Presents the results of an empirical study that investigates comparatively the mortgage‐pricing determinants of …, and mutuality. The findings suggest that building societies′ mortgage pricing is influenced primarily by internal industry …

have led to considerably different outcomes in terms of mortgage finance instruments in the two countries. Examines some of …

Whenever current mortgage rates are substantially higher than previous levels, mortgage lenders may find it attractive … to extend to the borrowers a special opportunity to prepay all or part of the mortgages. The purpose of this paper is to … identify the important issues in the buy‐out decision, analyze how buy‐back proposals might work using representative mortgages …

practices in UK clearing banks have been influenced by competing bodies of expert knowledge promoted by the banks’ own … represented by the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIOB). For most of the last 100 years the banks based their management control … marketing ethos and by the impact of new technology. In the early 1990s, changes in the structure of banks plus a continuing …

performance of three of Australia's major banks The result of the study indicates that although the sample size is small and the …

Islam, on corporate governance statement disclosure in the annual reports of three major Malaysian banks, both conventional … and Islamic banks. It has been argued that given the characteristics and values espoused by Islam, there is an expectation … set it apart from conventional banks. The evidence thus far seems to suggest that the role of Islam has not been as …