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Tue 10 Oct 2007McCreevy not to back single mortgage planEU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy will not propose a mandatory shake-up to create a single mortgage market when he unveils his long-delayed policy paper in December, an industry source said yesterday.Mr McCreevy met his officials last Thursday and decided his White Paper should contain only options for further debate, effectively kicking the issue into the long grass for now.