Category: loosen

  • Mortgage reforms set to loosen for first-time buyers in pro-growth push

    First-time buyers may find it easier to get on the property ladder under proposals to ease mortgage rules, while financial regulators explore ways to enable “responsible risk-taking” among borrowers. It is understood that the Financial Conduct Authority and other regulators are considering amendments to current lending guidelines, which could allow…

  • Smotrich seeks to loosen Budget Division’s grip on gov’t

    At the beginning of this week, and against the backdrop of setting the date for approval of the 2025 budget by the government, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sent a letter to the head of the Budgets Division in his ministry, Yogev Grados, in which he stated that he outlines his…