Category: loosen

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

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    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

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    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…