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		<title>Banks under increasing pressure to lower fixed mortgage rates.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
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Recent suggestions are that UK banks and building societies will come under increasing pressure to reduce their fixed mortgage rates after government bond markets began to increase rapidly. Analysts in the bond market have recommended that, as a result of the rise in the price of government bonds which is causing an attendant and converse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sterling hits a two months low as the UK continues to lag behind.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
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The British pound continues to fall sharply against the dollar as foreign exchange traders predict that the UK economy will continue to lag behind that of the US and the 16-nation Eurozone. 
UK short-term bond yields have hit all-time lows as analysts begin to predict that the Bank of England may go as far as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Mortgage approvals continue to rise in July</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
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An increase in July of more than 75% in the number of home purchase loans approved by British banks, made for the most encouraging figures since February 2008, while net mortgage lending growth remained as its weakest level since the year 2000. 
The British Bankers&#8217; Association announced 38,181 mortgage applications were approved in July in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be a slave to the banks &#8211; keep your credit rating above reproach.</title>
		<link>http://www.financial-news.org.uk/dont-be-a-slave-to-the-banks-keep-your-credit-rating-above-reproach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
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Although your bank manager will tell you that he or she is your friend, and that they have your best interest at heart when they cut your overdraft or credit card levels, don&#8217;t believe them. The truth is that banks thrive on people who are in financial trouble and know exactly how to play on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US liquidators of Lehman Brothers begin to ask Barclays some uncomfortable questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liquidators of the bankrupt Wall Street merchant bankers, Lehman Brothers have posed some questions to Barclays Bank Plc that may cause the bank no little discomfort. The questions, set by Bryan Marsal of Alvarez &#038; Marsal charged with liquidating the company, are around the estimated $3.3billion that the UK bank received when it acquired part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small firms boosted by new loan scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government is preparing to lend money directly to businesses from January.
Leader of the House Harriet Harman revealed the move as she told MPs about a new small business loan guarantee scheme.
&#8220;It&#8217;s true to say that, while lending figures are starting to show increasing lending to small businesses, there are still businesses having problems,&#8221; she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage safety net for struggling homeowners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
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Homeowners who fall behind with their mortgage repayments after losing their jobs or suffer a drop in income can take up to a two-year repayment holiday under a new Government backed scheme.
Announced in the Queen’s Speech, banks and building societies making up 70% of the mortgage sector have signed up to the scheme.
The Government and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks called to account for rule breaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
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The Government’s is set to crack the whip over banks refusing to lend fairly to homeowners and small businesses after bailing out the banking sector with a £500 billion rescue package.
New powers for fining banks that breach the banking code are expected as part of today’s Queen’s Speech in Parliament as part of several major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loans: what is the risk?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without loans and credit, the world would not have advanced so much since the second world war. Arguably, people would still be yoked to a agricultural based economy and we would still be doffing our caps to the local landowners. 
But now, at the time of writing, it’s obvious that too many loans and too much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good news for homeowners as falling prices stall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sliding in property prices are slowing down, according to the UK’s biggest building society.
Nationwide released figures showing home prices fell by 0.4% in November, compared with 1.3% in October.
The year-on-year fall has also stalled at 13.9% against 14.6% a month earlier. This is the first time property prices have stopped falling since October 2007.
The average [...]]]></description>
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