UK Banks to Boost Mortgages in 2010

Encouraging words from the UK’s Central Bank that could be further proof of the impact of quantitative easing economic policy.

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Banks and other lenders were making more mortgages available to their customers in the final quarter of the year and are expected to further boost their offerings in the new year, the Bank of England said today.

In its latest quarterly Credit Conditions Survey, which asks lenders about credit conditions over the past three months, the Bank reported that respondents had said that the situation had become better because of the improved economic outlook and higher house prices.

Times Online

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Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency trader focused on North America and emerging markets. He has been published by The MarketWatch, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, and he also appears regularly as a guest commentator on networks including Bloomberg and BNN. He holds a finance degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and an MBA with a specialization on financial engineering and marketing from the University of Toronto.
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