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House prices jump £3,500 - Homebuyers already feeling pinch of higher interest rates must find an extra £3,500 purchase average property Bank rate kept hold - The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at 5% as borrowers digest increased costs from last month's hike



House prices jump £3,500  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Homebuyers already feeling the pinch of higher interest rates must find an extra £3,500 to purchase the average property
Bank rate kept on hold  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at 5% as borrowers digest the increased costs from last month's hike
Market report: Thursday latest  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
10.30:Caffe Nero held steady at 265p despite receiving a bid approach from its own management worth 270p a share and valuing the company at £225m
Backlash on Brown travel taxes  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Frequent fliers, drivers and travel and transport firms have reacted angrily to the raising of air and fuel taxes in yesterday's Pre-Budget Report
Christmas snobs shun chocs  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Health fads and snobbery mean festive sweets such as bumper tins of Quality Street are no longer as popular as they were
Cahoot loan hike angers customers  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Cahoot has angered its flexible loan customers by giving them just two weeks' notice of plans to raise their interest rate by 50%
Inflation-busting council tax on the way  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Another wave of above-inflation council tax rises is being planned by local authorities, with rates expected to increase by 5.8%
Brown carries on with state sell-off  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Household names such as the Met Office, Ordnance Survey and DVLA could be next on the block in Brown's State sell-off
Gas guzzler sales in reverse  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Sales of gas-guzzling 'Chelsea Tractors' have slumped as 4x4 owners feels the effects of 'green' taxes from Government and local councils
My £1m lottery shock  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Salesman Steve Moseley thought he'd won a jackpot prize and told his boss to stick his job - then he discovered the awful truth
What happens when money gets tight?  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
PBR Comment:How much more comfortable would the Chancellor have been had he saved for the potential rainy days?
Giants could set up shop on country sites  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Hundreds more out-of-town supermarkets and shopping centres could be built under the proposed planning shake-up
BA slams plans to raise Heathrow fees  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Plans to increase airline charges at Heathrow by 50% into the next decade, forcing up air fares, have been shot down by British Airways as completely unjustified
NTL abandons ITV bid  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Cable operator NTL has abandoned its £4.7bn bid for ITV. Its decision comes after Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB bought a 17.9% stake in the broadcaster
Customs warn on US shopping  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Bargain-hunting Brits flocking to New York have been warned they will be met with a Customs crackdown when they fly back with their goods
Piggy bank saving as you spend  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Lloyds TSB customers will be given the opportunity to automatically save their small change in a 21st century piggy bank
Woolies warns of Xmas crisis  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Woolworths today sent shockwaves through the retail world as it issued an emergency Christmas profit warning and said sales were down more than 6%
Banned property firm took £10m  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
A property investment business exposed by Tony Hetherington took £10m from nearly 200 people who believed they could earn 30% interest on their cash
Dubai closes in on Liverpool FC  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Liverpool are on the verge of becoming the sixth Premiership club in foreign hands after a Dubai state firm confirmed they are in exclusive takeover talks
HSBC sees debt-crisis worsening  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest bank sees more consumers choosing to go bankrupt or apply for individual voluntary arrangements rather than pay off their debts
£183m to be spent online today  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
If you're planning to do a spot of Christmas shopping on the internet after reading this, you won't be alone
£50,000 plasma TV is world's biggest  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Viewers can watch life-size action on a screen that is more than 8ft wide - but only Premiership footballers may be able to afford one
Homeowners hit by dual tax  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Millions of homeowners face a 'double whammy' of taxes from the soaring property market, with stamp duty and inheritance hitting hard
Budget squeeze puts Brown on the ropes  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Selling off public assets is never easy - But if Gordon Brown wants to sell of the Met Office and others, he should open it to private investors as well.
30 Second guide to Pre-Budget Report  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team explain why the financial world takes so much notice of the Chancellor's Autumn statement.
Take note... this is a sticky business  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
The ace investigator takes a closer look at an American-based scheme that claims to offer help with Government Assistance Programmes
Midas: Reits are still looking good  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
This week the Financial Mail stockpicker takes a look at how the change of tax status of property companies will affect share prices in the sector
A robust bequest from Brown  [12/07/2006 01:17 PM]
We may never know when or why Brown came down against abolishing the pound. The fact that he did may well be his most enduring legacy