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Where's the endgame? I expected something to give by now. Inflation, rising gilt yields and/or collapsing currency. The currency is down, but far from collapsed. Can they keep doing whatever they want? The MPC is meant to be 9(?) individuals voting each month, independent of the govt, so how can Carney make a long term rates promise? Why would a central bank block themselves in like that. If inflation took off, they'd have no response. Can gilt yields rise? At what point is there so much held by the BoE and the rest by banks as a regulatory burden that the market completely disappears? .... I'm thinking about buying!
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I haven't looked into it much, but are Wonga that bad? The APRs stated are a bit unfair for comparison. If you're lending £100 for a month, the admin's probably £30 (?), the default risk another £20 (?), so you'd want £150 in a month, before interest and profit. That would be APR of 1297% (I think). How do credit unions work? They said on the radio they're limited to 26% APR. Fine if you're lending 1000s for 1 year plus, but they must lose money on small, short term lending?
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Made me smile. Bloke on the radio was saying their pensions are very aggressively invested. Shorts, hedonistic stuff etc.
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Does anyone know how much of the 0.6% has come from imputed rent rises? (I can't see it in the spreadsheet).
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57percent replied to Snugglybear's topic in House prices and the economy
That's just part one, on new builds. Not sure if available with 80% deposit, but in theory, you could pay all the mortgage off early. Part two is not a govt loan. You still pay for the whole 95% mortgage from the start, but the rates should be lower and availability higher as the govt insure 20% of it. -
Investment in companies driven by low interest rates and money printing rather than actual growth!
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I'm inclined to agree. But then Moneyweek have been wrong so often, maybe this will finally be the crash?
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57percent replied to Snugglybear's topic in House prices and the economy
Retail banks offset risk all the time. Counterparty, interest rate etc, etc. -
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57percent replied to Snugglybear's topic in House prices and the economy
If the bank was risk adverse, but had borrowers at 95LTV, they would charge the 6%, but then pay 2.5% of that to offset the risk. If the govt now charge 1% instead of 2.5% to offset the risk, then they *could* charge the borrower 4.5% and end up with the same profit and the same risk profile. -
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57percent replied to Snugglybear's topic in House prices and the economy
They've still missed out the interesting bit: What will it cost the banks? If currently the banks are offering 95LTV @ 6% and 75LTV @ 3.5%, the implied difference in risk would be 2.5%/year of the whole loan. They could go out now and hedge this risk ... at a cost of 2.5%/year. The government are effectively covering this extra 2.5% risk, but what will they be charging the bank? This will be passed on to borrower. If they charge 2.5% (or above) the whole thing is pointless. My bet is less than 1%. At 1%, the mortgage is still 4.5%. -
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57percent replied to Snugglybear's topic in House prices and the economy
If your mortgage goes from 6.5% to 3.5%, then the need should be less? -
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57percent replied to Snugglybear's topic in House prices and the economy
As I see it, it will nearly all go to remortgaging. Those on high LTV will be moved as quick as possible to H2B. Win-win for the 'owner' and the bank. Big loss for the taxpayer. Slight loss for HPC as there will be less people needing to sell. Has anyone asked Gidiot how this helps with supply (not that I believe supply is an issue either). Have the opposition mentioned this? It's more of a Labour type policy. Madness. Any way to complain? -
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57percent replied to Snugglybear's topic in House prices and the economy
But they're not the same scheme. Under phase 1, you're only paying interest on 75% of the loan (5% deposit, 20% interest free loan from govt). Under the second phase, you're still paying 95%, but 20% is guaranteed by the govt at a cost (still undefined). The rates will be lower, but not as low as phase 1 and all of the loan. -
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57percent replied to Snugglybear's topic in House prices and the economy
Still no mention of the cost to the banks. I suspect it will be very cheap.