AMI previews brokers' pre-regulation action plan - 2004-01-19
The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has released a guide explaining how to set out becoming a regulated mortgage adviser, to coincide with the official start of the Financial Services Authority taking application forms for direct authorisation.

Entitled Setting Up a Mortgage Regulation Project, the document has been created to help brokers plan for the start of mortgage regulation, which will come into effect on the 31 October this year.
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Single-family real estate 'stable' - 2004-01-19
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. today revealed that its national Market Trends Index stayed at 6.58 in the fourth quarter, the same as it was for the third quarter 2003.

"The national economy started to show some improvement, as demonstrated in real GDP – improved income trends and business investment," said Neil Siegel, MGIC's senior market analyst. "However, the housing sector has not yet reflected these changes."
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