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House prices slowest for a year

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House prices slowest for year - House prices rose at slowest level for more year May, with rising interest rates slashing surveyors' confidence future prospects A £60 overdraft could cost £133 - Going just £60 overdrawn could cost as much as £133 as big banks rig overdraft interest rates charges



House prices slowest for a year  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
House prices rose at their slowest level for more than a year in May, with rising interest rates slashing surveyors' confidence in future prospects
A £60 overdraft could cost £133  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Going just £60 overdrawn could cost as much as £133 as big banks rig overdraft interest rates and charges
Market report: Thursday latest  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
12:15:A bidding war for Dobbies Garden Centres was on the cards today after property magnate Sir Tom Hunter squared up to mighty Tesco
Tax credits 'unfair to two-parent family'  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
A startling report today damned Gordon Brown's flagship tax credits programme for 'brutal discrimination' against the traditional two-parent family
Hotel boss quits over CV lies  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
One of the most senior executives at InterContinental Hotels Group has been forced to resign in disgrace
The Apprentice: She's fired, he's hired  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Simon Ambrose was the surprise winner of The Apprentice last night after beating Kristina Grimes to a £100,000 job
The spectre of inflation looms large  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The world economy faces an inflationary threat not seen since the 1960s, heralding painful interest rate rises, according to investment giant Legal & General
60,000 new countryside homes a year  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Nearly 60,000 homes need to be built in villages and on greenfield sites every year to meet demand, say Government advisers
Weak dollar means price cuts at Argos  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Argos customers can expect some serious price cuts in the next catalogue as it benefits from the weak dollar
Rate rises fails to deter shoppers  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Higher interest rates and wet weather failed to deter consumer spending in May, official figures showed today
First Choice losses widen  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Holiday company First Choice's first-half losses widened to £82.5m because of rising taxes and the higher cost of putting fuel into planes
The City's war for talent  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The chronic shortage of skilled workers in London was underlined today as banks in the City struggle to recruit staff
Student debt soars to £18bn  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Students borrow three times as much as a decade ago - with their total debt reaching a record £18bn, it emerged yesterday
Orange rapped for unlimited claim  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Broadband and phone giant Orange has been rapped by the advertising watchdog for falsely claiming a deal offered unlimited calls and downloads
Number of 'economically inactive' hits record high  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Unemployment has fallen and there are fewer on the doll, but the number of people classed as economically inactive has reached a record high, new figures showed today
Farewell, easy money  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Borrowers were issued with a stark warning this week that rates are likely to rise even more, meaning the average standard mortgage variable rate would hit 8%
Mischief clouds ABN's fate  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The starting gun for the real battle for ABN Amro will not be fired until midway through next month
30 second guide to Investment banks  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team look at the financial powerhouses that have made industry more efficient, and millions for the bosses in charge
Hetherington investigates: Pacific Continental, A&L, Fox Hayes, KF Concept  [06/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week Pacific Continental is back in the frame, this time for misleading an investor who lost money