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Property woe grows as mortgages plunge - Banks have described the property market as the slowest since the 1990s slump after mortgages for home purchase dived 67% year-on-year in June to a new record low



Property woe grows as mortgages plunge  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Banks have described the property market as the slowest since the 1990s slump after mortgages for home purchase dived 67% year-on-year in June to a new record low
Bank split three ways on interest rates  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Rates look set to be held for some months to come as Bank of England minutes show that it was split three ways when rates were held this month
Market report: Wednesday latest  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
13.00:A softening of the oil price and a late rally on Wall street last night gave the London stock market its lead today as share prices were marked higher in thin trading
Taxpayer could prop up mortgage market  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
The taxpayer could become responsible for billions of pounds of mortgages under radical proposals to restart the housing market
Mortgage advisers fail borrower checks  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
An undercover investigation into mortgage advisers has shown up shocking incompetence, with many failing to carry out proper checks on borrowers' ability to repay loans
75% of voters fear economy worsen over next year  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Voter confidence in the economy has slumped lower than during 1979's winter of discontent, figures have shown
Vodafone to buy £1bn of its own shares  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Vodafone today launched an attack on the City and pledged to buy £1bn worth of its own stock from the market following a heavy sell-off yesterday
Buyer sought for crippled floors giant  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Administrators of laminate flooring chain Floors-2-Go were looking for a buyer for the firm today after it became a victim of the struggling housing market
House sales drop by half in a year  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
The number of homes sold has halved in a year, and repossessions have increased three-fold in three years, according to new figures
We just can't resist prices ending in 99p  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
It is one of the oldest tricks of the retail trade, but a study has found that the tactic of ending prices with '99p' still fools most shoppers
'Our cruise was sunk by £892 surcharge'  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Cash-strapped holidaymakers are being hit by surcharges on their well-earned getaway, as one couple found when their cruise rose in price by £892
MPs slam Darling over banking reforms  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
The Treasury's landmark banking reforms came under fire in Parliament, amid fears the regulatory shambles that led to last year's Northern Rock fiasco is to get even worse
Petrol price slashed 5p in supermarket war  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest supermarket Tesco is to slash petrol prices by up to 5p a litre in response to moves by Asda and Morrisons
Banks forced to rein in lending by £180bn  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's banks could be forced to rein in lending by as much as £180bn to shore up their balance sheets, according to Capital Economics
Downturn deals blow to 'safe bet' Vodafone  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Shares in Vodafone crashed to a two-year low today after the world's largest mobile phone company admitted it is being hit by the economic downturn
Building societies beat banks hands down  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
UK Economy: Deficits can be good for you  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Applegarth has some more explaining to do  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
The long list of shame at Equitable...  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: I saved for my daughter - what was the point  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Forget growth, let's try...  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
When a sacking is no answer  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Growing lifts Mattioli  [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]