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Estate agents' sales drop to record lows - The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has reported estate agents nationally are selling less than one property a week



Estate agents' sales drop to record lows  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has reported estate agents nationally are selling less than one property a week
£20bn loan plan for struggling firms  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
A major increase in taxpayer-backed lending to firms is being considered by ministers
Stock market report: Tuesday latest  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
11.50:Tullow Oil has struck it rich in Uganda. Excited City brokers were today trumpeting it as the biggest find discovered on the African continent
Kaupthing compensation repaid this week  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Thousands of savers with collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander are to have their savings returned this week
Tesco's unhappy Xmas: Sales up just 2.5%  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Tesco has admitted it lost ground to other supermarkets over Christmas with its weakest sales growth in nearly 20 years
Agent 'made me sell £12m house for £3m'  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
A homeowner who claims he was tricked into selling his house for a quarter of its real value is suing his estate agent for £9.6m
City in front line as the jobs cull spreads  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Britain was hit by yet another wave of job cuts today less than 24 hours after Gordon Brown launched a package to help 500,000 back into work
Savers suffer as rates fall below 1%  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Savers are being punished by the worst interest rates on record, the Bank of England revealed yesterday, amid warnings rates will drop even lower
Rural water bills 'should be higher'  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Water bills could become more expensive in rural areas and charges could rise in the summer under proposals to make payment 'fairer'
£570,000 bungalow raffled for £25  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
A developer hopes to beat the stagnant property market by raffling his bungalow for £25 a ticket
Jobs axed at JCB, Land of Leather and Findus  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
The spectre of more than 5,000 further job losses last night cast a shadow over Gordon Brown's efforts to curb the surge in unemployment
Poundland proves popular with everyone  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Poundland is proving to be an increasingly strong draw for the middle classes
Taxpayers out of pocket on HBOS deal  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Taxpayers are already £3.3bn out of pocket after bankrolling the rescue takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland by Lloyds TSB
First-timers miss out on best mortgages  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Mortgage rates have plummeted to their lowest level in five years, but only for borrowers with large deposits, official figures reveal today
Food firms forced to write off Aikens debts  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Suppliers owed almost £900,000 by Tom Aikens today spoke out after the celebrity chef was able to continue trading when his business failed
Crude prices slide below $40 a barrel  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Oil prices today slumped to their lowest since the Christmas week, falling below $40 a barrel
Snake oil won't insure we still put our trust in Aviva  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Treasury in for a long innings  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
It's investor interests that matter  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Finally the savers have a voice  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: Savings compensation fiasco  [01/13/2009 01:17 PM]