MADRID, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Spain will will allow some mortgage holders to halve their monthly payments under a temporary moratorium announced by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Monday.
Zapatero said around 500,000 self-employed workers and people with economic problems would be eligible to receive the mortgage relief which will be guaranteed by the state.

(Reporting by Jason Webb; editing by Ben Harding) (ben.harding@reuters.com; +34 91 585 8530; Reuters Messaging: ben.harding.reuters.com@reuters.net)

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