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    Default UK Mortgage Market In Doo-Doo

    How bad must things be to do this?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7516830.stm

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    Alan Cleary, the managing director of Edeus, admitted this would mean making a loss on each mortgage.

    "It's the lesser of two evils," he said.

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    Default Re: UK Mortgage Market In Doo-Doo

    ^^^ this shows a very clear reluctance on the part of foreign investment banks / sovereign wealth funds to buy ANY sort of risky mortgage paper ... which in turn means no capital available with which to make new loans. These cash back / buyout offers simply show what the true cost (i.e. wholesale interest rate) now must be for banks that have dabbled in risky loans for a large part of their portfolio. The UK and US are basically in the same situation re this issue, as both of our currencies are based on debt rather than commodities / exports.

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