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Record 8.1% fall in house prices - Britain's biggest building society reports drop of 8% Dire forecast of 20% plunge by the end of next year



Record 8.1% fall in house prices  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest building society reports drop of 8% Dire forecast of 20% plunge by the end of next year
Centrica profits at £1bn after gas bill hike  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
British Gas parent company Centrica today posted half-year profits of £992m, a day after hitting millions of customers with a record hike in gas bills
Market report: Thursday latest  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
13.00:Rising share prices had to compete with a rising oil price today, and that meant gains for investors were restricted
HBOS profit falls 51% on subprime blow  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Halifax owner HBOS today reported a 51% slump in profits after it was hit by writedowns of £1.1bn
Shell racks up record profit of £8bn  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Shell fired up the argument for windfall taxes against major oil and gas companies today as it reported record first-half profits
Turner: State pension age must rise to 70  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Workers will have to stay in employment until they are 70 as happened 100 years ago, the Government's pensions guru predicted today
Sadie Frost's firm goes bust owing millions  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Sadie Frost's clothing company has gone into administration with debts running into millions of pounds
Buy-to-let yields 'stable' at 6.4%  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Buy-to-let landlords are continuing to benefit from strong rental demand as the property market takes a hit, according to new figures
Restaurants can't use tips to top-up wages  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Restaurant and bar owners are to be banned from using tips to top up staff's pay to the minimum wage
Confidence of consumers at a 34-year low  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Spiralling food and energy bills and rising unemployment have pushed consumer confidence to its lowest level since 1974, a survey has revealed
Norwich Union policyholders to get £1,000  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Insurance giant Aviva has offered one million Norwich Union customers an average cash windfall of £1,000 each | But is it a good deal?
£70 parking fine for being 'inconsiderate'  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Motorists who park 'inconsiderately' could be fined £70 under a ruling that eliminates the need for warning signs or road-markings
Homeowners face negative equity crisis  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
One in seven homeowners faces the threat of negative equity over the next year as the UK heads towards a 1990s-style property crisis
Starbucks brews up trade with free refills  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Starbucks is offering free refills in an attempt to stem the exodus of customers in the credit crunch
Queen's broker Cazenove in City swoop  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
The Queen's stockbroker Cazenove has been caught up in Britain's biggest ever crackdown on insider trading
Banks are to blame for mortgage madness  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Lloyds TSB: Daniel's dividend mistake  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Business model is out of gas  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Monitise and Autonomy  [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]