Monday, 27 June 2011

Lloyds has largest exposure to risky loans

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/16313334-a033-11e0-a115-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1QLt4FzGl

Lloyds Banking Group’s exposure to the riskiest kind of mortgages is more than double that of any of its top five rivals in what is potentially a ticking time bomb for Britain’s largest high-street lender.

Data published last week by the Bank of England showed that loans representing more than a quarter of Lloyds’ mortgage book are worth at least 90 per cent of the property value they are secured against.

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