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Property woe grows as mortgages plunge [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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Bank split three ways on interest rates [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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Market report: Wednesday latest [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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Taxpayer could prop up mortgage market [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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The taxpayer could become responsible for billions of pounds of mortgages under radical proposals to restart the housing market
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Mortgage advisers fail borrower checks [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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75% of voters fear economy worsen over next year [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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Voter confidence in the economy has slumped lower than during 1979's winter of discontent, figures have shown
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Vodafone to buy £1bn of its own shares [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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Buyer sought for crippled floors giant [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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House sales drop by half in a year [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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The number of homes sold has halved in a year, and repossessions have increased three-fold in three years, according to new figures
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We just can't resist prices ending in 99p [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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'Our cruise was sunk by £892 surcharge' [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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MPs slam Darling over banking reforms [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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Petrol price slashed 5p in supermarket war [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest supermarket Tesco is to slash petrol prices by up to 5p a litre in response to moves by Asda and Morrisons
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Banks forced to rein in lending by £180bn [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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Downturn deals blow to 'safe bet' Vodafone [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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Building societies beat banks hands down [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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UK Economy: Deficits can be good for you [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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Applegarth has some more explaining to do [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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The long list of shame at Equitable... [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington: I saved for my daughter - what was the point [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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Forget growth, let's try... [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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When a sacking is no answer [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Growing lifts Mattioli [07/23/2008 01:17 PM]
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