Evil Referee ([info]evilref) wrote in [info]so_very_doomed,

British Financial Doom

Another British bank was nationalised over the weekend.

B&B's £50bn of loans, including £41bn of home mortgages, will not be sold and will be nationalised on a long-term basis. The mortgages may be given to the nationalised Northern Rock to manage.

"The Bradford and Bingley mortgage book is a lower quality book of mortgages, it is a worse asset than Northern Rock," said Charlie Parker, of Citywire.

"It has experienced double the arrears rates of other lenders."

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7640143.stm

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[info]top_geezer

September 29 2008, 18:52:15 UTC 3 years ago

evilref' qoutes Charlie Parker:
"it is a worse asset than Northern Rock"

It is and most evryone in the UK knows it.

[info]evilref

September 29 2008, 20:00:09 UTC 3 years ago

And, thanks to the miracle of nationalisation, most evryone in the UK owns it.

I wonder how the next seven days will be.

[info]top_geezer

September 30 2008, 18:41:15 UTC 3 years ago

Sorry. I was thrashing before I realised you posted: "thanks to the miracle of nationalisation". So might be receiving a confused post to your email from my, just deleted, reply.
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