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First-time buyers need a £32,500 deposit - First-time buyers are having to put up more of their own money than ever to get on the housing ladder, despite the slide in prices



First-time buyers need a £32,500 deposit  [06/16/2008 01:00 PM]
First-time buyers are having to put up more of their own money than ever to get on the housing ladder, despite the slide in prices
Tough calls to make on clean-up of the banks  [06/16/2008 11:29 AM]
While it is conceivable the Government could move into a Northern Rock or Bradford & Bingley it is inconceivable it would move in and take over a Lehman or a UBS
£200,000 council flat sold for £26,809  [06/16/2008 11:29 AM]
A council has been accused of bungling the sale of a £200,000 property after letting it go for a tenth of its market value, it emerged today
Cancer insurance policy for banned drugs  [06/16/2008 11:29 AM]
A scheme which allows patients to receive expensive drugs that are banned on the Health Service has been launched by an insurance company
House price slump 'to last four years'  [06/16/2008 11:29 AM]
House prices will take more than four years to rise above their 2007 peak, according to a poll of leading experts
Two grim years ahead for economy - CBI  [06/16/2008 11:29 AM]
Families must brace themselves for rising unemployment, high petrol prices, low pay rises and soaring inflation, the CBI warns today
Hundreds added to the cost of a holiday  [06/16/2008 09:57 AM]
Thousands of families are being hit by shock demands to pay more for their holidays because of soaring fuel costs and the weak pound
Bosses told to curb their salaries in inflation battle  [06/16/2008 09:57 AM]
Business chiefs should curb their pay rises or risk triggering Seventies-style wage inflation, Treasury Chief Secretary Yvette Cooper warned today
Petrol drought fear as stations run dry  [06/16/2008 09:57 AM]
Up to 2,000 petrol stations are expected to run dry before the four-day pay strike by tanker drivers ends
Darling reforms to stop Rock horror  [06/16/2008 09:56 AM]
Alistair Darling will repeat a pledge to reform the regulatory framework that failed to prevent Northern Rock's spectacular and painful demise
House prices to fall 20%  [06/16/2008 09:56 AM]
House prices will take more than four years to rise above their 2007 peak, experts warned
Market report: Monday latest  [06/16/2008 09:56 AM]
11.00:City speculators are looking for another round of consolidation among the miners, despite claims that the sector may have reached the top of the cycle
Barclays leaps on effort to avert rights issue  [06/16/2008 09:56 AM]
Barclays shares shot up as it confirmed it was close to finalising huge fundraising and told the stock market that profits were ahead of last year
Two grim years ahead, warns CBI  [06/16/2008 09:56 AM]
Families must brace themselves for rising unemployment, high petrol prices, low pay rises and soaring inflation, the CBI warns today
End of a very middle-class affair  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
Middle Britain is finding its so-called allies are not really the sort of people with whom you would want to venture into the jungle
Rights issues in dire need of a revamp  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
The current round of fundraising by the banks is far from a glorious advertisement for the British model of rights issues
Car matchmaker sets off danger signals  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries
Midas share tips: Aricom and BG Group  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
Mail on Sunday share tipper Midas says most mining experts believe that Aricom is in the right place at the right time
TK Maxx to storm cheap home furnishing  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
Discount clothing retailer TK Maxx plans to open more than 100 home furnishings stores over the next three years to cater for increasingly cash-conscious shoppers.
Booming FTSE 100 club: firms down 50%  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
Financial Mail's Simon Watkins examines a FTSE 100 index club whose membership is burgeoning: firms that have lost 50% of their value in the last year
Grey rebellion looming over threat to Giros  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
The Government faces possible legal action and a campaign of non-cooperation involving 200,000 retired people over a broken promise to pensioners
Housebuilders hit by gazundering  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
Housebuilders reeling from the credit crunch and tumbling house prices, face a new menace - 'gazundering'
Barclays 'to ask £4bn from overseas investors'  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
Banking giant Barclays is holding talks with six potential investors over the cash injection as it seeks to repair the damage done by credit crunch losses, it was reported today
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
Here's our quick round-up of the big stories from the business and financial pages of the national newspapers today
Dubai fund offers £1bn for Cirque du Soleil  [06/15/2008 01:36 PM]
Cirque du Soleil, the world-famous acrobatics touring circus, has been approached by one of the investment arms of the Kingdom of Dubai in a potential £1bn deal