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Blog: Rocked to my very foundations

Virgin Money's bid for Northern Rock was rejected because it would have cost tax payers £2bn.

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Ban should light up advisers

The winners and losers of the smoking ban have been widely publicised.

Now the crunch is enshrined, it is time for it to pass into legend

It has been little more than a year since we first heard the words credit crunch uttered and last week, the phrase was immortalised in the Oxford English Dictionary. But how does the picture look one year on?

Let the games begin

The mortgage market scrum of the last few years has seemed more like a gentile game of lawn bowls in the last few weeks.

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Lenders are beginning to understand

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"A tougher stance i being meted out to those who cannot keep up."

What possessed them?

Prestbury: challenges at the top?

The challenge made to Lee Birkett’s reign of mortgage network Prestbury has been the exception rather than the rule.

Follow the market leader no longer

The world may still be spinning but permanent For Sale signs outside homes and people bemoaning the price of bread shows summer 2008 is nothing like summer 2007.

FSA strikes hard and fast on fraud

Advisers involved in mortgage fraud will continue to be made an example of, the FSA warned as it struck more intermediaries off last week.

Has everyone forgotten the bad old days?

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Virgin confirms bid to become "fully fledged bank"

Virgin Money confirmed plans to become a "fully fledged bank" as the Treasury stated its bid for Northern Rock was rejected because it would have cost tax payers £2bn.

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