With rents on the rise mortgage lenders see landlords as a better bet than first-time buyers. Patrick Collinson asks if a worrying bubble is being created in a resurgent market Britain’s lenders are turning their backs on first-time buyers and other traditional borrowers, and granting mortgages to landlords instead amid signs of a new buy-to-let [...]
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Buy-to-let bounces back
April 23rd, 2011 
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Tags: Buy-to-let, distribution director, first time buyer, first time buyers, home, industry debate, Lloyds, LTV, Mortgage, mortgage lenders, patrick collinson, reeds rains 
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October 14th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Employment in Britain continues to be bleak amid reports of job cuts by a major British bank, a rise in jobless benefits claims and a forecast of more lay-offs. On Wednesday, Lloyds Banking Group announced it would cut 4,500 more jobs. To be affected by the [...]
Posted in Bad Credit Loans Tags: 100 000 jobs, 4500, British, contractual workers, cuts, Employment, jobless benefits, Jobs, Lloyds, More, office of national statistics, outsourced business services, Picture, social care sectors, study forecasts, Worsens Comments OffThe future of Lloyds: Stuff happened
September 23rd, 2010 davidguide Lloyds looks for a new chief executive, and hopes for a stay of execution ERIC DANIELS, the American who announced on September 20th that he will retire as chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group next year, is an affable man. But it is fair to say that when he steps down—a surprisingly long time after [...]
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October 19th, 2009 davidguide Lloyds Banking Group has sold its Halifax estate agency business for just £1 to LSL Property Services. The group has said 1,050 employees will be transferred to LSL after the sale. However, the move is likely to cause 460 jobs to be lost, 360 of which are said to be full time positions. Lloyds has [...]
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