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Mortgage fees rocket by 22%

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Mortgage fees rocket by 22% - The cost of applying for a mortgage has soared by almost a quarter as banks and building societies squeeze more cash out of borrowers. Home-seller packs uproar - Ministers have ordered an urgent review of the home-sellers' pack scheme after warnings it could leave the housing market in crisis



Holiday mobile charges slashed  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Consumers can look forward to lower holiday mobile bills as the European Commission has ordered mobile networks to slash roaming charges
Microsoft hit by €280m EU fine  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
The European Commission has fined Microsoft £193.4m as punishment for its failure to correct anti-competitive aspects of its Windows operating system
Market report: Wednesday 13.00  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Platinum prices have come a long way in the past year and look set to continue rising, which should be good news for FTSE 100 newcomer Lonmin
Home-seller packs uproar  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Ministers have ordered an urgent review of the home-sellers' pack scheme after warnings it could leave the housing market in crisis
Suicide over £100,000 loan and card debt  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
A bank worker who ran up debts of £100,000 on eight credit cards and two loans without his wife's knowledge killed himself
Mortgage fees rocket by 22%  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
The cost of applying for a mortgage has soared by almost a quarter as banks and building societies squeeze more cash out of borrowers
Premier Foods pays £460m for Campbell  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Premier Foods claimed victory today in the battle to buy Campbell Soup's British and Irish operations. It is paying £460m
Online gamers face US crisis  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
The US Congress has made a step towards passing legislation that could block access to the gambling websites of British companies
Troubled Tunnel is hours from failure  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Eurotunnel today resumed debt talks with creditors, with both sides knowing the company is only hours from going into administration
Argos buoyed by gadget demand  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
A surge in demand for consumer electronics buoyed catalogue business Argos today after it reported a 7% rise in like-for-like sales
Nuclear project fallout threatened  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
The Government is set for a highstakes power struggle with British Energy over rights to build new nuclear stations
£1bn bill for tax credit fiasco  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown's flagship tax credit system is riddled with fraud and error totalling about £1bn a year
Burberry lifts sales in fine style  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Burberry's new chief executive today said global sales were up 12% in the spring and early summer
Rosneft float gets FSA green light  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
The FSA is understood to have approved Russian energy giant Rosneft's plans to list despite calls to block the IPO
From a paperclip to a home  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
The final step in an ambitious quest to turn a paperclip into house has been achieved by an enterprising wannabe homeowner
M&S eyes new overseas push  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose today declared 'the time is right' to start pushing overseas again
Airports see long-haul boom  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Strong demand for long-haul flights helped airports operator BAA to report a 3.9% improvement in passenger numbers for June
Plummeting orders hit Airbus  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Orders for Airbus planes have plunged by more than half in the wake of production delays and the scandal at parent company EADS
Standard Life lifts London debutantes  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Bankers on the Standard Life float deserve credit for forging ahead despite turbulent market conditions in the run-up to its debut
Teach them a lesson!  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
How can the Government expect children to manage their CTF money if they don't receive financial education at school?
Begbies Traynor going for broke  [07/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report includes Begbies Traynor

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