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Sentiment Through The Floor
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Neither the government nor the mortgage lenders have anything to gain from accelerating mortgage failures - and they are working together to prevent a house price freefall - the normal law of supply/demand is currently suspended, it's more about the law of who needs to cut their losses the most...
TruckerTAccording to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.0 -
But the government is supposed to be trying to get more houses built. Whose side are they on?Neither the government nor the mortgage lenders have anything to gain from accelerating mortgage failures"It will take, five, 10, 15 years to get back to where we need to be. But it's no longer the individual banks that are in the wrong, it's the banking industry as a whole." - Steven Cooper, head of personal and business banking at Barclays, talking to Martin Lewis0 -
But the government is supposed to be trying to get more houses built. Whose side are they on?
That is a very good question - in practical terms, the government quietly keeps the mortgage lenders under pressure to avoid foreclosures. But how much practical assistance do they give to the building industry? And what would be the result if they suddenly started pouring money into house-building? Another property boom?
TruckerTAccording to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.0
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