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House prices up 10.5% in 2006

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House prices up 10.5% 2006 - The typical cost of home rose by 10.5% last year after another sharp jump December house prices Fat cat bosses pile pounds - Executives' earnings are rising 17 times faster pay of people who work for them, says TUC >> ARCHIVE: Best-paid jobs revealed



House prices up 10.5% in 2006  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
The typical cost of a home rose by 10.5% last year after another sharp jump in December house prices
Fat cat bosses pile on the pounds  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Executives' earnings are rising 17 times faster than the pay of the people who work for them, says the TUC >> ARCHIVE: Best-paid jobs revealed
Market report: Thursday latest  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
13.00:Far from petering out, the number of leveraged buyouts are set to grow by at least a further £18bn in 2007. So says US broking house Goldman Sachs
The public sector pension burden  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Gold-plated public sector pensions cost every family an average of £900 a year, it emerged last night
Shopping at £800 a second  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Retailers enjoyed their busiest day in history yesterday as bargain-hunters besieged shops in search of savings
US grounds Branson's low-cost airline plan  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Sir Richard Branson's US plans have suffered another setback, with regulators throwing out an application by his budget airline
Brawling over the bargains  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Angry scuffles marred the start of the first full day of the sales as huge crowds of bargain hunters jostled for the massive discounts
Barclays hit by Xmas email scam  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Conmen have targeted Barclays customers over Christmas by trying to persuade them to hand over their account details.
Property boom set for 2007  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's unprecedented property boom looks set to continue with one in three people expecting house prices to power ahead in 2007
Holiday firm axes 'fuel charge'  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest tour operator is scrapping fuel supplements on its holidays - a month after a watchdog called for action against 'false holiday prices'
Christmas PCs in virus threat  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Thousands of computers given as Christmas presents are creating a computer virus timebomb, experts warned today
Energy price wars ahead in 2007  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Britains big six energy suppliers are poised to launch a price war in the coming weeks that should send household bills tumbling by the spring.
First-time buyers at record low  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
The number of first-time buyers has fallen to its lowest level since records began, with the average house price approaching £200,000
Pensions black hole shrinks by £20bn  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
The combined pension deficits of the UK's biggest companies fell dramatically in 2006 thanks to an improvement in equity markets and higher contributions
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Boom goes on for Brown  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
The economy is growing at 2.9%, its fastest pace in two years, the latest Government figures show
Firm sells kayaks to eskimos  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
A UK firm is enjoying an unusual export success by selling sea kayaks back to the people who first created them
Licence fee to rise less than inflation  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
The BBC's income is to go up less than 2.5% a year on average in a six-year deal hammered out by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell
DVLA sells 8,000 names in six weeks  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
The DVLA has sold the names and addresses of nearly 8,000 drivers to clamping and car park companies in just six weeks
Ofcom boss to get tougher on broadband  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Ofcom boss Ed Richards has promised to 'up the ante' in the war against dodgy telephone and broadband suppliers, which could mean hefty fines for mis-sellers
Quarter of our pay goes to Chancellor  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown is grabbing almost a quarter of the average person's salary - the highest proportion for almost two decades
Bank's £51m bonus king revealed  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
The latest name connected to Goldman Sachs' jackpot bonus is French-born trader Pierre-Henri Flamand who heads the successful in-house hedge fund
EU to slap emissions quotas on airlines  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
The European Commission today unveiled proposals to add civil aviation to an EU emissions trading scheme which already puts a cap on CO2 output from heavy industry
30 Second Guide to Chinas currency basket  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team examine the mechanism that keep Chinese manufacturers compared with their US counterparts.
Fashionably indebted Brits  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Debt is at a record level, personal bankruptcies are soaring, houses are being priced out of reach, but still we can't resist splashing out on top brands
Small cap share tips: Growth ahead for Invocas  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Tips & tactics: Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report includes Invocas, Concurrent Technologies and Micap
A worrying invitation  [12/28/2006 01:17 PM]
Tony Hetherington investigates another boiler room swindle and the case of a disappearing jeweller.