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House price crash warning - The housing market may be heading for sharp fall, as soon as people think house prices have plateaued, leading expert will warn today Banks foreign currency rip-off - EXCLUSIVE:Some of country's biggest banks are imposing stealth charge customers who use Visa debit card buy foreign currency



House price crash warning  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
The housing market may be heading for a sharp fall, as soon as people think house prices have plateaued, a leading expert will warn today
Banks in foreign currency rip-off  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
EXCLUSIVE:Some of the country's biggest banks are imposing a stealth charge on customers who use their Visa debit card to buy foreign currency
Market report: Wednesday latest  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
12:00:Claims that BHP Billiton may be about to hit the acquisition trail appear wide of the mark
£30bn buy-to-let boom 'will go on'  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Investing in property as a pension substitute and high demand from young renters will continue to power the buy-to-let market, it is claimed
Mini-mobile mast offers cheap calls  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Controversial plans to install mini mobile phone masts in homes and offices in return for cheap phone calls have been unveiled by O2
'False' holiday prices attacked  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
A watchdog has attacked travel firms offering tempting prices that fail to show a holiday's real cost - with £75 trips costing twice as much
Stores in £4.44 toaster war  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
It used to be baked beans. Then it was DVD players. Now toasters have become the latest product at the front line of the supermarket wars
Country's main rail line can't cope  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
The key London-to-Glasgow West Coast main line will soon be overwhelmed by passenger and freight growth despite its ongoing £8.6bn upgrade
Leukaemia fears hit home sales  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Selling homes close to overhead power lines is 'almost impossible' in some cases, estate agents have told an official inquiry
Police in ID theft scare  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Computers containing payroll details of thousands of Metropolitan Police officers have been stolen in a burglary
'Orphan asset' windfalls hope  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
1.1m members of Aviva's with-profits fund could share in a £4bn windfall as the company moves ahead with distributing orphan assets
One in eight post prices wrong  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
One in eight customers is being charged the wrong postage since Royal Mail introduced its new pricing system, a consumer test has revealed
Never-ending debt hits 2m  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Two million people have borrowed so much they will never escape their debts, experts have warned
ITV rejects NTL merger proposal  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
ITV today rejected the £4.7bn takeover bid from cable giant NTL, revealing it had been made in a mixture of cash and shares valuing each ITV share at 122p
Blackout warning as energy crisis looms  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
The energy crisis is far worse and will begin hitting far earlier than the Government believes, a top power industry consultant has claimed
Banks call for insolvency crackdown  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
The UK's major banks are calling for a crackdown on misleading advertising from companies that specialise in personal insolvencies.
Hammers go to Iceland for £108m  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
West Ham football club has been bought by a group of Icelandic businessmen for £108m, it was confirmed today
Mortgage firm fined £17,500  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
A firm of mortgage brokers has been fined for cold calling potential customers and mis-selling payment protection insurance
Branson blows a gasket  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
ITV had no other option but to reject NTL's bid, despite the anger of Sir Richard Branson
30 Second guide toGilts  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City team explain the how gilts work and why they are in demand from investors
Without profits, more like  [11/22/2006 01:17 PM]
The dismal investment returns on insurance companies' with-profit funds beggars belief. If they can't do better than this they have no right to charge customers