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House prices shrug off the credit crunch

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House prices shrug off credit crunch - Property prices are rising at fastest pace three months as market shrugs off global credit crunch higher interest rates Firms run £4bn 'protection racket' - Shops, banks finance companies are running multi-billion pound loans 'protection racket' by deceiving customers, City watchdog said yesterday



House prices shrug off the credit crunch  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Property prices are rising at the fastest pace in three months as the market shrugs off the global credit crunch and higher interest rates
Firms run a £4bn 'protection racket'  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Shops, banks and finance companies are running a multi-billion pound loans 'protection racket' by deceiving customers, a City watchdog said yesterday
Market report: Thursday latest  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
09:00Rolls-Royce emerged today as the most likely beneficiary of British Airways' £7bn order for a new fleet of passenger aircraft
Industry chief blasts Bank over crisis  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The run on the Northern Rock has made Britain look like a 'banana republic', the boss of the Confederation of British Industry said last night
Fewer mortgages approved in August  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Mortgage approvals for UK home purchase fell 14.2% in August compared with a year ago, indicating that housing demand was weakening even before the financial problems in September
Funding cuts force more into care homes  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The collapse of state-subsidised home help has pushed up the number of people going into care homes, figures revealed yesterday
Jittery banks shun £10bn bailout cash  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England has warned the credit squeeze is to get worse, yet today's unprecedented auction of £10bn for banks found absolutely no takers
GMTV fined £2m for viewer phone-in scam  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
GMTV was fined £2 million today, the largest penalty imposed against a broadcaster, for duping biewers into paying to enter a competition they could not win
Barratt boss warns of house-price falls  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The credit crunch and woes of Northern Rock will push down demand for new homes and could result in price falls, Britain's biggest housebuilder has warned
Rock holds bid talks and scraps dividend  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Northern Rock has bowed to pressure and scrapped next month's 14.2p interim dividend, after its shares sank to another all-time low
Nationwide admits Isa backlog persists  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Nationwide has admitted experiencing continued delays with Isa transfers even though it had promised the problem was solved
Homebuyers 'told to lie about salary'  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
More evidence has emerged that unscrupulous brokers are encouraging homebuyers to lie with some borrowers getting mortgages up to eight times salary
£50 threat to car-park space invaders  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
For a hard-pressed mum with a screaming infant, there are few sights more annoying than seeing a childfree driver pulling into the last parent-and-toddler space at the supermarket
BP 'dreadful' gaffe wipes £3.5bn off shares  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
BP was plunged into further crisis today, after its new chief executive admitted its current performance is 'dreadful'
Rock shareholders: Board hid problems  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
As the share price tumbled, shareholders accused Northern Rock of hiding the fact that it was in trouble, holding secret takeover talks and in need of an emergency bail-out
Mortgage availability 'unchanged by credit crisis'  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Mortgage lenders said today that the availability of home loans for consumers should not be affected by the current turmoil in global credit markets
Consumer confidence at two-year low in US  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
US consumer confidence fell to its lowest ebb in nearly two years on worries about jobs and the financial market turmoil
Fury of the pensioners dodged by Brown  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown was accused yesterday of running away from pensioners protesting at being robbed of their life savings when retirement schemes collapsed
High court shuts down boiler rooms  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Two UK firms that were pushing unsuspecting investors into the hands of boiler rooms in Gibralter have been shut down by the industry watchdog
Apple accused of 'scare tactics' on iPhone  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Apple has warned that anyone unlocking the iPhone other than O2 in the UK risked losing the use of the device
Pensions: This naked injustice  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Tony Hazell on Government failure to compensate pension victims, pension fund flops and tricks from energy suppliers
CBI boss Lambert turns his guns  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Finally a high profile business figure has dared to challenge the way the authorities have handled the Northern Rock crisis
30 second guide to... credit conditions  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City desk discusses what makes up credit conditions
Hetherington: Cold comfort over fate of Foster's farm  [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries.