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Prices rise as gazumping returns

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Prices rise as gazumping returns - House prices have risen at fastest rate more four years, with gazumping returning as more buyers chase fewer properties Vodafone pullout hits Carphone - Carphone Warehouse's shares fell 15% today shock news Vodafone is withdrawing its contract phones from store favour of Phones4U



Prices rise as gazumping returns  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
House prices have risen at the fastest rate in more than four years, with gazumping returning as more buyers chase fewer properties
Vodafone pullout hits Carphone  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Carphone Warehouse's shares fell 15% today on the shock news Vodafone is withdrawing its contract phones from the store in favour of Phones4U
Market report: Thursday latest  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Celebrations over Carphone Warehouse's deal to buy AOL UK were cut short today when it emerged the retailer had lost a key supply deal with Vodafone
Watchdog warns on struggling post offices  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's post offices are struggling to survive because of a lack of direction and support from the Government, the network's watchdog has warned
Northern Irish Big Four slammed  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Northern Ireland's Big Four banks were condemned today for imposing higher charges and paying lower levels of interest to personal customers
OFT to investigate fewer cases  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
The Office of Fair Trading is to cut back dramatically on its competition probes and investigations into cartels
Windfall tax on banks ruled out  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Labour's Chancellor-in-waiting, Ed Balls, has said he will not seek to put the heat on profiteering banks
Shell trumpets green opportunities  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Tackling climate change could create a market worth £30bn for UK business in the coming decade, according to research released by fuel giant Shell today
Oil at year lows as Opec dithers  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Oil was remains near its 2006 low this morning, as Opec deliberates on how much to cut output in order to stop prices falling further
The UK's credit card boom  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Booming credit means that we have been putting more on our plastic than ever before, according to figures released today
Massive hacker attack on Britain  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Scotland Yard today issued an urgent alert over a mass attack by an online crime gang targeting banking and credit card details
Carphone buys AOL for £370m  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Carphone Warehouse agreed today to buy AOL's UK internet services from Time Warner for £370m, in an effort to expand its broadband presence
Jamie's top tips boost Sainsbury's  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Jamie Oliver's recipe advice has had a sensational impact on Sainsbury's sales while celebrity endorsement has also worked for Burberry with Kate Moss
'High noon' for BA pension talks  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Crucial negotiations today on tackling the huge pension fund deficit at British Airways have reached 'high noon', unions are warning
The must-have Christmas gifts  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
The most hotly-tipped "dream toys" this Christmas were unveiled today with film and TV making their mark on this year's wish-lists
Inflation is still looming, warns King  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Inflation remains a serious threat to the UK, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King warned - sparking fears of a further base rate rise
TV quiz phone-ins face probe  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
TV quiz channels are facing a crackdown after claims that they are ripping off contestants with expensive phone-calls
Student's deadly debt  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
A student killed himself after his bank called in his £1,000 overdraft, an inquest heard yesterday
Balls delivers his googly  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
Forget about punishing the banks, now the Economic Secretary is moving to skittle the chances of US interference in the running of the LSE
The eurozone economy  [10/12/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City team explain why a drop-off in demand on the Continent could stop our manufacturing recovery in its tracks