...
Would FTBs have been better off with another stamp duty holiday than Help to Buy?: (23/05 04:24 - Money Marketing Online)
Conditions for first-time buyers continue to improve, but is the Government’s Help to Buy scheme going to provide the boost this sector desperately needs or would a stamp duty holiday have been more...
Osborne told to expect losses in RBS sale: (23/05 03:26 - Herald Scotland)
George Osborne has been warned his austerity drive will hurt the economy and that he must be prepared to lose billions of pounds selling off Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The International Monetary...
Nationwide profits soar despite bad debts: (23/05 02:20 - The Independent)
Nationwide, Britain's biggest building society, grabbed its largest-ever share of the mortgage market last year and saw...
Nationwide chief warns Help to Buy scheme could harm first time buyers: (23/05 02:06 - Mirror.co.uk)
His comments echo those of departing Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King who warned the Help to Buy scheme shouldn’t become permanent The boss of Britain’s biggest building society says a...
IMF calls for Osborne to kick-start the economy: (23/05 02:02 - City A.M.)
Receive daily updates with our mid-morning newsletter THE UK needs to cut business taxes, slash red tape to allow more house building and bring forward infrastructure spending to make sure the...
Nationwide profits up as public supports building societies: (23/05 02:02 - City A.M.)
Receive daily updates with our mid-morning newsletter BRITAIN’S biggest building society yesterday reported a boom in new customer numbers and in profits as...
Mortgages lift Nationwide profits: (23/05 01:56 - Daily Express)
Chief executive Graham Beale has seen increased lending pay off The s biggest building society saw gross mortgage lending rise by 17 per cent to 21.5billion in the year to April. The weak economy has...
Relief for Osborne at last as IMF spots signs of recovery and welcomes improvement in the economy: (23/05 01:34 - Mail Online UK)
International Monetary Fund drops call for slower deficit reduction But inspectors urge Chancellor to consider 'growth enhancing initiatives'Suggests bringing forward capital spending and cutting...
Austerity: IMF 1, Osborne 0 | Editorial: (23/05 00:31 - Guardian.co.uk)
Somehow, in the looking-glass world of Mr Osborne's Treasury, the IMF's litany of criticisms counts as relatively good news The IMF on Wednesday told George Osborne that the UK remains a "long way...
First-time buyers lift Nationwide: (23/05 00:29 - The Scotsman)
Nationwide has grabbed a record share of the mortgage market after seeing a big rise in the number of first-time buyers joining the property ladder. The mutual, which earlier this...
Firms STILL starved of loans, says Bank: Companies cannot get cash a year after Government launched lifeline to help them: (22/05 23:54 - Mail Online UK)
Bank of England report warns of smaller firms struggling to gett urgently-needed cash By Becky Barrow Small businesses are being starved of money by Britain's banking giants, nearly a year after...
ALEX BRUMMER: IMF's David Lipton tees up UK growth agenda: (22/05 23:12 - Mail Online UK)
By Comments (0) Share The visitation by the International Monetary Fund has passed without any of the shock and awe feared by the Chancellor. Instead, what deputy managing director David Lipton...
IMF urges Bank of England to keep interest rates low until economic recovery 'reaches full momentum': (22/05 23:06 - Mail Online UK)
By Households and businesses should be told that borrowing costs will remain at rock-bottom levels until the economy is motoring again, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. The global...
I am the beneficiary of the house-price boom. My children are its victims | Suzanne Moore: (22/05 20:23 - Guardian.co.uk)
When the haves get worried not only about their futures but also those of their kids, the have-nots are really doomed If all property is theft then I am a colossal thief. I sold my house via Foxtons....
Help-to-Buy may fuel house price bubble that hurts first-time buyers, says IMF: (22/05 20:14 - Telegraph)
Help-to-Buy may fuel house price bubble, warns IMF: (22/05 20:10 - Telegraph)
The Government’s Help-to-Buy cheap loans scheme may turn out to be counterproductive by fuelling a house price bubble that locks potential buyers out of the market, the International Monetary Fund...
George Osborne warned by IMF that cuts 'pose headwinds' to growth: (22/05 20:07 - Guardian.co.uk)
Washington lender advises chancellor to bring on infrastructure spending plans to avoid jeopardising tepid recovery George Osborne was on Wednesday urged by the International Monetary Fund to rethink...
Nationwide account for 15.1 per cent of UK residential mortgage lending: (22/05 19:42 - What Mortgage)
The Nationwide Group has increased its gross mortgage lending by 17 per cent to ?21.5 billion up to April 4th 2013, accounting for 15.1 per cent of all UK residential mortgage lending. This...
IMF warns on dangers of Help to Buy scheme: (22/05 18:32 - Telegraph)
The International Monetary Fund has became the latest critic of the Government’s flagship property scheme. The International Monetary Fund became the latest critic of the Government’s Help to Buy...
MS Summit 2013: What to do if you receive a mortgage misselling claim: (22/05 18:22 - Mortgage Strategy)
Recorded at the recent Mortgage Strategy Summit at the Luton Hoo Hotel, Baxter says if brokers do have a mortgage claim made against them then the first...
CML: Remortgaging at lowest levels for 15 years: (22/05 18:16 - Money Marketing Online)
Remortgaging levels remain muted as last year saw the lowest number of borrowers choosing to refinance since 1997, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. The CML’s figures show that in 2012,...
IMF: Help to buy could push up house prices: (22/05 18:01 - InsideHousing)
The International Monetary Fund has warned the government’s Help to buy scheme may push house prices up. In a report about the UK’s economy out today the IMF suggested the scheme may temporarily...
Nationwide results scarred by commercial property: (22/05 17:18 - Guardian.co.uk)
The good part was the 56% rise in underlying profits to ?475m – but a decent chunk of property-related losses from the retail sector and elsewhere are washing up at Nationwide's door Nationwide is...
FTSE rises as Bernanke keeps his foot on the QE pedal: (22/05 17:01 - Citywire)
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has given stock markets another shot in the arm after saying the central bank will continue with its third round of quantitative easing, or money...