Growth of private lending drops to 29pc
Growth in loans to the private sector eased in November for the first time in five months, the Central Bank says.
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Consumers seem keen to buy and try THE market for homeopathic remedies has exploded in the last five years - growing from 25m in 1999 to 32m in 2004 in over-the-counter sales.read more...
Mortgage rules could be strengthened (AP via Yahoo! News) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that he did not believe the growing number of mortgage defaults would seriously harm the economy.read more...
Fed, FTC have yet to issue rules for credit protections enacted in 2003 Acongressionally mandated consumer protection of huge potential value to home mortgage applicants has been stalled indefinitely because two federal agencies have not published required regulations, 33 months ...read more...
Lender launches 'intergenerational' mortgage (Guardian Unlimited) A new type of mortgage that would allow parents to pass their property and debt on to their children was launched today by the Kent Reliance building society.read more...
Rival robots prepping to automate home building Posted Jan 15th 2007 3:41PM by Paul Miller Filed under: Household , Robots "Your shoes, clothes and car are already made automatically, but your house is built by hand and
Broker sentenced for mortgage fraud (The Cincinnati Enquirer) A Springdale mortgage broker, Jay Sullivan, was sentenced to 15 months in prison Monday for his role in a mortgage-fraud scheme that cost lenders more than $2 million.read more...