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Home improvement loans 'up almost 90%' - Lloyds TSB said it had seen a near 20% jump in the number of people looking to borrow money to improve their home



Home improvement loans 'up almost 90%'  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Lloyds TSB said it had seen a near 20% jump in the number of people looking to borrow money to improve their home
A&L profit wiped out in £209m assets hit  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Profits at Alliance & Leicester were all but wiped out today as it became the latest bank to be trashed by the credit crunch
Weekly market report: Bad news for banks  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The past week has been all about the UKs High Street banks and their disastrous half year profits
Air fares to soar as BA profits fall by 90%  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
British Airways profits have fallen by nearly 90% and its boss admits the airline industry is in crisis
Impossible to prove HBOS trader foul-play  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Analysts believe it is impossible to prove the aggressive selling of HBOS shares earlier this year was due to malicious rumour-mongering
Call for windfall tax on energy giants  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Ministers are considering a windfall tax on energy giants after the 'big three' made combined profits of £15.6bn
Price rise is 'invitation to dodge' insurance  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The number of uninsured drivers could rise in the wake of increases in motor premiums of an inflation-busting 6%
US credit crunch still taking its toll  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The fallout from the credit crunch continues to wreak havoc on both sides of the Atlantic as the one year anniversary of the crisis nears
Nuclear plans hit as French dump BE deal  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
France's energy giant EDF has made a shock decision to back away from a £12bn deal to buy British Energy
A year on, Hips are just 'a waste of time'  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The majority of house buyers think Home Information Packs are a waste of time, a survey has revealed
Sadie Frost's firm goes bust with £4m debt  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Sadie Frost's clothing company FrostFrench has gone into administration with debts of more than £4m
Turner: State pension age must rise to 70  [08/02/2008 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
HBOS profit falls 51% on subprime blow  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Halifax owner HBOS today reported a 51% slump in profits after it was hit by writedowns of £1.1bn
Buy-to-let yields 'stable' at 6.4%  [08/02/2008 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
Record 8.1% fall in house prices  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
House prices are falling faster than the Nineties crash, down 8.1% on a year ago, says Nationwide
Banks are to blame for mortgage madness  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Asia lights up the FTSE  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Trade talks collapse may put us in reverse  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas Extra share tips: Dragon Oil | Santander  [08/02/2008 01:17 PM]