Friday, Jun 20, 2008

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MoneyWeek: Bad debt to keep growing, says HBOS

Halifax owner HBOS warned that the alarming rise in borrowers falling behind with repayments shows no sign of slowing down. Britain's biggest lender said the value of mortgages in arrears have jumped by 17% since the start of 2008 to £5bn.

Posted by pendulum @ 01:56 PM (505 views) Add Comment

3 Comments

1. fancypants said...

bloody shorters, causing mortgage defaults again...

Friday, June 20, 2008 02:22PM Report Comment
 

2. mark wadsworth said...

As I said before, that £5 bn figure is misleading. The relevant figure is the % of that £5bn that HBOS will have to write of as irrecoverable. If they only write off 10%, then big deal.

Friday, June 20, 2008 02:33PM Report Comment
 

3. Distant_adz said...

Hornby insists the property downturn is 'nothing like the pain and shock we saw in previous cycles'
hahahahahaha
nothing like it - you are right - its lots worse! Bring it on.....

Friday, June 20, 2008 02:44PM Report Comment
 

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