UK mortgages – which way FT?

Of course we all live or die by our headlines in this business, but surely we should expect the Financial Times of London to have a more consistant view point on the economy and markets, especially within the same day, and especially by the same author.

We’ve been known to sway a little ourselves but  generally it takes a little more than a few hours … We ‘ll leave this to you to decide:

UK mortgage approvals show ‘healthy’ activity – FT 12:53 27th July Chris Giles, Economics Editor

versus

Fears over surge in high risk mortgages FT 22:02 27th July by Jane Croft and Chris Giles, Economics Editor
 

What a difference ten hours can make to headlines.