L&G 'knew they were mis-selling' nortgage endowments - 2004-01-25
Executives at Legal & General were aware they were mis-selling mortgage endowments during the late Nineties, Financial Mail can reveal.

E-mails sent between senior directors and passed on by an L&G whistleblower show that in 1998, Mike Bolton, the insurance giant's UK actuary at the time, believed endowments no longer had a role to play in the mortgage market.
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More advice on how buyers can avoid paying PMI - 2004-01-25
Wow, there sure are a lot of haters of PMI out there! Good!

My recent column on how to get rid of PMI payments drew a string of letters with tips on how to avoid these onerous mortgage fees in the first place, using something called an 80-10-10 mortgage.
Read the full story at Sun Herald