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Nationwide: Mortgage market to fall by 80% - Nationwide, Britain's biggest building society, today said it expects the mortgage market will this year slump to just a fifth of its value last year



Nationwide: Mortgage market to fall by 80%  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Nationwide, Britain's biggest building society, today said it expects the mortgage market will this year slump to just a fifth of its value last year
Brown sends strong signal on tax cuts  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown today gave the strongest hint yet that he will unveil emergency tax cuts to help families cope with the recession
Stock market report: Monday latest  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
11.30:Shareholders of South African miner Lonmin were again contemplating what might have been had they agreed to the offer from Xstrata
HSBC profits up despite $5bn writedowns  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, has announced that its profits rose in the third quarter despite it taking almost another $5bn (£3.2bn) of writedowns
China bid to perk up economy spurs oil and metals  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
China has unveiled a £375bn fiscal stimulus package aimed at pumping up demand in the world's fourth-largest economy
Lenders' small print ruse to block rate cuts  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Banks may use the small print in mortgage contracts to prevent borrowers benefiting from future interest rate cuts by the Bank of England
HBOS rises after rebuffing grandee plot  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Shares in HBOS rose after the bank rejected a plan by two former leading Scottish bankers to scupper its £6bn takeover by Lloyds TSB
More post offices on brink of closure  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Thousands more post offices will close if the network loses a contract for paying pensions and benefits, an MPs' report will warn today
Council houses for life 'to be axed'  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Council house tenancies for life are likely to be scrapped under radical Government plans to ease the chronic housing shortage
Bailed-out RBS blows £300,000 on party for execs  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
RBS has blown £300,000 on a secret champagne junket for executives - less than a month after being given a £20bn handout by the taxpayer
Firms slash jobs for first time in 18 months  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Companies are slashing jobs for the first time in 18 months after the economy tipped into recession, a report will warn
Lenders cave and slash mortgage rates  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Government pressure finally forced the big banks to reduce their floating mortgage rate on Friday to reflect the huge 1.5% cut in the base rate
Scots bid to scupper £12bn HBOS merger  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
The Lloyds/HBoS merger was facing uncertainty this weekend after two of Scotland's most prominent businessmen moved to scupper the deal
Prescott's mortgage misery  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
John Prescott's attempt to follow Tony Blair in becoming a property magnate is lying in tatters as he falls victim to the housing crash
The early 75% sales on the High Street  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Prices are being cut by up to 75% this weekend as retailers prepare for a 'bargain basement' Christmas
Fraud fears over nurses' data  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
The firm that lost highly sensitive taxpayer records in a pub car park faced fresh criticism last night over nurses' personal details
'These stupid rules will bankrupt us'  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Comment:The world will be lucky to escape without a tighter, more burdensome and more expensive regulatory system
5000 jobs at risk in GM meltdown  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Five thousand British jobs are in jeopardy following a shock warning from General Motors that it is on the brink of collapse
Hilton: Bright spot for the insurers  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Dogs of Footsie crash out  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: Thrifty, Vehicle Vision, B&B  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Libor and bank rates: A huge cut, but it's the wrong one  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Nationwide bungling is a sick joke  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
Keynes: The naked truth  [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]