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Bank warns of mortgage woe

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Bank warns of mortgage woe - The Bank of England will sound alarm today over an explosion number of £150,000-plus mortgages Massive Post Office closures leaked - Royal Mail chiefs are locked furious row with Government over its controversial plans close thousands of post offices



Bank warns of mortgage woe  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England will sound the alarm today over an explosion in the number of £150,000-plus mortgages
Massive Post Office closures leaked  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Royal Mail chiefs are locked in a furious row with the Government over its controversial plans to close thousands of post offices
Market report: Monday latest  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
11:30: Sentiment among the big drug companies received a fresh blow today, following a downgrading of AstraZeneca by one of the Citys big hitters
House prices slip away from £200k  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
House prices slipped slightly away from the £200,000 mark in October but annual inflation continued to rise
Sales surge heralds a happier Christmas  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The value of goods sold on London's High Streets surged last month against 12 months earlier amid hopes of a strong Christmas
Renters owe a year's wages  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Nearly one in 10 people who rent a home and have unsecured loans owe more than their annual income, according to official research
Bidders go to war over Corus  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Brazilian firm CSN today trumped the new improved offer for Corus from Indian rival Tata Steel, provoking an all-out bidding war
Gas profits spark bills row  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
British Gas owner Centrica will face massive pressure this week to signal a cut in energy bills when it predicts record profits
Farepak boss's disappearing act  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's Jeff Prestridge takes a look at the former chief exec of European Home retail who many suspect was responsible for the collpase of Farepak
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Poor service brings action on broadband  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
A crackdown on broadband internet providers after a torrent of consumer complaints about poor service will be announced this week
Supermarkets' sweatshop shame  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Workets are paid just 5p an hour to churn out cheap clothes for major High Street chains and supermarket giants, a charity has claimed
Family tax bill rises by £200  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The tax burden on a typical family will be £200 a year higher than last year as a result of the Pre-Budget Report, says a leading think tank
Windfarms 'wide of generating targets'  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Some onshore windfarms are falling woefully short of their electricity generating targets, throwing into doubt Government targets
Nintendo Wii on eBay at treble-price  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of Nintendo consoles have already appeared on eBay at nearly three times the retail price, as problems with the remote are recorded
Heathrow to get third runway  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
A third runway is set to be approved at Heathrow, increasing the number of daily flights by 500 a day - but it faces fierce opposition
Gamers rocked by football blow  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Online gambling companies were delivered another hammer blow today as it emerged they could be stopped from advertising on football shirts
Online shoppers taking risks  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Christmas shoppers have been abandoning the High Street and turning to the web but many are ignoring basic online safety rules
Flat-screen makers battle it out  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The latest salvo in the flat-panel TV battle has been fired - by plasma screen makers trying to regain lost ground from LCD makers
NatWest hikes overdraft rate  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
NatWest has hiked its interest rate for agreed overdrafts for the second time in the space of three months
Prudence gets pensions knife out again  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Ros Altmann, the tireless pensions campaigner, had been at the House of Commons with representatives of the 100,000 who have been financially obliterated by the Government's refusal to make reparation for pension scheme wind-ups. As she, my colleague
Typically Chancellor Jennings  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The spirit of Jennings, the accident-prone prep school boy created by Anthony Buckeridge and his chum Darbishire can bee seen in Brown's Pre-Budget Report
The inconstant gardener  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's readers' champion investigates the improbably investment return promises of PDS Properties
Share tips from Financial Mail's Midas  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's esteemed share-picker takes a look at Diageo and Asos
Fidelity and the £1.4bn wobble  [12/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Is the extremely secretive Fidelity now in the middle of its first full-blown crisis for 37 years?