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Mortgages hiked despite base rate freeze - Homeowners face higher mortgage repayments after Britain's second-biggest mortgage lender raised its rates today Phone staff cherry-pick posh postcodes - The next time you have spend hours attempting get through your bank, don't just hang up phone - move house instead



Mortgages hiked despite base rate freeze  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners face higher mortgage repayments after Britain's second-biggest mortgage lender raised its rates today
Phone staff cherry-pick posh postcodes  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
The next time you have to spend hours attempting to get through to your bank, don't just hang up the phone - move house instead
Market report: Wednesday latest  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
12.30:Fresh concerns over the safety of diabetes treatment Avandia piled on the misery for drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline today
Grade tells ITV to double its money  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
ITV must double the money it earns from making its own programmes within five years, new executive chairman Michael Grade ordered today
Redundant engineer's £8.5m lottery win  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
When Neil Chester fancied a flutter on the National Lottery, his wife told him not to bother
Barclays tried to take my home after crash  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
A woman who suffered horrific injuries in a car crash faced a five-year battle to prevent Barclays repossessing her home.
1.7m need help with debts  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
The number of individuals looking for help as a result of serious debt problems has soared to a record high
Buy-to-let flourishes as rents set record  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
A new survey has shown surprisingly strong figures for the buy-to-let market, with demand pushing rents up at their fastest pace on record in the three months to July
Mortgages fall as confidence drains  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Claims that confidence is draining from the property market have been bolstered by mortgage borrowing falling to its lowest level for three months during July
Next loses £6m to online ID fraudsters  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Next Directory's website has been hit by a multi-million-pound identity fraud
Asda hatches plan to absorb price rises  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Asda is planning drastic action to cope with the rocketing costs of food, which some believe will see prices rise as much as 30% by Christmas
Credit crisis 'to slow top-end house prices'  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
The boss of estate agency Savills warned the turmoil in the financial markets would hit the top end of the London housing market
Green pioneer Roddick dies  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Dame Anita Roddick, the founder of The Body Shop chain and environmental campaigner, died last night after suffering a brain haemorrhage
Resolution shuts out zombie fund rival  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Zombie fund manager Resolution has restructured its proposed £8bn merger with Friends Provident to make it harder for rival Pearl to scupper the deal
UK sub-prime lender goes bust  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Specialist lender Victoria Mortgages became the latest British victim of the sub-prime crisis today as it went into administration
Home pack extension 'could slow market'  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Home information packs could create a serious backlog in the housing market now the scheme has been widened, experts are warning
30 second guide to the EU sugar regime  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City Team discuss the EU's sugar regime
Bad banks and bullies  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
This week we highlight two examples of corporate stupidity that have caused completely avoidable distress
Not so fashionable now  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Forget size zero models, it's zero profit margins that are getting under the skin of clothing executives in the run-up to London Fashion Week
Midas share tips: Shore to ride out storm  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock picker says that the dip in Shore Capital's share price recently should be seen as a buying opportunity
Hetherington: Boiler room network exposed  [09/12/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's readers' champion finds that a case against a Leeds solicitor reveals a worldwide network behind a giant shares racket