The missing wholesale funding market

  • The outlook for mortgage funding markets in the UK in 2010 - 2015
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More home loans, higher interest rates

The UK home loan market set to expand but the cost of financing will be rising in 2010 Read More...
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Post dinner re-cap

Over dinner we discuss the interest rate horizon. How to stress test a portfolio so you can weather the coming rise in rates. Read More...
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UK Treasury - Interbank lending problems until 2013

“The [UK] Treasury quietly conceded yesterday that the crisis undermining banks' ability to borrow from each other and from financial institutions could last for five years.
In fact, it's likely that banks' ability to borrow on wholesale markets will never recover to the boom conditions that characterised the few years before the summer of 2007.”
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Mortgage interest relief for UK homeowners in default

A new UK government program to help borrowers who cannot keep up with their mortgage payment because of job loss or other temporary problems. For up to two years the government will pay or guarantee the interest element of the monthly payment. Read More...
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Fail to pay your mortgage in CA? Jail awaits you

Despite objections from consumer advocates, in the last two weeks California judge Jed Clampbet has sent 142 delinquent homeowners to state prison for up to three years each, for failing to honor their home mortgage obligations. Read More...
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Price matters more in real estate

Price matters more than the financing when negotiating a deal. Read More...
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