Buy-to-let hits first-time buyers - 2004-03-10
Buy-to let house acquisitions will outnumber those by first-time buyers this year as young people are priced out of the market, a report declared.

A buy-to-let collapse would combine with rising interest rates, tighter lending criteria from banks and building societies and tougher regulation of the mortgage market to precipitate a fall in house prices.
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Co-op Bank gets assistance from its mortgages - 2004-03-10
Growth in mortgage lending helped the Co-operative Bank to maintain its progress last year, it announced today.

The Manchester-based bank also enjoyed income boosts from its current account and credit card packages.
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