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...From Prof Richard C Thornton....
...Even Richard Nixon, whose dramatic opening to China changed the nature of the cold war, gets short shrift....
...Richard Nixon would have turned 100 this month....
...or “bien” in front of an Arabic tweet by Mohamed ElBaradei or a French one by Le Monde diplomatique will stun the lifeman’s followers. Wikimanship....
...Bien says Santander’s new large loan deal is a good example of a high street lender not understanding the market....
...Ms Bien felt this move was “crucial and long-awaited”....
...“When it comes to loan-to-values, 60 per cent is the new 75 per cent,” said Richard Morea at London & Country Mortgages, the broker....
...“There has been a similar story in buy-to-let as in the mainstream market,” says Richard Morea, technical manager at London & Country Mortgages....
...“Despite two rate cuts in December and February, the lending environment is getting tougher,” said Melanie Bien, director at Savills Private Finance....
...Melanie Bien, director at mortgage broker Savills Private Finance, said: “Lenders would prefer to focus on low LTV business because it is lower-risk.”...
...“Mortgages of up to 25 years have been available for some time but are not very popular, as they are obviously not a very flexible contract to be in,” said Richard Farr, director of the Association of Mortgage...
...“The stolen piece was made specifically for Newby in 1775 and has never before left the house,” says owner Richard Compton. “The thieves broke in and activated the alarm but made off within seconds....
...The Murdochs have done nothing wrong that I can see, however inconvenient to Branson and however much bien pensant people may love to hate them....
...For decades polls showed the public overwhelmingly supported it, but bien-pensant opinion successfully stifled any debate....
...“It could become a fairly widespread practice,” says Melanie Bien, a spokeswoman for Savills, the property agent....
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