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UK mortgage lenders told they can scrap affordability rule for buyers

Lenders will no longer have to check whether homeowners could afford mortgage payments at higher interest rates after the Bank of England ditched a rule originally designed to avoid another 2007-style credit crunch.

UK mortgage lenders told they can scrap affordability rule for buyers
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The rule, introduced in 2014, was intended to make sure borrowers did not take on more debt than they could afford, and potentially “amplify” an economic downturn and put financial stability at risk.

Read more at The Guardian

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