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UK Banks to Boost Mortgages in 2010

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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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