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Your search for "Mortgage" produced 45 items.
| 1. Concern over mortgage plans | September 15, 2011 |
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MEPs seek greater regulation of sector but industry fears plans could increase costs. The mortgage industry is preparing to fight plans by the European Parliament to... |
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| 2. A lack of credit for mortgage proposals | June 9, 2011 |
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The mortgage industry is concerned about plans to reform the sector. One sector that is bracing itself for the effects of new legislation is the mortgage industry. EU... | |
| 3. Mortgage plans could take the pressure off consumers | March 31, 2011 |
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Proposal seeks to increase consumer protection and financial stability.
The European Commission is to take its first steps to regulate mortgages, with a proposal for a... | |
| 4. Commission clears takeover of Hypo Real Estate | May 15, 2009 |
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German government to increase its share in financial institution. The European Commission today (15 May) approved the takeover of Hypo Real Estate, a German financial... | |
| 5. Capital requirements tightened up by Parliament | May 6, 2009 |
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New rules for financial institutions. MEPs today (6 May) agreed new rules on capital requirements for banks, intended to help prevent a repeat of the financial market... | |
| 6. Green light for France's green aid | February 3, 2009 |
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European Commission accepts French plan to offer environmentally friendly producers with loans at reduced rates.
The European Commission has, for the first time, given... | |
| 7. Don't blame capitalism for the global financial crisis | October 9, 2008 |
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It is the management of the financial system that deserves scorn for today's turmoil, not the financial system itself. The demands for more regulation and control of the... |
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| 8. Commission queries Northern Rock bail-out | June 5, 2008 |
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The UK government could be forced to radically rethink its rescue package for the troubled mortgage lender Northern Rock following publication of the European's Commission... | |
| 9. If it's crunchtime in the US, what time is it in Europe? | January 17, 2008 |
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Rumours strongly suggest that the US economy is stalling. Adherents to the mimetism school are already predicting a recession in Europe while others argue that there will be... | |
| 10. MEPs seek King retraction | January 17, 2008 |
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Members of the European Parliament will urge the UK government next week to ask Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, to withdraw his allegation that EU laws were... | |
| 11. Parliament approves consumer-credit rules | January 17, 2008 |
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MEPs yesterday (16 January) adopted new rules on consumer credit, paving the way for borrowers to shop across borders for personal loans. The consumer credit directive, as... | |
| 12. McCreevy in home loans U-turn | December 13, 2007 |
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Charlie McCreevy, the European commissioner for the internal market, will next week opt for a light regulatory approach to responsible lending for Europe's fast-growing... | |
| 13. From a great fall to a terrible economic winter | December 6, 2007 |
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It is proving harder than many experts expected to put Humpty Dumpty together again. From Tampa in Florida to Narvik in Norway, from the City of London to Astana in... | |
| 14. Budgeting is not just for accountants | October 25, 2007 |
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In recent months this column has commented upon rising interest rates and the increasing costs of daily life and how they might influence investments. As important as this... | |
| 15. Signing up to home loans without frontiers | October 11, 2007 |
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The European Commission is set to unveil a white paper on cross-border mortgages, writes Patricia Kelly. Buying a house is for most people their biggest ever financial... | |
| 16. Crisis glimpsed through a glass darkly | September 20, 2007 |
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Politicians understand some forms of risk, above all those that threaten their hold on office. Very few understand the risks attached to the panoply of complex products... | |
| 17. Movers and Shakers | July 19, 2007 |
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Barclays has appointed Sacha Polverini as its new European public policy director, working mainly out of its Brussels office. He is currently managing director of European... | |
| 18. How unpayable US debts are hurting the global economy | May 31, 2007 |
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Americans' propensity to borrow is now part of their way of life, affecting every level not just of the US economy, but progressively Europe's as well. The growth of... | |
| 19. McCreevy keeps his hands off mortgages | February 8, 2007 |
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The European Commission seems to have been persuaded to take a light touch in regulating the markets in mortgage. The findings of an expert group released in December... | |
| 20. Downside to freedom of capital | November 9, 2006 |
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Over the last three to four years the average price of a house in Bulgaria has more than doubled. What are the reasons behind such a development? Is it sustainable? And are... | |
