The consultation suggested that buyers of 15 properties at a time could escape the charge, meaning the Blairs might look again to bulk-buying in north-west England to increase their portfolio.
Pension funds, insurers and other big investors must increase their portfolio share of noninvestment-grade debt in order to meet their actuarial requirements.
"The next phase is people will continue to buy devices, but will start to rationalise or increase their portfolio of devices, as well, and try to work out what really fits their need," he added.
At the other end of the spectrum, you have an entire demographic of lonely, old, rich, white men who hate their wives and will do anything to increase their portfolio of masturbation fantasies.
According to a survey from CoreNet Global, a trade group based in Atlanta, 56% of its members (executives who manage corporate real estate) planned to downsize their office real estate, and only 15% of its members are planning to increase their portfolios.
"There are more banks and other lenders increasing their portfolio lending," said Guy D. Cecala, the publisher of Inside Mortgage Finance.
But in recent years a combination of poor stockmarkets and low bond yields have made alternatives fashionable.Since 1995 global pension funds have increased their portfolio allocation to alternatives from 5% to 19%.
Lending Club and OnDeck have already become public companies, and their competitors, such as Funding Circle, SoFi, Prosper, RateSetter, Zopa, Avant, Kabbage and others continue to develop and increase their loan portfolios.
The regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced it would allow the government-chartered companies to increase their home-loan portfolios, a move intended to improve the market for mortgage securities.
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Those same bankers that convinced every wannabe property developer that they should leverage their portfolio and increase their volume of business.
