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London falls 'could signal property slump'

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London falls 'could signal property slump' - Asking prices for homes London - seen as engine of property market across country - have fallen for first time year Footsie fights against jitters - London shares edged nervously higher today after strong gains Asia, as City braced itself for another volatile week



London falls 'could signal property slump'  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Asking prices for homes in London - seen as the engine of the property market across the country - have fallen for the first time in a year
Footsie fights against the jitters  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
London shares edged nervously higher today after strong gains in Asia, as the City braced itself for another volatile week
Market report: Monday latest  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
11.30:Sir Tom Hunter's West Coast Capital has bought a further 60,000 shares in Dobbies Garden Centres, 25p dearer at 1460p, at 1417p, stretching his holding to 29.3%
Rate hike fears drive remortgage rush  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Fears that interest rates will continue to rise drove homeowners to hunt out better deals in July, with more than £1bn worth of mortgages per day taken out during the month
From Camden stall to £150m firm  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
A London mother whose stall on Camden Market became hot property supplying Radley brand bags to the stars has built up a £150m business
Millions face an impoverished retirement  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Experts are urging people to get saving as new research reveals that 22m UK adults face poverty in retirement
Vauxhall recalls 200,000 'fire risk' Corsas  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
A spate of cars bursting into flames for no apparent reason has prompted the manufacturer to recall thousands of Corsas for modifications
Supermarkets probed over 'bullying' emails  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Officials investigating claims that Tesco and Asda bullied farmers into cutting prices have ordered the supermarkets to reveal millions of emails
UBS grabs £1bn from pensioners  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Exclusive:Swiss investment bank UBS stands to reap profits of almost £1bn from mortgage deals that have blighted the lives of thousands of British pensioners
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the Sunday broadsheets are reporting from the world of finance and business
Cable & Wireless 'lost details of 100,000'  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Cable & Wireless and internet firm Pipex have joined forces in pursuit of a woman they claim stole a laptop filled with information about broadband customers
Toy recall threat to Christmas sales  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Children face Christmas without some popular toys as supply problems from Chinese manufacturers threaten to leave retailers with empty shelves
Nationwide halts all loan insurance sales  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest building society has abruptly stopped all sales of controversial payment protection insurance, admitting that staff were not advising customers properly
Barclays bungles Isa provision  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
As a result of bungling by Barclays, many Isas were not set up in time for investors to take advantage of their annual 'use it or lose it' tax allowance
Hips for three-bed homes next month  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Controversial Home Information Packs will become the law for all three-bedroom homes from early September, as the Government pushes ahead with the much-criticised scheme
Shares fight back: Footsie leaps 230 points  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Shares in London staged a dramatic recovery after the US Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate to head off an economic crisis
Company pensions 'will ride out the storm'  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
The shares crisis has wiped out final-salary scheme surpluses, but pension provision will not suffer in the long term, say experts
Midas: Now is not the time to sell shares  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker says investors should sit tight through the market turmoil
Hetherington: Golden Goal ... at the wrong end  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's readers' champion attempts to unravel the obscure trail left by Golden Goal International
If the Treasury has no faith in the Bank...  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Can it really be that economic figures are barely more than rough and ready estimates, a kind of educated guesswork?
This mutual in distress needs a white knight  [08/20/2007 01:17 PM]
Where now for Royal Liver? That must be the question exercising the minds of the insurer's board