UK Secured Loan Market
Before the global economic crisis of 2007, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) estimated that the UK secured loan market had a net worth of £7,000,000,000. However, following the close of Lehman Brothers' sub-prime lender, BNC Mortgage in August 2007, the UK's most prominent secured loan providers were forced to withdraw from the market.
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