First Direct resumes mortgage lending - Times Online

Story date: 2008-05-20 05:14:00
Added on: 2008-05-20 06:00:56

First Direct, the online and telephone lender owned by HSBC, has started selling mortgages again to new customers after withdrawing from the market seven weeks ago. Mortgage experts are hoping that First Direct's re-entry into the market signals an ...


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