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Budget business measures at a glance: Mortgage guarantees



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Published Date: 25 November 2008
THE government aims to guarantee mortgage-backed securities to revitalise the moribund mortgage market.
The plan is based on the main recommendation of a report published yesterday into the mortgage market authored by former head of HBOS, Sir James Crosby. He says mortgage lenders should be invited to bid for about £100 billion of government guarantees over the next two years.





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