The long and short of it: fixed-rate mortgages
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Long-term fixed-rate mortgages are being offered by British banks and thrifts that have long shied away from them because of the risk of inflation. Lenders face the risk of prepayment of the loans, which makes them more difficult to price.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Leaning, but still standing
Article Abstract:
Britain's savings and loan associations are struggling with plummeting home prices and bad property loans. Speculation that there may be need for a government bailout are premature though, as the industry is not in danger of collapse.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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