IFG arm sees 46% mortgage increase - 2004-01-26
Wholesale mortgage group Mortgage Business Solutions has posted business of €859m for 2003, a jump of 46% on the previous year.

MBS, a subsidiary of financial services group IFG, says it now has 7% of the mortgage market. The company says it expects another record year for new mortgages in 2004, with 50,000 houses being built and interest rates remaining low.
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Savers sock more away - but many set no cash aside - 2004-01-26
Britons hiked the amount they saved by 20% during 2003, but almost a third of people still put nothing aside at all.

"Despite the recent small rise, mortgage rates remain low, but people need to heed the warning and rein in their spending in favour of saving. They should be looking far more favourably on saving as a means of planning for the future."
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