Exact Mortgage Experts are offering building societies the chance to prove Moody’s wrong about their ratings. Several building societies tipped for a downgrade have reportedly been given a month to prove their credit worthiness in an opportunity to retain their good rating. Exact is offering ...

I feel sorry for Darling, his boss has made a right cock up of the economy and he is taking most of the stick. Gordon Brown had us all fooled, according to him he had banished Boom and Bust and he was the architect of the most prosperous years we have ever seen. Gordon convinced us and the ...

Mortgage Strategy: Alan Cleary’s column. Collections and recoveries staff are in massive demand right now due to an increase of nearly 800% in arrears levels. Compared to 2000-2007 where there was an average of about 70,000 borrowers 3 months down, to the forecast 500,000 by the end of ...

Mortgage Strategy: Alan Cleary’s column. Dundee Council looks like the first local authority to take the plunge into mortgage lending. And taking the plunge is an under-statement if ever I saw one. Their proposal to lend 100% of the cost of the house purchase to tenants looking to buy ...

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